Cellist of the Century: The Complete Warner Recordings

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40 CD + 3 DVD + 200-page book

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Saint-Säens: Cello Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 33 / Miaskovsky: Cello Concerto, op. 66(Sargent)
2▶CD: Dvořák: Cello Concerto(Boult)
3▶CD: Prokofiev: Sinfonia concertante (Sargent) / Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
4▶CD: Brahms: Cello Sonata no. 2 / Popper: Dance of the Elves / Debussy: Minstrels / Clair de lune / Scriabin: Etude no. 11, op. 8
5▶CD: Brahms: Double Concerto(w. Oistrakh, Szell)
6▶CD: Beethoven: Triple Concerto(w. Oistrakh & Richter, Karajan)
7▶CD: Dutilleux, Lutosławski: Cello Concertos
8▶CD: R. Strauss: Cello Sonata / Beethoven: Cello Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” and “See, the Conquering Hero Comes”
9▶CD: Strauss: Don Quixote(Karajan)
10▶CD: Haydn: Cello Concertos nos. 1 & 2
11▶CD: Schumann: Cello Concerto / Bloch: Schelomo(Bernstein)
12▶CD: Dvořák, Saint‐Saëns: Cello Concertos(Giulini)
13▶CD: Brahms: Double Concerto( w. Perlman, Haitink)
14▶CD: Landowski: Un enfant appelle / La Prison
15▶CD: Dvořák: Cello Concerto / Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations(Ozawa)
16▶CD: Penderecki, Halffter: Cello Concertos no. 2(
17▶CD: Prokofiev: Sinfonia concertante / Shostakovich: Cello Concertos(Ozawa)
18▶CD: Milhaud: Concerto no. 1 / Honegger: Concerto / Hoddinott: Noctis equi(Kent Nagano)
19▶CD: Bach: Cello Suites nos. 1, 4 & 5
20▶CD: Bach: Cello Suites nos. 2, 3 & 6
21▶CD: Vivaldi, Tartini, C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concertos(Wolff)
22▶CD: Works for Cello & Organ
23▶CD: Gagneux: Triptyque / Shchedrin: Sotto voce concerto
24▶CD: Schnittke: Concerto for Three / String Trio / Minuet
25▶CD: Knaifel: Make me drunk with your kisses / D. Matthews: Romanza
26▶CD: Gubaidulina: The Canticle of the Sun / Shostakovich: 7 Romances on Verses by Alexander Blok
27▶CD: Prokofiev: Cello Sonata / Sinfonia concertante / Cello Concertino(Rozhdestvensky)
28▼CD: Short Pieces & Transcriptions
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1Russian Maiden's Song (Mavra: Parasha's Aria) (trans. Rostropovich after Dimitry Markevich)
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor) (on 1960-12-11)
piano:
Alexander Dedyukhin (pianist) (on 1960-12-11)
recorded at:
Great Hall, Conservatory, Moscow, USSR (Moscow Conservatory: The Grand Hall) in Moscow, Russia (on 1960-12-11)
recording of:
Russian Maiden's Song (from Mavra) (for cello and piano, Markevitch) (on 1960-12-11)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer)
arranger:
Dimitry Markevitch (cellist) and Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer)
arrangement of:
Mavra: Parasha's Song (original aria)
Igor Stravinsky4:06
2Divertimento from Le Baiser de la fée (trans. Rostropovich after Stravinsky & Samuel Dushkin): IV. Pas de deux: Adagio -
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor) (on 1960-12-11)
piano:
Alexander Dedyukhin (pianist) (on 1960-12-11)
recorded at:
Great Hall, Conservatory, Moscow, USSR (Moscow Conservatory: The Grand Hall) in Moscow, Russia (on 1960-12-11)
partial recording of:
Divertimento: IV. Pas de deux: Adagio - Variations - Coda (for cello & piano, arr. Rostropovitch) (on 1960-12-11)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1932)
cello arranger:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor)
arrangement of:
Divertimento: IV. Pas de deux: Adagio - Variations - Coda (for violin and piano, with Dushkin)
Igor Stravinsky4:17
3Divertimento from Le Baiser de la fée (trans. Rostropovich after Stravinsky & Samuel Dushkin): IV. Pas de deux: Variation - Coda
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor) (on 1960-12-11)
piano:
Alexander Dedyukhin (pianist) (on 1960-12-11)
recorded at:
Great Hall, Conservatory, Moscow, USSR (Moscow Conservatory: The Grand Hall) in Moscow, Russia (on 1960-12-11)
partial recording of:
Divertimento: IV. Pas de deux: Adagio - Variations - Coda (for cello & piano, arr. Rostropovitch) (on 1960-12-11)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1932)
cello arranger:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor)
arrangement of:
Divertimento: IV. Pas de deux: Adagio - Variations - Coda (for violin and piano, with Dushkin)
Igor Stravinsky3:21
4Etude in B-flat minor, op. 8 no. 11 (arr. Piatigorsky)
recorded in:
Russia
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor)
piano:
Alexander Dedyukhin (pianist)
recording of:
12 études, op. 8: No. 11 in B-flat minor (for cello and piano, arr. Gregor Piatigorsky)
composer:
