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About the artist Mstislav Rostropovich

Rostropovich was born in Baku, Azerbaijan in 1927. At the age of four he started piano lessons with his mother and shortly afterwards began to study the cello with his father. He continued under his father's tuition at the Central Music School in Moscow and then went on to the Moscow Conservatoire, where he studied cello with Semyon Kozolupov, and counted Shostakovich among his other tutors; in addition to his cello and piano studies he began to conduct. He was immediately recognised as a potentially great artist when he gave his first public concert in 1940, and in 1945 was a prize-winner in several competitions in the USSR; he also won international competitions in Prague (1949 and 1950) and Budapest (1949). In 1951 his performance of the Bach Cello Suites won him the highest distinction that then existed in the USSR, the Stalin Prize. When the war ended, his reputation soon spread outside the USSR, principally through his recordings, and when he began touring in the West, it was soon apparent that in Rostropovich the world had a natural successor to the great Pablo Casals, who had reigned as the supreme cellist for more than half a century. Rostropovich’s vast repertoire ranged from the baroque, through the classical and romantic periods, to the avant-garde. In repertoire of all eras, he was renowned for his commanding technique and his intense, visionary playing. Mstislav Rostropovich held over 40 honorary degrees and was the recipient of more than 130 major awards and decorations by over 30 different nations. These included the German Order of Merit, the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society, the Lenin Prize, the Annual Award of the League of Human Rights, the Premium Imperiale from the Japan Arts Association and the Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

CDs and DVDs featuring the artist Mstislav Rostropovich

CATALOGUE NR: 2564690457  (barcode: 0825646904570)
RECORD LABEL: Apex
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 7.50
RELEASE DATE: 22-Jun-2009

TITLE: Melodies & Romances
TRACKS: Adele. Berceuse. Le golfe de Finlande. La chanson de Margueritte. Dis-moi pourquoi. Chanson georgienne. Me voici Inesille. La Sierra Nevada s'est glissee dans les brumes. Au fond de la nuit souffle le Zephir. Aux heures difficiles. Mon nom qu'est-il donc pour toi. Les nuages. Un garcon et une fille. Vous m'avez trahi. Dans les libres cieux. Je suis triste. Kalistratouchka. Vision. Soldat oublie. Une ame montait haut dans les cieux. Que vous sont les mots d'amour. Aux champignons. Pourquoi aurore viens-tu si tot. Princesse endormie. La chanson de la foret profonde. La reine des mers. Pour les rives d'une patrie lointaine. Nuit. Dis moi ce que sous l'ombrage. Berceuse dans la tempete. Non il faut avoir connu. Oublier si vite. Il m'aimait tant. Pas un mot mon ami. Nuits de folie. Le soleil se couchait. Apaisement. Serenade. Ne me demande rien. Au cours d'un grand bal. Qu'il fasse jour.
ARTISTS: Galina Vishnevskaya   Mstislav Rostropovich    

- Dec-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4720832  (barcode: 0028947208327)
RECORD LABEL: ECM New Series
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.65
RELEASE DATE: 28-Feb-2005

COMPOSER: Aleksandr Knaifel
TITLE: Amicta Sole
TRACKS: Psalm 50(51) for solo cello. Amicta Sole - Clothed with the Sun for soprano boys' choir and orchestra.
ORCHESTRA: State Hermitage Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Arkady Shteinlukht
ARTISTS: Mstislav Rostropovich   Tatiana Melentieva   Glinka Choral College Boy Choir  

- May-2005 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564613202  (barcode: 0825646132027)
RECORD LABEL: Warner Classics
FORMAT: 4 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.49
RELEASE DATE: 04-Oct-2004

COMPOSER: Andre Jolivet
TITLE: Works in the Erato Catalogue
TRACKS: Cello Concerto No.1. Cello Concerto No.2. Suite en concert for solo cello. Concerto for harp and Chamber Orchestra. Concertino for Trumpet String Orchestra and Piano. Trumpet Concerto No.2. Concerto pour ondes Martenot et orchestre. Heptade for trumpet and 6 Percussion. Arioso barocco for Trumpet and Organ. Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra. Suite pour flute et percussion. Chant de flute. Serenade avec hautbois principal for Wind Quintet. Cinq danses rituelles. Concerto for Bassoon String Orchestra Harp and Piano. Suite liturgique. Songe a nouveau reve pour soprano et orchestre sur des mes d'Antoine Goleea.
ORCHESTRA: Lamoureux Orchestra and Paris Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Andre Jolivet
ARTISTS: Andre Navarra   Mstislav Rostropovich   Maurice Andre   Yvonne Loriod

