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In the Thread: Mstislav Rostropovich Dies at 80
Post Subject: Historic Russian Archives - Rostropovich EditionPosted by Romy the Cat on: 4/27/2007
I think there were few homes that “do music” and who did not play today Mstislav Rostropovich. I do not know why but I got today distressing with news about Rostropovich death much more then I would expect from a death of a person that I did not know personally. Anyhow, the Brilliant Classics has a box set with 10 disks: Historic Russian Archives - Rostropovich Edition. The collection contains:

1.  Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 125 by Sergei Prokofiev
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Conductor:  Kiril Kondrashin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1951/1952; USSR 
2.  Concerto for Cello, Op. 66 by Nikolay Myaskovsky
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Conductor:  Kiril Kondrashin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1944-1945; USSR 
3.  Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B 191 by Antonín Dvorák
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Conductor:  Boris Khaikin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  USSR Radio/TV Large Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1894-1895; USA 
4.  Concerto for Cello in A minor, Op. 129 by Robert Schumann
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Conductor:  Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Orchestra/Ensemble:  USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1850; Germany 
5.  Concerto for Cello no 1 in A minor, Op. 33 by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Conductor:  Victor Dubrovsky
Orchestra/Ensemble:  USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1872; France 
6.  Concerto for Cello no 1 in C major, H 7b no 1 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Conductor:  Rudolf Barshai
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: circa 1761-1765; Eszterhazá, Hungary 
7.  Concerto for Cello no 2 in D major, Op. 101/H 7b no 2 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Conductor:  Rudolf Barshai
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1783; Eszterhazá, Hungary 
8.  Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococo theme, Op. 33 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Conductor:  Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Orchestra/Ensemble:  USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1876; Russia 
9.  Pezzo capriccioso for Cello and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 62 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Conductor:  Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Orchestra/Ensemble:  USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; Russia 
10.  Chant du ménestrel for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 71 by Alexander Glazunov
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1900; Russia 
11.  Concert-Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra by Aram Khachaturian
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Conductor:  Yevgeny Svetlanov
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1963; USSR 
12.  Concerto for Cello no 1 in E flat major, Op. 107 by Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Conductor:  Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1959; USSR 
13.  Concerto for Cello no 1, Op. 23 by Boris Tischschenko
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1963; USSR 
14.  Concerto for Cello by Victor Vlasov
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Conductor:  Gennady Rozhdestvensky
15.  Sonata for Cello and Piano in C major, Op. 119 by Sergei Prokofiev
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello), Alexander Dedyukhin (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1949; USSR 
16.  Sonata for Cello and Piano by Aram Khatchaturian
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello), Aram Khatchaturian (Piano)
17.  Sonata for Cello and Piano by Edvard Mirzoyan
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
18.  Humoreske, Op 5 by Mstislav Rostropovich
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Period: 20th Century 
19.  Concertino for Cello in G minor, Op. 132 by Sergei Prokofiev
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1952; USSR 
20.  Concerto for Cello, Op. 43 by Moysey Samuil Vainberg
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1948/1956; USSR 
21.  Concertino-monologue for Cello, Winds and Timpani in C major by Lev Knipper
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1964; USSR 
22.  Concerto for Cello in D minor by Edouard Lalo
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877; France 
23.  Concerto for Cello by Arthur Honegger
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1934; France 
24.  Concerto for Cello in D Major by Henri Sauguet
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
25.  Sonata for Cello and Piano no 4 in C major, Op. 102 no 1 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1815; Vienna, Austria 
26.  Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1 in E minor, Op. 38 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1862-1865; Austria 
27.  Stücke (5) im Volkston for Cello and Piano, Op. 102 by Robert Schumann
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1849; Germany 
28.  Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877; France 
29.  Suite for Cello solo no 2, Op. 80 by Benjamin Britten
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1967; England 
30.  Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, H 125 by Frank Bridge
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1913-1917; England 
31.  Suite for Cello solo no 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1720; Cöthen, Germany 

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