Mstislav Rostropovich - The Complete EMI Recordings (26 CD box set, APE)

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Number of Discs: 26 CD box set
Format: APE (image+cue)
Label: EMI Classics
ASIN: B001EX5CHI
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CD 01: J.S. Bach
01-07 J.S. Bach – Suite No. 1 in G, BWV 1007
08-14 J.S. Bach – Suite No. 4 in E flat, BWV 1010
15-21 J.S. Bach – Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello
March 1991
Basilique Sainte-Madeleine, Vezelay, Yonne, France
(P) 1995

CD 02: J.S. Bach
01-07 J.S. Bach – Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
08-14 J.S. Bach – Suite No. 3 in C, BWV 1009
15-21 J.S. Bach – Suite No. 6 in D, BWV 1012
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello
March 1991
Basilique Sainte-Madeleine, Vezelay, Yonne, France
(P) 1995

CD 03: Haydn, Schumann
01-03 Joseph Haydn – Cello Concerto No. 1 in C, HobVIIb.1
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Mstislav Rostropovich
15-16 November 1975
No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
(P) 1976/2000

04-06 Joseph Haydn – Cello Concerto No. 2 in D, HobVIIb.2
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Mstislav Rostropovich
15-16 November 1975
No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
(P) 1976/2000

07-19 Robert Schumann – Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein
11-12 November 1976
Salle Wagram, Paris
(P) 1977/1998

CD 04: Beethoven
01-03 Ludwig van Beethoven – Triple Concerto in C, Op. 56
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
David Oistrakh – violin,
Sviatoslav Richter – piano,
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
15-17 September 1969
Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin
(P) 1970/1997

04 Ludwig van Beethoven – 12 Variations in F on ‘Ein Maedchen oder Weibchen’, Op. 66
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Vasso Devetzi – piano
16-17 July 1974
Salle Wagram, Paris
(P) 1975/2007

05 Ludwig van Beethoven – 12 Variations in G on ‘See, the conquering hero comes’, WoO. 45
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Vasso Devetzi – piano
16-17 July 1974
Salle Wagram, Paris
(P) 1975/2007

CD 05: Brahms
01-03 Johannes Brahms – Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
David Oistrakh – violin,
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
12-13 May 1969
Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
(P) 1970/1997

04-07 Johannes Brahms – Cello Sonata No. 2 in F, Op. 99 (mono)
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin – piano
26 April 1957
No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London
(P) 1959/2007

CD 06: Brahms, Dvorak
01-03 Johannes Brahms – Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Itzhak Perlman – violin,
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
19-20 June 1979
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
(P) 1980/1988

04-06 Antonin Dvorak – Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
29-30 April & 01 May 1977
No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
(P) 1978/2001

CD 07: Dvorak, Saint-Saens, Popper, Debussy, Scriabin
01-03 Antonin Dvorak – Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
23-24 April 1957
No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
(P) 1958/2008

04-06 Camille Saint-Saens – Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
06 March 1956
No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
(P) 2008

07 David Popper – Dance of the Elyes, Op. 39
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin – piano
26 April 1957
No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London
(P) 1959/2007

08 Claude Debussy – Minstrels (No. 12 of Preludes Book I)
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin – piano
26 April 1957
No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London
(P) 1959/2007

09 Claude Debussy – Clair de lune (No. 3 of Suite bergamasque)
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin – piano
26 April 1957
No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London
(P) 1959/2007

10 Alexander Scriabin – Etude, Op. 6, No. 11
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin – piano
26 April 1957
No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London
(P) 1959/2007

CD 08: R. Strauss
01-13 Richard Strauss – Don Quixote, Op. 35
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Ulrich Koch – viola,
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
03-08 January 1975
Philharmonie, Berlin
(P) 1976/1988

14-16 Richard Strauss – Cello Sonata in F, Op. 6
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Vasso Devetzi – piano

16-17 July 1974
Salle Wagram, Paris
(P) 1975/2007

CD 09: Prokofiev, Myaskovsky, Rachmaninov
01-03 Sergei Prokofiev – Symphony-Concerto in E minor, Op. 125
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
15 April 1957
No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
(P) 1959/2007

04-05 Nikolai Myaskovsky – Cello Concerto in C minor, Op. 66
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
05 March 1956
No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
(P) 2007

06 Sergei Rachmaninov – Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 (mono)
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin – piano
27 April 1957
No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London
(P) 1959/2007

CD 10: Saint-Saens, Dutilleux, Lutoslawski
01-03 Camille Saint-Saens – Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
29-30 April & 01 May 1977
No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
(P) 1978/2001

04-08 Henri Dutilleux – Tout un monde lointain…
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Orchestre de Paris, Serge Baudo
05-06 November 1974
Salle Wagram, Paris
(P) 1975/2002

