MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVITSCH: Cellist of the Century

CD 1
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK 1841-1904
1 Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104: II. Adagio ma non troppo
Boston Symphony Orchestra • Seiji Ozawa

ROBERT SCHUMANN 1810-1856
2 Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129: III. Sehr lebhaft
Orchestre National de France • Leonard Bernstein

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS 1835-1921
3 Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33: I. Allegro non troppo
London Philharmonic Orchestra • Carlo Maria Giulini

JOHANNES BRAHMS 1833-1897
4 Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102: III. Vivace non troppo
David Oistrakh violin
Cleveland Orchestra • George Szell

RICHARD STRAUSS 1864-1949
5 Don Quixote, Op. 35: Epilogue
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra • Kirill Kondrashin

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY 1840-1893
6 Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Boston Symphony Orchestra • Seiji Ozawa

SERGEI PROKOFIEV 1891-1953
7 Symphony-Concerto in E minor, Op. 125: III. Andante con moto
London Symphony Orchestra • Seiji Ozawa
Dedicated to Rostropovich

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH 1906-1975
8 Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 107: I. Allegretto
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra • Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Dedicated to Rostropovich

HENRI DUTILLEUX 1916-2013
9 Tout un monde lointain…, Cello Concerto: V. Hymne (Allegro)
Orchestre de Paris • Serge Baudo
Dedicated to Rostropovich


CD 2
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 1685-1750
1 Cello Suite No. 1 in G, BWV 1007: I. Prelude

ANTONIO VIVALDI 1678-1741
2 Cello Concerto in D minor, RV 406 (ed. Malipiero): III. Grave
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra • Hugh Wolf

GIUSEPPE TARTINI 1692-1770
3 Cello Concerto in D (ed. Rudolf Hindemith, rev. Hugh Wolff): IV. Allegro
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra • Hugh Wolf

LOUIS DE CAIX D’HERVELOIS 1677-1759
4 Portraits de jeunes filles de la France d’autrefois: La Lionnoise
Hubert Tachezi harpsichord

GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI 1583-1643
5 Toccata (arr. Gaspar Cassadó)
Hubert Tachezi organ

ALESSANDRO MARCELLO 1684-1750
6 Adagio (arr. Bach, BWV 974)
Hubert Tachezi organ

CARL PHILIPP EMMANUEL BACH 1714-1788
7 Cello Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, H.436: III. Allegro assai
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra • Hugh Wolf

JOSEPH HAYDN 1732-1809
8 Cello Concerto No. 1 in C, Hob.VIIb/1: III. Allegro molto
9 Cello Concerto No. 2 in D, Hob.VIIb/2: III. Rondo: Allegro
Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields • Mstislav Rostropovich

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770-1827
10 12 Variations in F on ‘Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen’ from Mozart Die Zauberflöte, Op. 66
11 12 Variations in G on ‘See, the conquering hero comes’ from Handel Judas Maccabeus, WoO45
Vasso Devetzi piano

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN 1810-1849
12 Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65: IV. Finale. Allegro
Alexander Dedyukhin piano

JOHANNES BRAHMS
13 Cello Sonata No. 2 in F, Op. 99: II. Adagio affettuoso
Alexander Dedyukhin piano


CD 3
SERGEI RACHMANINOV 1873-1943
1 Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14
Alexander Dedyukhin piano

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA 1921-1992
2 Le grand Tango
Igor Uriash piano
Dedicated to Rostropovich

MANUEL DE FALLA 1876-1947
3 El amor brujo: Ritual Fire Dance (arr. Piatigorsky)
Alexander Dedyukhin piano

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
4 Christus, der uns selig macht, Choral Prelude, BWV 747 (arr. Kodály)
5 Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C, BWV 564: Adagio (arr. Siloti)
Hubert Tachezi organ

FRANZ SCHUBERT 1797-1828
6 Impromptu in G-flat, D.899 No. 3 (transcr. Heifetz/Rostropovich)
Alexander Dedyukhin piano

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
7 Silent Woods, B.173
Vladimir Yampolsky piano

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN 1872-1915
8 Etude in B-flat minor, Op. 8 No. 11 (arr. Piatigorsky)
Alexander Dedyukhin piano

SERGEI PROKOFIEV 1891-1953
9 March from The love for Three Oranges (arr. Rostropovich)
Alexei Zybtsev piano

BENJAMIN BRITTEN 1913-1976
10 Cello Suite No. 2, Op. 80: III. Scherzo (Allegro molto)
Dedicated to Rostropovich

OTTORINO RESPIGHI 1879-1936
11 Adagio con variazioni
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra • Kirill Kondrashin

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS 1835-1921
12 Prière, Op. 158
Hubert Tachezi organ



GABRIEL FAURÉ 1845-1925
13 Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1 (transcr. Casals)
Alexander Dedyukhin piano

CLAUDE DEBUSSY 1862-1918
14 Minstrels (Preludes, Book 1, No. 12)
15 Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque, No. 3)
Alexander Dedyukhin piano

DARIUS MILHAUD 1892-1974
16 Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 136: Joyeux
London Symphony Orchestra • Kent Nagano