MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH

Plays Cello Works

$62.97 CD

“Rostropovich was able to make his cello sing in an extraordinary range of musical accents.”
 -New York Times

“Rostropovich was quite simply one of the greatest musicians to have ever lived. In cello terms he was a colossus - most probably the greatest cellist of all time. For quite apart from his superlative playing, Rostropovich looked to the future and inspired an astonishing number of new works for the cello...It would be difficult to name any other musician who has come near to matching his achievement in creating an entire new repertoire for their instrument.”  -Telegraph U.K.

Russian-born cellist and composer Mstislav Rostropovich - widely known as “Slava” - passed away at the age of eighty in 2007, leaving behind an inestimable musical legacy. In tribute to Rostropovich's remarkable body of work, and the enormous impact he had on cello repertoire and the global music community, Warner Classics is proud to release the 9-CD boxed set MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH PLAYS CELLO WORKS.

Many of the pieces in this definitive anthology were inspired by Rostropovich, or directly commissioned by him. In some cases, the composers conduct their own works, with Rostropovich delivering brilliant solos. As the Telegraph further noted in their eloquent obituary, “It has often been said that the cello is the nearest instrument to the human voice and Slava made the cello 'speak' like no other.”

• Marcello / Arr Bach, JS : Concerto in D minor BWV974
 
• Attrib JS Bach / Arr Kodály : 3 Chorale Preludes BWV743
 
• Handel / Arr Pekker : Te Deum in D major, ‘Dettingen’ HWV283
 
• Bach, JS / Arr Siloti : Toccata C major BWV564 : Adagio
 
• Caix d’Hervelois : 7 altfranzösische Mädchenbilder
 
• Rheinberger : 6 Pieces for Violin & Organ Op.150
 
• Saint-Saëns : Prière Op.158
 
• Hugh Wolff & The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra - Vivaldi : Cello Concerto in D minor RV406 :
 
• Tartini : Cello Concerto in D major,
 
• Bach, CPE : Cello Concerto No.2 in B flat major H436
 
• Seiji Ozawa & Boston Symphony Orchestra - Dvorák : Cello Concerto in B minor Op.104
 
• Tchaikovsky : Variations on a Rococo theme Op.33
 
• Prokofiev : Symphony-Concerto in E minor Op.125
 
• Jolivet conducts Jolivet : Cello Concerto No.2
 
• Halffter conducts Halffter : Cello Concerto No. 2
 
• Kent Nagano And London Symphony Orchestra - Hoddinott : Noctis Equi Op.132
 
• Shostakovich : Cello Concerto No.1 in E flat major Op.197
 
• Paul Sacher & Collegium Musicum de Zurich - Moret : Cello Concerto
 
• Kent Nagano & London Symphony Orchestra - Milhaud : Cello Concerto No.1 Op.136
 
• Penderecki : Cello Concerto No.2
 
• Honnegger: Cello Concerto H72
 
• Gagneux : Triptyque pour violoncelle et orchestre
 
• Shchedrin : Sotto voce concerto for cello and orchestra
 
• Galina Vichnievskaia, Un enfant appelle and La Prison
 
• Mstislav Rostropovich, Norman Scribner & The Washington National Cathedral Choristers - Knaifel : Make me Drunk with your Kisses - Canticum canticorum, Song of Songs, Chapter 8

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