When it comes to random collections of recordings by Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, they don't get much more random than this two-disc set from French EMI. Only three works appear in their entirety: Bach's G major Cello Suite, Beethoven's Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen," and Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme. Everything else is excerpted: the closing movement of Haydn's C major Concerto followed by the slow movement of Dvorák's B minor Concerto followed by the opening movement of Saint-Saëns' A ...
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When it comes to random collections of recordings by Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, they don't get much more random than this two-disc set from French EMI. Only three works appear in their entirety: Bach's G major Cello Suite, Beethoven's Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen," and Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme. Everything else is excerpted: the closing movement of Haydn's C major Concerto followed by the slow movement of Dvorák's B minor Concerto followed by the opening movement of Saint-Saëns' A minor Concerto, followed by the central and closing movement of Schumann's A minor Concerto and so on through the remaining 10 works. But as an overview of the greatest cellist of the second half of the twentieth century's EMI recordings, this particular random collection can't be bettered. In addition to the superlative performances above, this set also includes Rostropovich's masterful performances of the finale of Brahms' Double Concerto with violinist David Oistrakh and the finale...
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Add this copy of Le Violoncelle Du Siecle to cart. $59.99, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by Distribuidora Belgrano Norte.