Александр Николаевич Скрябин (Alexander Scriabin, pianist and composer) (in 1894)
arranger:
Gregor Piatigorsky (cellist)
arrangement of:
12 études, op. 8: No. 11 in B-flat minor
Alexander Scriabin4:07
5Tijuca (Saudades do Barsil, op. 76 no. 8) (arr. Rostropovich)
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor)
piano:
Alexander Dedyukhin (pianist)
recording of:
Saudades do Brasil, op. 67: VIII. Tijuca (for cello and piano, arr. Rostropovich)
composer:
Darius Milhaud (composer)
arranger:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor)
arrangement of:
Saudades do Brasil, op. 67: VIII. Tijuca (for piano)
Darius Milhaud2:35
6Ritual Fire Dance (El amor brujo) (arr. Piatigorsky)
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor)
piano:
Alexander Dedyukhin (pianist)
recording of:
Danza ritual del fuego (for cello and piano, Piatigorsky)
composer:
Manuel de Falla (Spanish composer)
arranger:
Gregor Piatigorsky (cellist)
arrangement of:
El amor brujo: VIII. Danza ritual del fuego
Manuel de Falla3:04
7Silent Woods, op. 68, B 173 (arr. Piatigorsky)
recorded in:
Russia
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor)
piano:
Vladimir Yampolsky (pianist)
recording of:
Silent Woods, op. 68 no. 5, B. 173 (for cello and piano)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (on 1891-12-28)
premiered at:
[concert] (1892-01-03)
publisher:
N. Simrock (in 1894)
part of:
Works of Antonín Dvořák by opus number (number: op. 68/5) and Antonín Dvořák: Thematický katalog (Antonín Dvořák: Thematic Catalogue, Burghauser [B.]) (number: B. 173)
arrangement of:
Ze Šumavy, op. 68, B. 133: č. 5. Klid (Lento e molto cantabile) (From the Bohemian Forest, op. 68, B. 133: no. 5. Silent Woods (Lento e molto cantabile), for four-hand piano)
Antonín Dvořák5:24
8An einsamer Quelle (Stimmungsbilder, op. 9)
recorded in:
Russia
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor)
piano:
Vladimir Yampolsky (pianist)
recording of:
Stimmungsbilder, op. 9 no. 2: An einsamer Quelle (Beside the Spring)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1884)
part of:
Stimmungsbilder, op. 9 (op 9; TrV 128)
Richard Strauss3:34
9Presto (Suite "im alten Stil", op. 10)
recorded in:
Russia
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor)
recording of:
Suite im alten Stil, op. 10: I. Presto (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Christian Sinding (Norwegian composer)
arrangement of:
Suite for Violin and Piano in A minor, op. 10 "Suite im alten Stil": I. Presto
Christian Sinding1:53
10"Après un rêve" (3 Songs op. 7 no. 1) (arr. Casals)
recorded in:
Russia
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor)
piano:
Alexander Dedyukhin (pianist)
recording of:
Après un rêve, op. 7 no. 1 (for cello and piano, arr. Casals)
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer)
cello and piano arranger:
Pau Casals (cellist, aka Pablo Casals)
arrangement of:
Après un rêve, op. 7 no. 1 (original; for voice and piano)
Gabriel Fauré3:36
11Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque, no. 3) (trans. Roelens)
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor) (on 1968-11-11)
piano:
Александр Александрович Дедюхин (pianist) (on 1968-11-11)
recorded at:
Great Hall, Conservatory, Moscow, USSR (Moscow Conservatory: The Grand Hall) in Moscow, Russia (on 1968-11-11)
recording of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 : III. Clair de lune, pour violon et piano (for violin and piano, Roelens) (on 1968-11-11)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1890 until 1905)
arranger:
Alexandre Roelens
arrangement of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 : III. Clair de lune (for piano)
Claude Debussy4:56
12Nocturne et Scherzo
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor) (on 1968-11-11)
piano:
Александр Александрович Дедюхин (pianist) (on 1968-11-11)
recorded at:
Great Hall, Conservatory, Moscow, USSR (Moscow Conservatory: The Grand Hall) in Moscow, Russia (on 1968-11-11)
recording of:
Nocturne et scherzo, L. 26, CD 39 (for cello and piano) (on 1968-11-11)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (on 1882-06-14)
premiered at:
[concert] (1882-05-12)
publisher:
Faber Music (in 1995)
part of:
Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version de 1977 “L.”) (number: L. 26) and Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version révisée en 2001 “CD”) (number: CD 39)
Claude Debussy5:31
13Romance: "I see you" (arr. Kubatsky)
recorded in:
Russia
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor)
piano:
Vladimir Yampolsky (pianist)
recording of:
Romance "I See You" (for cello and piano, Kubatsky)
composer:
Юрий Александрович Шапорин (Soviet composer)
arranger:
Виктор Львович Кубацкий (cellist)
