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A couple hours ago WHRB stage own 4 days long, day and night Mstislav Rostropovich’s Orgy. The Broadcast is available on line – a phenomenal work listening… The program is more then exiting:

Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in a; Sargent, Philharmonia Orchestra (Testament)
Rostropovich: Moderato and Vivace; Honigberg (Albany)
Miaskovsky: Cello Concerto, Op. 66; Sargent, Philharmonia Orchestra (EMI)
Faure: “Après un rêve,” Op. 7, No. 1; Dedyukhin (Urania)Ravel: Habanera; Dedyukhin (Urania)
Chopin: Etude, Op. 25, No. 7 in c-sharp; N. Walter (Urania)Debussy: Ministrels; Dedyukhin (Urania)
Debussy: Clair de lune; Dedyukhin (Urania)
Schumann: Cello Concerto in a, Op. 129; Samosud, Symphony
Orchestra of the Moscow State Philharmonic (Melodiya)
Haydn: Piano Trio No. 19, Hob.XV:19, in g; Gilels, Kogan (Meloiya)
Dvorak: Cello Concerto in b, Op. 104; Rostropovich, Talich,Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (Supraphon)
Shaporin: Scherzo, Op. 25, No. 5; Aminatyeva (EMI)
Paganini: Moto perpetuo, Op. 11; Yampolski (DG)
Sinding: Presto from Suite im alten, Op. 10 (EMI)
Popper: Elfentanz, Op. 39; Dedyukhin (Urania)
Strauss: Don Quixote; Rozhdestvensky, London Symphony Orchestra (Intaglio)
Bach: Suite No. 5 in c (Brilliant Classics)
Elgar: Cello Concerto in e, Op. 85; Rakhlin, Moscow
Philharmonic Orchestra (Revelation)
Shostakovich: Cello Sonata, Op. 40; Richter (Melodiya)
Shostakovich: Cello Sonata, Op. 40 (Finale only); Shostakovich (Monitor)
Glazounov: Melody for Cello and Orchestra; Anosov, State Radio Orchestra of the U.S.S.R. (Westminster)
Handel: Aria, “Vouchsafe, O Lord”; N. Walter (DG)
Schumann: Kinderszenen: Traumerei; Yampolski (Urania)
Handel: Larghetto from Sonata, HWV 371 in D; Dedyukhin (EMI)
Shaporin: Elegy; Yampolski (EMI)
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 107; Kondrashin, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (Intaglio)
Borodin: Excerpts from Prince Igor; N. Walter (DG)
Prokofiev: Adagio from Cinderella; Dedyukhin (DG)
Stravinsky: Parasha’s Aria, from Mavra, transc. Stravinsky; Dedyukhin (EMI)
Scriabin: Etude, Op. 8, No. 11, transc. Piatigorsky; Yampolski (EMI)
Rachmaninov: Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14; Dedyukhin (Uraniaz
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 2, Op. 126; Rozhdestvensky,London Symphony Orchestra (Intaglio)
Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C, Op. 119; Richter (Monitor)
Glazounov: Chant du Menestrel, Op. 71; Kondrashin, MoscowYouth Symphony Orchestra (DG)
Schumann: Fünf Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102, Movements 1, 3,and 4; Yampolski (DG)
Shaporin:Romance: I see you,transc.Kubatsky;Yampolski (EMI)
Stravinsky: Variation and Coda; Dedyukhin (EMI)
Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante for Cello and Orchestra in e,Op. 125; Sargent, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Seraphim)
Strauss, R.: An einsamer Quelle, from Stimmungsbilder, Op. 9;Yampolski (DG)
Dvorak: Silent Woods; Rostropovich, Yampolski (EMI)
de Falla: Ritual Fire Dance, from El Amor Brujo, transc.Piatigorsky; Dedyukhin (EMI)
Granados: Intermezzo from “Goyescas”; Dedyukhin (Urania)
Rachmaninov: Oriental Dance, Op. 2 No. 2; Yampolski (Urania)
Prokofiev: Concertino for Cello and Orchestra in g, Op. 132(compl. Rostropovich, orch. Kabalevsky); Rozhdestvensky,London Symphony Orchestra (Intaglio)
Miaskovsky: Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 81; Dedyukhin (EMI)
Beethoven: Serenade for String Trio in D, Op. 8; (Marcia)
Mutter, Giuranna (DG)
Schnittke: Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano; Lubotsky, I.Schnittke (Sony)
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a, Op. 50; (Pezzo Elegiaco)Horowitz, Stern (Sony)
Shostakovich: Seven Romances, Op. 127; Vishnevskaya,
Oistrakh, Vainberg (Melodiya)
Schubert: String Quintet in C, Op. 163, D. 956; (Adagio)
Emerson Quartet (DG)
Villa-Lobos: Preludio (Modhina) from Bachianas Brasileiras No.1; unnamed cellist ensemble (EMI)
Khachaturian: Concerto-Rhapsody; Hurst, London Symphony Orchestra (BBC)
Tchaikovsky, B.: Suite for Solo Cello (EMI)
Vainberg: Cello Concerto in c, Op. 43; Rozhdestvensky, USSR
Symphony Orchestra (Russian Disc)
Kabalevsky: Cello Sonata, Op. 71; Kabalevsky (EMI)
Khrennikov: Cello Concerto in c, Op. 13; Rozhdestvensky, U.S.S.R. Radio Orchestra (Russian Disc)
Khachaturian: Cello Sonata; Khachaturian (EMI)
Vlasov: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C; Rozhdestvensky, USSR
Symphony Orchestra (Russian Disc)
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33; Rostropovich, Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
