classical music: rostropovich

classical music: rostropovich

classical music:

Rostropovich

Great Recordings Of The Century - Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Brahms: Double Concerto / Oistrakh, ...

Mstislav Rostropovich, Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

EMI Classics, 1999

There can't be any better!
It is not for the names only. I think it is a performance as Beethoven probably had in mind.

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No1, Op107; Violin Concerto No1 (revised), Op99

Mstislav Rostropovich, Dimitri Mitropoulos, ...

Sony, 1998

Great performances of Shostakovich
I'll make this brief; the other reviewer have said what I would have stated, that this is a great recording. The one thing I would like to add, as an avid violin (and cello, my sister is a cellist) fan, is that the sheer intensity and almost raw (without being crude) ...

Schubert: String Quintet in C, D. 956

Mstislav Rostropovich

Deutsche Grammophon, 1992

Schubert at its best
I consider this work to be found in the front rank of Schuberts work. The melodic partwriting brings an atmosphere of tender intimacy which the musicians fully bring over. Their playing together lets me forget that they are 5 individuals but rather they give the ...

Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6

Mstislav Rostropovich, Johann Sebastian Bach

EMI Classics, 1995

One of the pinnacles of Western classical music, played by a master
It is difficult to know what to add to the many useful and intelligent reviews already posted on Amazon, but anyone who owns this recording feels the compulsion to share his enthusiasm with other music lovers. While other cellists - particulalry Casals and Fournier - ...

Dvorák: Cello Concerto; Tchaikovsky / Karajan, Rostropovich,

Mstislav Rostropovich, Antonin Dvorak, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1996

The best recording of Tchaikovsky's variations !
I love the Variations on a Rococo Theme. It's such a beautiful, elegant, inventive piece of music ! Tchaikovsky's music is simply magic. He has a beautiful style. And Rostropovitch plays so well !!!!!!!!!!!! A MUST-HAVE!!!!!!!

Brahms: The Cello Sonatas

Johannes Brahms, Mstislav Rostropovich, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1990

THIS ONE WILL GROW ON YOU
The balance is not quite right, with the cello too prominent, but once I got used to that the performances started to take me over. Here we have two of the greatest classical interpreters of their time taking us into the special world of Brahms, and they had me ...

The Art of Violin

David Oistrakh, Ida Haendel

Nvc Arts, 2001

Art of the Violin
This DVD is exceptional in every respect. It is technically well done, covers all the leading violin artists of the 20th century and has solid interpretive inteviews with recognized virtuosi such as Hilary Hahn and Itzhak Perlmanand Isa Haendel. The actual playing will ...

Beethoven Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-5 / Rostropovich, Richter

Mstislav Rostropovich, Sviatoslav Richter

EMI Classics, 2003

Two Masters at the Height of their Powers
Despite his enormous discography, there's not a very rich visual record of Richter. He and Rostropovich excelled in concert performance, and these DVDs convey their intensity playing some of the best music ever written for the cello. Richter once said in an interview ...

Bach - Cello Suites / Rostropovich

Mstislav Rostropovich

EMI Classics, 2004

A Must have DVD
I saw Rostropovich perform all six suites in Vienna during the mid-70s at the time he initially moved to the west. It was the first time he performed all six in one sitting. I also met the man after the concert, truly one of the greatest musical evenings I ever ...

David Oistrakh: The Complete EMI Recordings

Joseph Stidel, Mstislav Rostropovich, ...

EMI Classics, 2008

Oistrakh Jubilee
A violinist's violinist who was simultaneously adored by the general public. EMI presents in one compilation the entire recorded legacy of David Oistrakh. I simply wanted to list the works and co-performers in this collection. The recordings really do not need any ...

Oistrakh, Menuhin & Rostropovich Play Bach, Brahms & Mozart (EMI Classic Archive 18)

David Oistrakh, Yehudi Menuhin

EMI Classics, 2004

O wondrous russian music making.
When I commented for this website the VHS tape release of the Bruno Monsaingeon film on David Oistrakh ("Artist of the people?"), I made reference to a short segment included in that film of a 1965 public performance of Brahms' Op. 102 in which Oistrakh partners with ...

The Most Relaxing Cello Album in the World Ever

Han-Na Chang, Jacqueline du Pré, ...

EMI Classics, 2004

Beautiful Cello Music
Different than what other people say, this is an extremely beautiful Cello CD; check it out for yourself.

Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 / Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante / Rostropovich (EMI Classic Archive 15)

Mstislav Rostropovich, Galina Vishnevskaya

EMI Classics, 2003

A master performs pieces written for him
Rostropovich's playing attracted both Shostakovich and Prokofiev to write pieces, including sonatas and these concerti, for the great cellist. The results are staples of the 20th-century repertoire, along with other non-Rostropovich staples like Walton, Elgar, and a ...

Schubert: The Late String Quartets; String Quintet

Franz Schubert, Emerson String Quartet, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2004

FULL APPRECIATION
Until this bargain priced recording on three discs of the Emerson Quartet playing Schubert`s last four string quartets (included also is the String Quintet in C major, D956 featuring Rostropovich on cello), down through the years, I really did not have too much of an ...

The Original Jacket Collection: Eugene Ormandy

Mstislav Rostropovich, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, ...

Sony Classics, 2008

EUGENE ORMANDY FINALLY GETS HIS BOX SET!
It's hard to believe that the CD was introduced in 1982 and it has taken 26 years for Eugene Ormandy to have a proper box set released by Sony/BMG of some of his magical Columbia/CBS stereo recordings. How do you choose 10 CDs of Ormandy's Philadelphia Orchestra ...