- Feb-2005 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: NMCD010S  (barcode: 5023363001021)
RECORD LABEL: NMC
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.99

COMPOSER: Andrzej Panufnik
TRACKS: Cello Concerto.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Hugh Wolff
ARTISTS: Mstislav Rostropovich      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1992 - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: SU38252  (barcode: 0099925382520)
RECORD LABEL: Supraphon Talich Edition
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.79
RELEASE DATE: 17-Oct-2005

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak
TITLE: Talich Edition 5
TRACKS: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G minor B63 op.33. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor B191 op.104.
ORCHESTRA: Czech Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Vaclav Talich
ARTISTS: Frantisek Maxian   Mstislav Rostropovich    

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: URN22327  (barcode: 8025726223276)
RECORD LABEL: Urania
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.95
RELEASE DATE: 15-Oct-2007

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak
TITLE: In Memoriam
TRACKS: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor B191 op.104 (Dvorak). Transcriptions for Cello and Piano by Dvorak / Schumann / Debussy / Schubert.
ORCHESTRA: Czech Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Vaclav Talich
ARTISTS: Mstislav Rostropovich      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1952

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CATALOGUE NR: ANDRCD5139  (barcode: 3830257451396)
RECORD LABEL: Andromeda
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 13.49
RELEASE DATE: 12-Jan-2009

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Symphony No.8 in G B163 op.88. Symphony No.9 in E minor B178 op.95 'From the New World'. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor op.104 B191 (Dvorak). My Country (Smetana). Symphony No.6 in B minor op.74 'Pathetique' (Tchaikovsky).
ORCHESTRA: Czech Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Vaclav Talich
ARTISTS: Mstislav Rostropovich      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1952-1954

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CATALOGUE NR: 4716202  (barcode: 0028947162025)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 13.22
RELEASE DATE: 11-Mar-2002

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Mastercellist - Legendary Recordings 1956-78
TRACKS: includes - Cello Concerto (Dvorak). Cello Concerto (Schumann). Cello Sonata. Vocalise (Rachmaninov). Introduction and Polonaise (Chopin). Traumerei (Schumann).
CONDUCTOR: Herbert von Karajan and Gennady Rozhdestvensky
ARTISTS: Mstislav Rostropovich      

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5675932  (barcode: 0724356759329)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
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RELEASE DATE: 03-Sep-2001
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COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Cello Concerto (Dvorak). Cello Concerto No.1 (Saint-Saens).
ORCHESTRA: London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Carlo Maria Giulini
ARTISTS: Mstislav Rostropovich      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'Rostropovich, the master cellist, has a deep understanding of the Dvorak Concerto. Here his playing is coloured by the grace of Giulini's interpretation and by the beautifully accompaniment.' Gramophone - Penguin Guide 1/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5657012
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 3 CD Set  DURATION: 221 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 26.03
RELEASE DATE: 01-Jan-1995

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Cello Concerto in B minor op.104 (Dvorak). Double Concerto in A minor op.102 (Brahms). Cello Concerto in C major Hob.VIIb:1. Cello Concerto in D major Hob.VIIb:2 (Haydn). Schelomo (Bloch). Don Quixote op.35. (R Strauss). Cello Concerto in C minor op. 66 (Miaskovsky).
CONDUCTOR: Leonard Bernstein and Herbert von Karajan
ARTISTS: Mstislav Rostropovich   David Oistrakh   Ulrich Koch  

- Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: SBT1101  (barcode: 0749677110123)
RECORD LABEL: Testament
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Cello Concerto in B minor op.104 (Dvorak). Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor op.33 (Saint-Saens).
ORCHESTRA: Royal Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Adrian Boult
ARTISTS: Mstislav Rostropovich      

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CATALOGUE NR: 4474132  (barcode: 0028944741322)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon Originals
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 60 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.99
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COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor op.104 (Dvorak). Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra op.33 (Tchaikovsky).
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Herbert von Karajan
ARTISTS: Mstislav Rostropovich      

- Penguin Guide Rosette star

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CATALOGUE NR: 0927467272  (barcode: 0809274672728)
RECORD LABEL: Elatus
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 16-Sep-2002

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Cello Concerto in B minor B191 op.104 (Dvorak). Variations of a Rococo Theme op.33 (Tchaikovsky).
ORCHESTRA: Boston Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Seiji Ozawa
ARTISTS: Mstislav Rostropovich      

- Penguin Guide 2 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564615282  (barcode: 0825646152827)
RECORD LABEL: Warner Classics
FORMAT: 6 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 19.99
RELEASE DATE: 03-May-2004

