Cellist of the Century: The Complete Warner Recordings

~ Release by Mstislav Rostropovich (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

40 CD + 3 DVD + 200-page book

Tracklist

1CD: Saint-Säens: Cello Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 33 / Miaskovsky: Cello Concerto, op. 66(Sargent)
2CD: Dvořák: Cello Concerto(Boult)
3CD: Prokofiev: Sinfonia concertante (Sargent) / Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
4CD: Brahms: Cello Sonata no. 2 / Popper: Dance of the Elves / Debussy: Minstrels / Clair de lune / Scriabin: Etude no. 11, op. 8
5CD: Brahms: Double Concerto(w. Oistrakh, Szell)
6CD: Beethoven: Triple Concerto(w. Oistrakh & Richter, Karajan)
7CD: Dutilleux, Lutosławski: Cello Concertos
8CD: R. Strauss: Cello Sonata / Beethoven: Cello Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” and “See, the Conquering Hero Comes”
9CD: Strauss: Don Quixote(Karajan)
10CD: Haydn: Cello Concertos nos. 1 & 2
11CD: Schumann: Cello Concerto / Bloch: Schelomo(Bernstein)
12CD: Dvořák, Saint‐Saëns: Cello Concertos(Giulini)
13CD: Brahms: Double Concerto( w. Perlman, Haitink)
14CD: Landowski: Un enfant appelle / La Prison
15CD: Dvořák: Cello Concerto / Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations(Ozawa)
16CD: Penderecki, Halffter: Cello Concertos no. 2(
17CD: Prokofiev: Sinfonia concertante / Shostakovich: Cello Concertos(Ozawa)
18CD: Milhaud: Concerto no. 1 / Honegger: Concerto / Hoddinott: Noctis equi(Kent Nagano)
19CD: Bach: Cello Suites nos. 1, 4 & 5
20CD: Bach: Cello Suites nos. 2, 3 & 6
21CD: Vivaldi, Tartini, C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concertos(Wolff)
22CD: Works for Cello & Organ
23CD: Gagneux: Triptyque / Shchedrin: Sotto voce concerto
24CD: Schnittke: Concerto for Three / String Trio / Minuet
25CD: Knaifel: Make me drunk with your kisses / D. Matthews: Romanza
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1Make me drunk with your kisses (Canticum canticorum, Chapter 8): I. "Who is this coming up from the wilderness..."
assistant engineer:
Jens Schünemann (in 1995-04)
engineer:
Mark Huffman (in 1995-04: task: consulting engineer)
producer:
Michel Garcin
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (in 1995-04)
choir vocals:
The Choral Arts Society of Washington (in 1995-04), National Cathedral School Lower School Chorus (in 1995-04) and Washington National Cathedral Choristers (in 1995-04)
additional conductor:
Thomas Beveridge (in 1995-04) and Douglas Major (in 1995-04)
conductor:
Norman Scribner (in 1995-04)
balance engineer:
Eberhard Sengpiel (in 1995-04)
recorded at:
Washington Cathedral in Washington, D.C., United States (in 1995-04)
live partial recording of:
Chapter Eight - Canticum Canticorum (in 1995-04)
composer:
Александр Кнайфель (in 1993)
Alexander Knaifel11:34
2Make me drunk with your kisses (Canticum canticorum, Chapter 8): II. "O that you were like a brother to me..."
assistant engineer:
Jens Schünemann (in 1995-04)
engineer:
Mark Huffman (in 1995-04: task: consulting engineer)
producer:
Michel Garcin
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (in 1995-04)
choir vocals:
The Choral Arts Society of Washington (in 1995-04), National Cathedral School Lower School Chorus (in 1995-04) and Washington National Cathedral Choristers (in 1995-04)
additional conductor:
Thomas Beveridge (in 1995-04) and Douglas Major (in 1995-04)
conductor:
Norman Scribner (in 1995-04)
balance engineer:
Eberhard Sengpiel (in 1995-04)
recorded at:
Washington Cathedral in Washington, D.C., United States (in 1995-04)
live partial recording of:
Chapter Eight - Canticum Canticorum (in 1995-04)
composer:
Александр Кнайфель (in 1993)
Alexander Knaifel11:22
3Make me drunk with your kisses (Canticum canticorum, Chapter 8): III. "Make haste, my beloved..."
assistant engineer:
Jens Schünemann (in 1995-04)
engineer:
Mark Huffman (in 1995-04: task: consulting engineer)
producer:
Michel Garcin
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (in 1995-04)
choir vocals:
The Choral Arts Society of Washington (in 1995-04), National Cathedral School Lower School Chorus (in 1995-04) and Washington National Cathedral Choristers (in 1995-04)
additional conductor:
Thomas Beveridge (in 1995-04) and Douglas Major (in 1995-04)
conductor:
Norman Scribner (in 1995-04)
balance engineer:
Eberhard Sengpiel (in 1995-04)
recorded at:
Washington Cathedral in Washington, D.C., United States (in 1995-04)
live partial recording of:
Chapter Eight - Canticum Canticorum (in 1995-04)
composer:
Александр Кнайфель (in 1993)
Alexander Knaifel8:25
4Make me drunk with your kisses (Canticum canticorum, Chapter 8): IV. "You who dwell in the gardens..."
assistant engineer:
Jens Schünemann (in 1995-04)
engineer:
Mark Huffman (in 1995-04: task: consulting engineer)
producer:
Michel Garcin
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (in 1995-04)