09-12 Witold Lutoslawski – Cello Concerto
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Orchestre de Paris, Witold Lutoslawski
22-24 December 1974
Salle Wagram, Paris
(P) 1975/2002

CD 11: Bloch, Gubaidulina
01 Ernest Bloch – Schelomo – Hebrew Rhapsody
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein
11-12 November 1976
Salle Wagram, Paris
(P) 1977/1987

02-12 Sofia Gubaidulina – The Canticle of the Sun
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello & percussion,
Simon Carrington – percussion,
Neil Percy – percussion,
John Aley – celesta,
London Voices, Ryusuke Numajiri
14 January 1999
No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
(P) 2001

CD 12: Schnittke, Shostakovich
01-04 Alfred Schnittke – Concerto for Three
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Gidon Kremer – violin,
Yuri Bashmet – viola,
Moscow Soloists
24-25 February 1995
Studio 103, Radio France, Paris
(P) 1996

05-06 Alfred Schnittke – String Trio
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Gidon Kremer – violin,
Yuri Bashmet – viola
24-25 February 1995
Studio 103, Radio France, Paris
(P) 1996

07 Alfred Schnittke – Minuet
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Gidon Kremer – violin,
Yuri Bashmet – viola
24-25 February 1995
Studio 103, Radio France, Paris
(P) 1996

08-12 Dmitri Shostakovich – Seven Romances on Verses by Alexander Blok, Op. 127
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Galina Vishnevskaya – soprano,
Ulf Hoelscher – violin,
Vasso Devetzi – piano
28-29 October 1974
Salle Wagram, Paris
(P) 1976/1995

The Russian Years recordings:

CD 13: Beethoven, Schumann, Tchaikovsky
01 Ludwig van Beethoven – Triple Concerto in C, Op. 56 – I. Allegro
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
David Oistrakh – violin,
Sviatoslav Richter – piano,
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin
05 January 1970
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

02-04 Robert Schumann – Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
30 November 1960
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

05-12 Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
30 November 1960
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

CD 14: Villa-Lobos, Respighi, Honegger, R. Strauss
01 Heitor Villa-Lobos – Bachianas brasileiras No. 1 – Preludio (Modhina)
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello, director
06 February 1962
Small Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

02 Ottorino Respighi – Adagio con variazioni
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin

03-05 Arthur Honegger – Cello Concerto
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Victor Dubrovsky
14 February 1964
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

06-19 Richard Strauss – Don Quixote, Op. 35
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
L. Dvoskin – viola,
B. Simsky – violin,
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin
12 March 1964
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

CD 15: Taneyev, Myaskovsky, Glazunov
01 Sergei Taneyev – Canzona
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin – piano
Radio House, Moscow

02-03 Nikolai Myaskovsky – Cello Concerto in C minor, Op. 66
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov
14 January 1964
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

04 Alexander Glazunov – Concerto ballata in C, Op. 108
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov
14 January 1964
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

CD 16: Prokofiev
01-03 Sergei Prokofiev – Cello Sonata in C, Op. 119
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Sviatoslav Richter – piano
01 March 1950
Small Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

04-06 Sergei Prokofiev – Symphony-Concerto in E minor, Op. 125
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Israel Gusman (04), Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (05-06)
27 December 1972 (04) & 25 February 1964 (05-06)
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

07-09 Sergei Prokofiev – Cello Concertino, Op. 132
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Moscow Radio & Television Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
13 May 1964
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

CD 17: Shostakovich
01-04 Dmitri Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat, Op. 107
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
10 February 1961
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

05-07 Dmitri Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No. 2 in G, Op. 126
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov
25 September 1967
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

CD 18: Britten
01-09 Benjamin Britten – Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
15 February 1966
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

10-14 Benjamin Britten – Cello Suite No. 2, Op. 80
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
12 March 1964
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

15-18 Benjamin Britten – Cello Symphony, Op. 68
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
12 March 1964
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

CD 19: B. Tchaikovsky
01-05 Boris Tchaikovsky – Solo Cello Suite in D minor
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello
05 November 1961
Small Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

06-11 Boris Tchaikovsky – Partita for Cello, Piano, Harpsichord, Electric Guitar and Percussion
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin – piano,
Boris Chaikovsky – harpsichord,
Messrs Khovov, Malichko and Godin – electric guitar, percussion
10 January 1967
Small Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

12-15 Boris Tchaikovsky – Cello Concerto
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin
04 September 1966
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

CD 20: Tishchenko, A. Khachaturian, Toyama
01 Boris Tishchenko – Concerto for Cello, 17 Wind Instruments, Percussion and Organ, Op. 23 – Andante – Allegretto – Andante
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello
06 February 1966
Philharmonic Hall, Leningrad

02 Aram Khachaturian – Concerto-Rhapsody
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Aza Amintayeva – piano
04 April 1964
Small Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