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak
TITLE: Concertos
TRACKS: Cello Concerto in B minor op.104. Violin Concerto in A minor op.53. Piano Concerto in G minor op.33. Romance op.11. Waldesruhe. Slavonic Rhapsody op.45 No.1. Serenade for Strings in E major op.22. Serenade for Winds in D minor op.44. Rusalka : Song to the Moon / Heartless Spirits of the Waters. Slavonic Dances op.46. Slavonic Dances op.71. Requiem.
ORCHESTRA: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and New York Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Kurt Masur
ARTISTS: Mstislav Rostropovich   Maxim Vengerov   Pierre-Laurent Aimard  

- Penguin Guide 2 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 3582329  (barcode: 0094635823295)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 14.29
RELEASE DATE: 08-May-2006

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Cello Concerto in B minor op.104 B191 (Dvorak). Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor op. 33 (Saint-Saens).
ORCHESTRA: London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Carlo Maria Giulini
ARTISTS: Mstislav Rostropovich      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC / Sound Format: PCM Linear Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 Dolby DTS / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 60 minutes - Aug-2006 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star 'Rostropovich's 1977 DVD serves as a pairing for an intensely involving account of the Dvorak concerto. It is a reading of considerable rhetorical intensity, as is shown by the opening flourish, but is also has warmth and moments of great delicacy, too'

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CATALOGUE NR: SU38372  (barcode: 0099925383725)
RECORD LABEL: Supraphon Talich Edition
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 15.49
RELEASE DATE: 29-Oct-2007

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Talich Edition 17
TRACKS: The Cunning Little Vixen : Suite from the Opera (Janacek arr. Talich). The Noon Witch - Polednice (Dvorak). My Country : Vysehrad/ Vltava / Sarka (Smetana). A Fairy Tale - The Game of the Swans and the Peacocks (Suk). Miner's Polka for orchestra (Kovarovic). In the Well - V studni : Overture (Blodek). Libuse : Overture. Our Lasses - polka Nasiim devam. Prague Carnival : Introduction and Polonaise. The Two Widows : Recitative and Aria of Anezka Act II (Smetana). Bonus - Vaclav Talich speaking. Recordings of parts of rehearsal - Cello Concerto in B minor B191 op.104. Symphony No.9 in E minor B178 op.95 'From the New World' (Dvorak).
ORCHESTRA: Czech Philharmonic and Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Vaclav Talich
ARTISTS: Mstislav Rostropovich   Ludmila Dvorakova    

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CATALOGUE NR: RRC1368  (barcode: 5055031313686)
RECORD LABEL: Regis
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.15
RELEASE DATE: 07-Feb-2011

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak
TRACKS: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor op.104 B191. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G minor B63 op.33.
ORCHESTRA: Czech Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Vaclav Talich
ARTISTS: Mstislav Rostropovich   Frantisek Maxian    

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CATALOGUE NR: BBCL40732  (barcode: 0684911407327)
RECORD LABEL: BBC Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.75
RELEASE DATE: 10-Sep-2001

COMPOSER: Aram Khachaturian  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Concerto Rhapsody (Khachaturian). Cello Concerto No.2 (Shostakovich). Rococo Variations (Tchaikovsky).
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra and BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: George Hurst and Colin Davis
ARTISTS: Mstislav Rostropovich      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1963 / 1966 / 1964 - Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: BBCL50052  (barcode: 0880242500526)
RECORD LABEL: BBC Legends
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.95
RELEASE DATE: 26-Sep-2011

COMPOSER: Aram Khachaturian  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Box: Rostropovich
TRACKS: Concerto Rhapsody for Violoncello and Orchestra (Khachaturian). Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra No.2 op.126 (Shostakovich). Variations on a Rococo Theme for Violoncello and Orchestra op.33 (Tchaikovsky). Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in A minor op.129 (Schumann). Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in B minor op.104 (Dvorak). Pezzo capriccioso for Violoncello and Orchestra in B minor op.62 (Tchaikovsky). Cello Concerto No.1 in C major (Haydn). Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor op.33 (Saint-Saens). Cello Concerto in E minor op.85 (Elgar).
ARTISTS: Mstislav Rostropovich      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1963-1968

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CATALOGUE NR: 4218592  (barcode: 0028942185920)
RECORD LABEL: London
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.69

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TRACKS: Suite No.1 - cello op.72. Suite No.2 - cello op.80. Sonata for Cello and Piano op.65.
ARTISTS: Mstislav Rostropovich   Benjamin Britten    

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'the performance is never likely to be outshone'

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