1967 Carnegie Hall Marathon / Rostropovich, Rozhdestvensky, et al

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Album Summary

Performers

• Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Glynne Adams (Viola)
• Itzhak Perlman (Violin)

Conductors

• Foss, Lukas [Composer]
• Rozhdestvensky, Gennady

Ensemble

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Composers

• Walter Piston (1894 - 1976)
• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Edouard Lalo (1823 - 1892)
• Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
• Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Boris Tchaikovsky (1925 - 1996)
• Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936)
• Giuseppe Tartini (1692 - 1770)
• Lukas Foss (Composer) (1922 - 2009)
• Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
• Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Yuri Levitin (1912 - 1996)
• Ernest Bloch (1880 - 1959)
• Tikhon Khrennikov (1913 - 2007)

Notes & Reviews:

At Carnegie Hall in 1967, Mstislav Rostropovich presented 30 cello concertos in eight concerts organized by impresario Sol Yurok. This 6-CD set includes 22 of these concertos.

At Carnegie Hall in 1967, Mstislav Rostropovich presented 30 cello concertos in eight concerts organized by impresario Sol Yurok. This six-CD set includes 22 of these concertos. Re-release of a title originally released in November 2009.

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Works Details

Elgar, Edward : Concerto for Cello

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
• Running Time: 27 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1919

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Concerto for Cello no 2 in G major, Op. 126

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
• Notes: Composition written: 1966.
• Running Time: 34 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1966

Piston, Walter : Variations for cello & orchestra

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
• Running Time: 16 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1966

Tchaikovsky, Boris : Partita for cello, piano, harpsichord, electric guitar and percussion

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
• Running Time: 24 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1966

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Pezzo capriccioso for Cello and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 62

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
• Running Time: 7 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1887

Strauss, Richard : Don Quixote, Op. 35

• Performers: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello); Glynne Adams (Viola)
• Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
• Running Time: 44 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1897

Respighi, Ottorino : Adagio con variazioni for Cello and Orchestra

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
• Running Time: 13 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1921

Brahms, Johannes : Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"

• Performers: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello); Itzhak Perlman (Violin)
• Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
• Running Time: 32 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1887

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Cello in G major, RV 413

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
• Running Time: 10 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: by 1742

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Cello in C major, RV 398

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
• Running Time: 7 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: by 1742

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Cello in G minor, RV 417

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
• Running Time: 10 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: by 1742

Tartini, Giuseppe : Concerto for Cello in A major

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
• Running Time: 12 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto

Levitin, Yuri : Suite for cello & chamber orchestra

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
• Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Lalo, Edouard : Concerto for Cello in D minor

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
• Running Time: 25 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1877

Foss, Lukas [Composer] : Concerto for Cello

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Lukas Foss
• Running Time: 9 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto

Bloch, Ernest : Schelomo

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
• Running Time: 22 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1915-1916

Prokofiev, Sergei : Concertino for Cello in G minor, Op. 132

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
• Running Time: 19 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1952

Honegger, Arthur : Concerto for Cello in C major, H. 72

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
• Notes: Composition written: 1929.
• Running Time: 16 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1929

Khrennikov, Tikhon : Concerto for Cello in C major, Op. 16

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococo theme, Op. 33

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
• Running Time: 18 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1876

Hindemith, Paul : Concerto for Cello

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
• Running Time: 25 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1940

Britten, Benjamin : Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
• Notes: Composition written: 1963.
• Running Time: 32 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1963