Works Summary

Performers

• Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
• Benjamin Britten (Piano)

Composers

• Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)

Remarks:

Mstislav Rostropovich the great Russian cellist was closely associated with Sviatoslav Richter throughout his life and with Benjamin Britten from the early 1960s after an introduction by the composer Dmitri Shostakovich. Both the Brahms Cello Sonata in E and the Grieg Cello Sonata in A with Richter have circulated for years on the tape underground, but here are the BBC's own masters in stereo. These tapings are also notable because they are among the very few performances that the duo gave outside Russia.
 

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Brahms, Johannes : Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1 in E minor, Op. 38

• Performers: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello); Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
• Running Time: 24 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1862-1865

Grieg, Edvard : Sonata for Cello and Piano in A minor, Op. 36

• Performers: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello); Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
• Running Time: 30 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1882-1883

Shostakovich, Dmitry : Sonata for cello & piano in D minor, Op. 40

• Performers: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello); Benjamin Britten (Piano)
• Notes: Composition written: 1934.
• Running Time: 24 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1934

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