Glazunov: Concerto Ballata; Svetlanov, USSR State SymphonyOrchestra (EMI)
Glinka: Song, “The lark”; Vishnevskaya (DG)
Tchaikovsky: Songs, “Why?”, Op. 6 No. 5, “Amid the din of theball,” Op. 38, No. 3, “Again, as before, alone”, Op. 73 No. 6; Vishnevskaya (EMI)
Prokofiev: Songs from Russian Folksongs, Op. 104, “The Dream,” and “The Monk,”; Vishnevskaya (EMI)
Bach: Suite No. 3 in C (EMI)
Bach: Suite No. 5 in c (EMI)
Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821; Britten (London)
Bridge: Cello Sonata H. 125; Dedyukhin (Brilliant Classics)
Britten: Sonata for Cello and Piano in C, Op. 65; Britten (London)
Britten: Cello Symphony; Rakhlin, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (Revelation)
Britten: Suite No. 1 for Solo Cello, Op. 72 (EMI)
Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C, Hob. VIIb:1; Britten, English Chamber Orchestra (London)
Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto; Lutoslawski, Orchestre de Paris
Penderecki: Cello Concerto No. 2; Penderecki, Philharmonia Orchestra (Erato)
Panufnik: Cello Concerto; Wolff, London Symphony (NMC)
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 69; Richter (Philips)
Milhaud:Cello Concerto No.1;Nagano,London Symphony(Erato)
Honegger: Cello Concerto; Nagano, London Symphony (Erato)
Dutilleux: Cello Concerto, “Tout un monde lointain”; Baudo,Orchestre de Paris (EMI)
Debussy: Cello Sonata No. 1 in d; Britten (London)
Schnittke: Cello Concerto No. 2; Ozawa, London SymphonyOrchestra (Sony)
Schnittke: Cello Sonata No. 2; Uriash (EMI)
Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D, G. 479; Sacher, Zurich Collegium Musicum (DG)
Tartini: Cello Concerto in D; Wolff, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra (Teldec)
Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in d, RV 406; Wolff, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra (Teldec)
Bach: Suite No. 2 in d, “Sorrow and intensity” (EMI)
Bach: Suite No. 4 in E-flat, “Majesty and opacity” (EMI)
Dutilleux: Timbres, Espace, Mouvement; Orchestre National deFrance (Erato)
Schnittke: In Memoriam... for Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra (Sony)
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 4, Op. 112 (revised version);
Orchestre National de France (Erato)
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District, excerpts,Scene 3 and 9; Vishnevskaya, Opera Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra (Erato)
Tchaikovsky: Yevgeny Onegin, Letter Scene; Vishnevskaya, Bolshoi Theater Chorus and Orchestra (Chant du Monde)
Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Liza’s Arioso, National de France (DG)
Prokofiev: War and Peace, excerpts; Vishnevskaya, National de France (Erato)
Mussorgsky: Song, “The Field-Marshal” from Songs and Dances of Death (orch. Shostakovich); Vishnevskaya, London Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI)
Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 6 in B-flat, Op. 97, “Archduke”; Gilels, Kogan (Mon)
Bach, J. S.: Suite for Cello Solo No. 6 in D, S. 1012 (EMI)
Elgar: Cello Concerto in e, Op. 85; Rozhdestvensky, London Symphony Orchestra (Intaglio)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in g, Op. 19; Dedyukhin (DG)
Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 107; Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra (Sony)
Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D, Hob. VIIb:2; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Angel LP)
Britten: Suite No. 2 for Solo Cello, Op. 80 (EMI)
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in e, Op. 67; Serebryakov, Vaiman (Melodiya)
Rachmaninov: Songs, “The Night is mournful,” “Oh, never sing to me again,” “Music,” and “Spring Waters”; Vishnevskaya, Rostropovich (DG)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in b, Op. 74, “Pathétique”; National Symphony Orchestra (live concert recording) (Sony)
Schubert: Improvisation in G, Op. 90, transc. Heifetz/ Rostropovich; Yampolski (Urania)
Milhaud: Tijuca, from Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67, transc.Rostropovich; Dedyukhin (EMI)
Stravinsky: Pas De Deux, from Le Baiser de la fée, transc.Rostropovich; Dedyukhin (EMI)
Prokofiev: Waltz-Coda from Cinderella, transc. Rostropovich;Zybtsev (EMI)
Prokofiev: March from The Love for Three Oranges, transc.Rostropovich; Zybtsev (EMI)
Rostropovich: Humoresque, Op. 5; Dedyukhin (Brilliant Classics)
Dvorak: Cello Concerto in b, Op. 104; Boult, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Testament)
Bach, J. S.: Suite for Cello Solo No. 1 in G, S. 1007 (EMI)

Music written for Rostropovich but not recorded by him.

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