In March 2017, Mstislav Rostropovich would have turned 90. To celebrate this anniversary of one of the greatest cellists of all time, Deutsche Grammophon presents a truly encyclopaedic boxset which for the first time brings together “Slava’s” complete recordings for Decca, Philips, and the Yellow Label (as cellist, pianist & conductor).
Also included are his recordings for Westminster/Melodija.
Highlights include the legendary 1968 Dvořák Cello Concerto with Herbert von Karajan, no less than three versions of the Schubert String Quintet (with Taneyev, Emerson & Melos) and famed recordings he made with Martha Argerich, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Benjamin Britten, Sviatoslav Richter and Rudolf Serkin; and perhaps what was his most fulfilled musical partnership – that with his wife, the great Russian soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, whom he accompanied as both conductor (Tosca, Pique Dame) and pianist.
Beethoven:
Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-5 (complete)
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
String Trios (complete)
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Bruno Giuranna (viola)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat Major, Op. 97 ‘Archduke’
Emil Gilels (piano), Leonid Kogan (violin)
Piano Trio No. 9 in B flat major, WoO 39
Emil Gilels (piano), Leonid Kogan (violin)
Bernstein:
Meditations (3) from ‘Mass’
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
Boccherini:
Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, G. 479
Collegium Musicum Zürich, Paul Sacher
Borodin:
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Brahms:
Cello Sonata No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 38
Rudolf Serkin (piano)
Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99
Rudolf Serkin (piano)
Bridge:
Cello Sonata in D minor, H125
Benjamin Britten (piano)
Britten:
Sonata for cello and piano in C major, Op. 65
Benjamin Britten (piano)
Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68
English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
Suites for cello solo, Nos. 1-3
Chopin:
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
Martha Argerich (piano)
Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C, Op. 3
Martha Argerich (piano)
Debussy:
Cello Sonata
Benjamin Britten (piano)
Dvorak:
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Fauré:
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor Op. 15
Emil Gilels (piano), Leonid Kogan (violin), Rudolf Barshai (viola)
Glazunov:
Chant du Ménestrel, Op. 71
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Granados:
Goyescas (opera): Intermezzo
Handel:
Te Deum in D major ‘Dettingen’, HWV283: Vouchsafe, O Lord
Haydn:
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1
English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
Piano Trio No. 16 in D major, Hob.XV
Emil Gilels (piano), Leonid Kogan (violin)
Piano Trio No. 19 in F major, Hob.XV:6
Emil Gilels (piano), Leonid Kogan (violin)
Messiaen:
Concert à quatre (1990-1991)
Yvonne Loriot (piano), Catherine Cantin (flute), Heinz Holliger (oboe)
Orchestre De L’Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
Paganini:
Moto perpetuo, Op. 11, MS 72
Popper:
Dance of the Elves, Op. 39
Prokofiev:
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
Adagio for cello & piano (from Cinderella), Op. 97bis
Romeo and Juliet – Suite No. 1, Op. 64a
Romeo and Juliet – Suite No. 2, Op. 64b
Five Poems of Anna Akhmatova, Op. 27
Puccini:
Tosca
Rachmaninov:
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14
Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne, Op. 4 No. 4
Spring torrents, Op. 14 No.11
Night is sorrowful, Op. 26 No.12
Saint-Saëns:
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gregory Stolyarov
Schubert:
String Quintet in C major, D956
Melos Quartet
Sonata in A minor ‘Arpeggione’, D821
Benjamin Britten (piano)
Impromptu in G flat major, D899 No. 3
String Quintet in C major, D956
Emerson String Quartet
String Quintet in C major, D956
Taneyev Quartet
Schumann:
Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70
Martha Argerich (piano)
Stücke im Volkston (5), Op. 102
Benjamin Britten (piano)
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Traümerei
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63
Emil Gilels (piano), Leonid Kogan (violin)
Shostakovich:
Cello Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 126
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Strauss, R:
Ein einsamer Quelle, Op. 9, No. 2
Tartini:
Cello Concerto in A major
Collegium Musicum Zürich, Paul Sacher
Tchaikovsky:
Pique Dame (highlights)
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a
Sleeping Beauty, Suite, Op. 66a
Swan Lake, Op. 20 Suite
Andante Cantabile (from String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11)
Capriccio italien, Op. 45
Lieder from Op. 6
Vivaldi:
Cello Concerto in C major, RV398
Collegium Musicum Zürich, Paul Sacher
Cello Concerto in G major, RV413
Collegium Musicum Zürich, Paul Sacher
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