Yuri Shaporin3:15
14Dance of the Elves, op. 39
recorded in:
Russia (on 1957-04-26)
producer:
Lawrance Collingwood
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor) (on 1957-04-26)
piano:
Александр Александрович Дедюхин (pianist) (on 1957-04-26)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer) (on 1957-04-26)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood (on 1957-04-26)
recording of:
Elfentanz, op. 39 (Dance of the Elves, for cello and piano) (on 1957-04-26)
composed in:
Leipzig (in 1881)
composer:
David Popper (Czech composer) (in 1881)
dedicated to:
Franz Neruda
publisher:
D. Rahter (in 1881)
part of:
Works of David Popper by opus number (number: op. 39)
David Popper2:36
15Impromptu no. 3 in G-flat, D 899 (arr. Heifetz and Rostropovich)
recorded in:
Russia
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor)
piano:
Александр Александрович Дедюхин (pianist)
recording of:
Impromptu in G‐flat major, op. 90 no. 3, D. 899 no. 3. Andante (catch‐all for arrangements)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
arrangement of:
Impromptu in G‐flat major, op. 90, D. 899: No. 3. Andante
Franz Schubert5:01
16Adagio (Ten Pieces from Cinderella, op. 97b) (trans. Prokofiev)
recorded in:
Russia
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor)
piano:
Александр Александрович Дедюхин (pianist)
recording of:
Adagio, op. 97b, from Cinderella (for cello and piano)
composer:
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer) (in 1944)
arrangement of:
Десять пьес из балета «Золушка» для Фортепиано, соч. 97: X. Адажио: Принц и Золушка (Ten Pieces from Cinderella, op. 97: X. Adagio)
Sergei Prokofiev5:57
17Waltz-Coda (Cinderella, op. 87, Act II no. 39) (arr. Rostropovich)
recorded in:
Russia
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor)
piano:
Алексей Зыбцев
recording of:
Cinderella, op. 87: Act II. No. 37. Waltz-Coda (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer)
arrangement of:
Cinderella, op. 87: Act II. No. 37. Waltz-Coda
Sergei Prokofiev2:43
18March (The Love for Three Oranges) (arr. Rostropovich)
recorded in:
Russia
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor)
piano:
Алексей Зыбцев
recording of:
Suite from "Love for Three Oranges", op. 33A: III. Marche (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer)
arrangement of:
Suite from “Love for Three Oranges”, op. 33A: III. Marche (original for orchestra)
Sergei Prokofiev1:45
19Sonata in D, HWV 371: III. Larghetto
recorded in:
Russia
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor)
piano:
Александр Александрович Дедюхин (pianist)
recording of:
Violin Sonata in D major, op. 1 no. 13, HWV 371: III. Larghetto
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Violin Sonata in D major, op. 1 no. 13, HWV 371
George Frideric Handel3:15
20Elegy
recorded in:
Russia
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor)
piano:
Vladimir Yampolsky (pianist)
recording of:
Elegy for Cello and Piano
composer:
Юрий Александрович Шапорин (Soviet composer)
Darius Milhaud2:50
21Scherzo (Pieces, op. 25)
recorded in:
Russia
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor)
piano:
Aza Amintayeva
recording of:
Five Pieces for Cello and Piano, op. 25: No. 5. Scherzo
composer:
Юрий Александрович Шапорин (Soviet composer)
part of:
Five Pieces for Cello and Piano, op. 25
Darius Milhaud1:46
29▶CD: Beethoven: Triple Concerto(I.) / Schumann: Cello Concerto / Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
30▶CD: Shostakovich: Cello Concertos nos. 1 & 2
31▶CD: Boris Tchaikovsky: Suite in D minor / Partita / Cello Concerto
32▶CD: Villa‐Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras, no. 1 / Respighi: Adagio con variazioni / Honegger: Cello Concerto / Strauss: Don Quixote
33▶CD: Shostakovich, Kabalevsky, Khachaturian: Cello Sonatas
34▶CD: Russian Works; Taneyev: Canzona / Myaskovsky: Cello Concerto / Glazunov: Concerto ballata
35▶CD: Tishchenko: Cello Concerto no. 1 / Khachaturian: Concerto-Rhapsody / Toyama: Cello Concerto
36▶CD: World Premieres; Lopes-Graça: Concerto da camera / Knipper: Concerto-Monologue / Weinberg: Cello Concerto(Rozhdestvensky)
37▶CD: Britten: Cello Suites nos. 1 & 2 / Symphony for Cello and Orchestra
38▶CD: In Memoriam Alexander Dedyukhin; Chopin: Cello Sonata / Introduction and Polonaise brillante / Myaskovsky: Cello Sonata / Shaporin: Pieces
39▶CD: Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango / Ustvolskaya: Grand Duet for Cello and Piano / Schnittke: Cello Sonata no. 2 / Epilogue to the Ballet Peer Gynt
40▶CD: The Last Audio Interview( Produced by Jon Tolansky)
41▶DVD: Dvořák: Cello Concerto / Saint‐Saëns: Cello Concerto no. 1(Giulini)
42▶DVD
43▶DVD