choir vocals:
The Choral Arts Society of Washington (in 1995-04), National Cathedral School Lower School Chorus (in 1995-04) and Washington National Cathedral Choristers (in 1995-04)
additional conductor:
Thomas Beveridge (in 1995-04) and Douglas Major (in 1995-04)
conductor:
Norman Scribner (in 1995-04)
balance engineer:
Eberhard Sengpiel (in 1995-04)
recorded at:
Washington Cathedral in Washington, D.C., United States (in 1995-04)
live partial recording of:
Chapter Eight - Canticum Canticorum (in 1995-04)
composer:
Александр Кнайфель (in 1993)
Alexander Knaifel10:53
5Make me drunk with your kisses (Canticum canticorum, Chapter 8): V. "Set me as a seal upon your heart..."
assistant engineer:
Jens Schünemann (in 1995-04)
engineer:
Mark Huffman (in 1995-04: task: consulting engineer)
producer:
Michel Garcin
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (in 1995-04)
choir vocals:
The Choral Arts Society of Washington (in 1995-04), National Cathedral School Lower School Chorus (in 1995-04) and Washington National Cathedral Choristers (in 1995-04)
additional conductor:
Thomas Beveridge (in 1995-04) and Douglas Major (in 1995-04)
conductor:
Norman Scribner (in 1995-04)
balance engineer:
Eberhard Sengpiel (in 1995-04)
recorded at:
Washington Cathedral in Washington, D.C., United States (in 1995-04)
live partial recording of:
Chapter Eight - Canticum Canticorum (in 1995-04)
composer:
Александр Кнайфель (in 1993)
Alexander Knaifel10:52
6Make me drunk with your kisses (Canticum canticorum, Chapter 8): VI. "His left hand is under my head..."
assistant engineer:
Jens Schünemann (in 1995-04)
engineer:
Mark Huffman (in 1995-04: task: consulting engineer)
producer:
Michel Garcin
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (in 1995-04)
choir vocals:
The Choral Arts Society of Washington (in 1995-04), National Cathedral School Lower School Chorus (in 1995-04) and Washington National Cathedral Choristers (in 1995-04)
additional conductor:
Thomas Beveridge (in 1995-04) and Douglas Major (in 1995-04)
conductor:
Norman Scribner (in 1995-04)
balance engineer:
Eberhard Sengpiel (in 1995-04)
recorded at:
Washington Cathedral in Washington, D.C., United States (in 1995-04)
live partial recording of:
Chapter Eight - Canticum Canticorum (in 1995-04)
composer:
Александр Кнайфель (in 1993)
Alexander Knaifel6:45
7Romanza, op. 49 (for cello and small orchestra)
assistant engineer:
Alex Marcou (on 1990-08-02)
engineer:
Richard Hale (on 1990-08-02: task: technical engineer)
producer:
George Malcolm
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (on 1990-08-02)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (on 1990-08-02)
conductor:
Raymond Leppard (on 1990-08-02)
balance engineer:
Mark Vigars (on 1990-08-02)
recorded at:
[90th Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother]
recorded at:
Buckingham Palace: Ballroom in Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (on 1990-08-02)
live recording of:
Romanza for Cello and small Orchestra, op. 49 (on 1990-08-02)
composer:
David Matthews (in 1990)
was commissioned by:
Мстислав Ростропович
premiered at:
[90th Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother]
publisher:
Faber Music Ltd.
part of:
Works of David Matthews by opus number (number: op. 49)
David Matthews13:30
26CD: Gubaidulina: The Canticle of the Sun / Shostakovich: 7 Romances on Verses by Alexander Blok
27CD: Prokofiev: Cello Sonata / Sinfonia concertante / Cello Concertino(Rozhdestvensky)
28CD: Short Pieces & Transcriptions
29CD: Beethoven: Triple Concerto(I.) / Schumann: Cello Concerto / Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
30CD: Shostakovich: Cello Concertos nos. 1 & 2
31CD: Boris Tchaikovsky: Suite in D minor / Partita / Cello Concerto
32CD: Villa‐Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras, no. 1 / Respighi: Adagio con variazioni / Honegger: Cello Concerto / Strauss: Don Quixote
33CD: Shostakovich, Kabalevsky, Khachaturian: Cello Sonatas
34CD: Russian Works; Taneyev: Canzona / Myaskovsky: Cello Concerto / Glazunov: Concerto ballata
35CD: Tishchenko: Cello Concerto no. 1 / Khachaturian: Concerto-Rhapsody / Toyama: Cello Concerto
36CD: World Premieres; Lopes-Graça: Concerto da camera / Knipper: Concerto-Monologue / Weinberg: Cello Concerto(Rozhdestvensky)
37CD: Britten: Cello Suites nos. 1 & 2 / Symphony for Cello and Orchestra
38CD: In Memoriam Alexander Dedyukhin; Chopin: Cello Sonata / Introduction and Polonaise brillante / Myaskovsky: Cello Sonata / Shaporin: Pieces
39CD: Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango / Ustvolskaya: Grand Duet for Cello and Piano / Schnittke: Cello Sonata no. 2 / Epilogue to the Ballet Peer Gynt
40CD: The Last Audio Interview( Produced by Jon Tolansky)
41DVD: Dvořák: Cello Concerto / Saint‐Saëns: Cello Concerto no. 1(Giulini)
42DVD
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