Mstislav Rostropovich: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon (37 CDs)

In March 2017, Mstislav Rostropovich would have turned 90. To celebrate this anniversary of one of the greatest cellists of all time, Deutsche Grammophon presents a truly encyclopaedic boxset which for the first time brings together “Slava’s” complete recordings for Decca, Philips, and the Yellow Label (as cellist, pianist & conductor).

Also included are his recordings for Westminster/Melodija.

Highlights include the legendary 1968 Dvořák Cello Concerto with Herbert von Karajan, no less than three versions of the Schubert String Quintet (with Taneyev, Emerson & Melos) and famed recordings he made with Martha Argerich, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Benjamin Britten, Sviatoslav Richter and Rudolf Serkin; and perhaps what was his most fulfilled musical partnership – that with his wife, the great Russian soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, whom he accompanied as both conductor (Tosca, Pique Dame) and pianist.

Beethoven:
Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-5 (complete)
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
String Trios (complete)
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Bruno Giuranna (viola)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat Major, Op. 97 'Archduke'
Emil Gilels (piano), Leonid Kogan (violin)
Piano Trio No. 9 in B flat major, WoO 39
Emil Gilels (piano), Leonid Kogan (violin)
Bernstein:
Meditations (3) from 'Mass'
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
Boccherini:
Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, G. 479
Collegium Musicum Zürich, Paul Sacher
Borodin:
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Brahms:
Cello Sonata No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 38
Rudolf Serkin (piano)
Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99
Rudolf Serkin (piano)
Bridge:
Cello Sonata in D minor, H125
Benjamin Britten (piano)
Britten:
Sonata for cello and piano in C major, Op. 65
Benjamin Britten (piano)
Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68
English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
Suites for cello solo, Nos. 1-3
Chopin:
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
Martha Argerich (piano)
Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C, Op. 3
Martha Argerich (piano)
Debussy:
Cello Sonata
Benjamin Britten (piano)
Dvorak:
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Fauré:
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor Op. 15
Emil Gilels (piano), Leonid Kogan (violin), Rudolf Barshai (viola)
Glazunov:
Chant du Ménestrel, Op. 71
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Granados:
Goyescas (opera): Intermezzo
Handel:
Te Deum in D major 'Dettingen', HWV283: Vouchsafe, O Lord
Haydn:
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1
English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
Piano Trio No. 16 in D major, Hob.XV
Emil Gilels (piano), Leonid Kogan (violin)
Piano Trio No. 19 in F major, Hob.XV:6
Emil Gilels (piano), Leonid Kogan (violin)
Messiaen:
Concert à quatre (1990-1991)
Yvonne Loriot (piano), Catherine Cantin (flute), Heinz Holliger (oboe)
Orchestre De L'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
Paganini:
Moto perpetuo, Op. 11, MS 72
Popper:
Dance of the Elves, Op. 39
Prokofiev:
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
Adagio for cello & piano (from Cinderella), Op. 97bis
Romeo and Juliet - Suite No. 1, Op. 64a
Romeo and Juliet - Suite No. 2, Op. 64b
Five Poems of Anna Akhmatova, Op. 27
Puccini:
Tosca
Rachmaninov:
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14
Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne, Op. 4 No. 4
Spring torrents, Op. 14 No.11
Night is sorrowful, Op. 26 No.12
Saint-Saëns:
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gregory Stolyarov
Schubert:
String Quintet in C major, D956
Melos Quartet
Sonata in A minor 'Arpeggione', D821
Benjamin Britten (piano)
Impromptu in G flat major, D899 No. 3
String Quintet in C major, D956
Emerson String Quartet
String Quintet in C major, D956
Taneyev Quartet
Schumann:
Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70
Martha Argerich (piano)
Stücke im Volkston (5), Op. 102
Benjamin Britten (piano)
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Traümerei
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63
Emil Gilels (piano), Leonid Kogan (violin)
Shostakovich:
Cello Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 126
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Strauss, R:
Ein einsamer Quelle, Op. 9, No. 2
Tartini:
Cello Concerto in A major
Collegium Musicum Zürich, Paul Sacher
Tchaikovsky:
Pique Dame (highlights)
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a
Sleeping Beauty, Suite, Op. 66a
Swan Lake, Op. 20 Suite
Andante Cantabile (from String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11)
Capriccio italien, Op. 45
Lieder from Op. 6
Vivaldi:
Cello Concerto in C major, RV398
Collegium Musicum Zürich, Paul Sacher
Cello Concerto in G major, RV413
Collegium Musicum Zürich, Paul Sacher

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