classical music: rostropovich

classical music: rostropovich

classical music:

Rostropovich

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) ...

Beethoven: Complete Music for Cello & Piano

Maurice Gendron, Mstislav Rostropovich, ...

Philips, 1994

Beethoven would have smiled
Rostroprovich and Richter are poster children for the merits of recording the lesser-known works of past masters. It is astonishing to believe that the Beethoven of, say, Symphonies, 3, 7, and 9 also sat himself down to compose small music like these pieces for two ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6

Mstislav Rostropovich, Johann Sebastian Bach

EMI Classics, 1995

Deeply satisfying
When I heard these recordings for the first time, I almost wept. I don't know if this makes any sense, but the only way of saying how I felt was that it was like coming home. Rostropovich plays so simply and directly that one feels all pretense peel away. If art is ...

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.

The Complete EMI Recordings 1946-1984, Vol. 1: Orchestral [Box Set]

Hans Hotter, Otto Edelmann, ...

EMI Classics, 2008

More Praise
I can only echo the extravagant praise of my fellow Amazon.com reviewers. This box, which contains literally everything Karajan recorded for EMI in Vienna, London and Berlin from the 1940's through the early '80's, and its companion volume, which features all of ...

Dvorák: Cello Concerto; Tchaikovsky / Karajan, Rostropovich,

Mstislav Rostropovich, Antonin Dvorak, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1996

One of the great treasures in recorded classical music
This recording of the Dvorak Cello Concerto in B-minor, Op. 104, by Mstislav Rostropovich, with Herbert von Karajan & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,is not only the finest perfomance of the piece that I have ever heard, including Ma, Du Pre, and Piatigorsky, but it ...

The Art of Violin

David Oistrakh, Ida Haendel

Nvc Arts, 2001

The Art of Violin
This DVD will bring tears to your eyes. My father was a professional violist for over 40 years and got much pleasure from this video. My mother enjoys watching this video at least once a week. It will inspire any young violinst to play with more feeling and overall ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rostropovich, Master Cellist

Mstislav Rostropovich, Frederic Chopin, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2002

Rostropovich at 75 - A Look Back
To celebrate the 75th year of the birth of cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, the various labels he recorded with over his illustrious career have issued several excellent collections. EMI outdid themselves by issuing, among other sets, the breathtaking 13-CD box set "The ...

Dvorak/Saint-Saens: Cello Concertos - Mstislav Rostropovich, Carlo Maria Giulini, London Philharmonic ...

Dvorak, Saint-Saens

EMI Classics, 2006

The best cellist of the 20th century
If you have doubts about why so many people thought that Rostropovich was the greatest cellist of the century this dvd will wipe them all away. He is at his peak, his power display is truly amazing!

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 ...

Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante; Miaskovsky: Cello Concerto

Mstislav Rostropovich, Nikolay Myaskovsky, ...

EMI Classics, 2007

Beautiful
Funny, how we love to critize the great ones, and God, was Mstislav Rostropovich a great one! His passing has left me depressed and listening to all my recordings of his work. This particular CD has become one of my repeatedly, played favorites. The Prokofiev ...