03-08 Yuzo Toyama – Cello Concerto
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Moscow Radio & Television Orchestra, Yuzo Toyama
13 January 1967
Tchaikovsky Hall, Moscow

CD 21: Lopes-Graca, Knipper, Weinberg
01-03 Fernando Lopes-Graca – Concerto da camera
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin
1967
Moscow

04 Lev Knipper – Concerto-Monologue for Cello, Seven Brass Instruments and Two Kettledrums
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
25 February 1964
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

05-08 Mieczyslaw Weinberg – Cello Concerto, Op. 43
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
25 February 1964
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

CD 22: Shostakovich, Kabalevsky, K. Khachaturian
01-04 Dmitri Shostakovich – Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Dmitri Shostakovich – piano
Radio House, Moscow

05-07 Dmitri Kabalevsky – Cello Sonata in B flat, Op. 71
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Dmitri Kabalevsky – piano
06 February 1962
Small Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

08-11 Karen Khachaturian – Cello Sonata
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Karen Khachaturian – piano
10 January 1967
Small Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

CD 23: Stravinsky, Scriabin, Milhaud, Falla, Dvorak, R. Strauss, Sinding, Faure, Debussy, Shaporin, Popper, Schubert, Prokofiev, Handel
01 Igor Stravinsky – Mavra – Russian Song (Parasha’s Aria)
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin – piano

02 Igor Stravinsky – Le Baiser de la fee – Pas de deux: Adagio
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin – piano

03 Igor Stravinsky – Le Baiser de la fee – Variation & Coda
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin – piano

04 Alexander Scriabin – Etude in B flat minor, Op. 8, No. 11
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Vladimir Yampolsky – piano

05 Darius Milhaud – Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67 – Tijuca
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin – piano

06 Manuel de Falla – El amor brujo – Ritual Fire Dance
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin – piano

07 Antonin Dvorak – Silent Woods, B. 173
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Vladimir Yampolsky – piano

08 Richard Strauss – Stimmungsbilder, Op. 9 – An einsamer Quelle
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Vladimir Yampolsky – piano

09 Christian Sinding – Suite im alten Stil in A minor, Op. 10 – Presto
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin – piano

10 Gabriel Faure – Apres un reve, Op. 7, No. 1
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin – piano

11 Claude Debussy – Suite bergamasque – Clair de lune
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin – piano

12 Claude Debussy – Nocturne et scherzo
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin – piano

13 Yuri Shaporin – Romance: I see you
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Vladimir Yampolsky – piano

14 David Popper – Dance of the Elves, Op. 39
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin – piano

15 Franz Schubert – Impromptu No. 3 in G flat, D. 899, No. 3
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin – piano

16 Sergei Prokofiev – Cinderella – Adagio
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin – piano

17 Sergei Prokofiev – Cinderella – Waltz-Coda
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexei Zybtsev – piano

18 Sergei Prokofiev – March from ‘The Love for Three Oranges’
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexei Zybtsev – piano

19 George Frideric Handel – Sonata in D, HWV 371 – Larghetto
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Vladimir Yampolsky – piano

20 Yuri Shaporin – Elegy
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Vladimir Yampolsky – piano

21 Yuri Shaporin – Scherzo, Op. 25, No. 5
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Aza Amintayeva – piano

CD 24: Chopin, Myaskovsky, Shaporin
01-04 Frederic Chopin – Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin – piano
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

05-06 Frederic Chopin – Polonaise brillante, Op. 3
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin – piano

07-09 Nikolai Myaskovsky – Cello Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 81
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin – piano
10 January 1967
Small Hall, Moscow Conservatoire

10-13 Yuri Shaporin – Five pieces, Op. 25
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin – piano

CD 25: Piazzolla, Ustvolskaya, Schnittke
01 Astor Piazzolla – Le Grand Tango
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Igor Uriash – piano
22 November 1996,
St. Petersburg

02-06 Galina Ustvolskaya – Grand Duet
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Alexei Lubimov – piano
07-08 November 1996
Moscow

07-11 Alfred Schnittke – Cello Sonata No. 2
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Igor Uriash – piano
21-22 November 1996
St. Petersburg

12 Alfred Schnittke – Epilogue for Cello, Piano and Tape from the Ballet ‘Peer Gynt’
Mstislav Rostropovich – cello,
Igor Uriash – piano
17 September 1996
St. Petersburg

Documentary CD:

CD 26: The Life of Rostropovich
01 Childhood and Early Life
02 Studying with Shostakovich at the Moscow Conservatory
03 Prokofiev – Memories and Relationship, and Cello Sonata
04 Vaclav Talich and Dvorak’s Cello Concerto
05 Britten – Memories and Relationship
06 Conducting, and Relationship with London Symphony Orchestra
07 Shostakovich – Discussions and memories of recording Lady Macbeth
08 Shostakovich – Memories and Relationship
09 Letter to ‘Pravda’ criticising the Soviet Party
2002
London

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