classical music: rostropovich

classical music: rostropovich

classical music:

Rostropovich

David Oistrakh: The Complete EMI Recordings

Joseph Stidel, Mstislav Rostropovich, ...

EMI Classics, 2008

Oistrakh Jubilee
A violinist's violinist who was simultaneously adored by the general public. EMI presents in one compilation the entire recorded legacy of David Oistrakh. I simply wanted to list the works and co-performers in this collection. The recordings really do not need any ...

The Art of Violin

David Oistrakh, Ida Haendel

Nvc Arts, 2001

The Art of Violin
This DVD will bring tears to your eyes. My father was a professional violist for over 40 years and got much pleasure from this video. My mother enjoys watching this video at least once a week. It will inspire any young violinst to play with more feeling and overall ...

Brahms: The Cello Sonatas

Johannes Brahms, Mstislav Rostropovich, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1990

THIS ONE WILL GROW ON YOU
The balance is not quite right, with the cello too prominent, but once I got used to that the performances started to take me over. Here we have two of the greatest classical interpreters of their time taking us into the special world of Brahms, and they had me ...

Schubert: String Quintet in C, D. 956

Mstislav Rostropovich

Deutsche Grammophon, 1992

Schubert at its best
I consider this work to be found in the front rank of Schuberts work. The melodic partwriting brings an atmosphere of tender intimacy which the musicians fully bring over. Their playing together lets me forget that they are 5 individuals but rather they give the ...

Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6

Mstislav Rostropovich, Johann Sebastian Bach

EMI Classics, 1995

Deeply satisfying
When I heard these recordings for the first time, I almost wept. I don't know if this makes any sense, but the only way of saying how I felt was that it was like coming home. Rostropovich plays so simply and directly that one feels all pretense peel away. If art is ...

Great Recordings Of The Century - Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Brahms: Double Concerto / Oistrakh, ...

Mstislav Rostropovich, Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

EMI Classics, 1999

There can't be any better!
It is not for the names only. I think it is a performance as Beethoven probably had in mind.

The Complete EMI Recordings 1946-1984, Vol. 1: Orchestral [Box Set]

Hans Hotter, Otto Edelmann, ...

EMI Classics, 2008

More Praise
I can only echo the extravagant praise of my fellow Amazon.com reviewers. This box, which contains literally everything Karajan recorded for EMI in Vienna, London and Berlin from the 1940's through the early '80's, and its companion volume, which features all of ...

Beethoven: Complete Music for Cello & Piano

Maurice Gendron, Mstislav Rostropovich, ...

Philips, 1994

Beethoven would have smiled
Rostroprovich and Richter are poster children for the merits of recording the lesser-known works of past masters. It is astonishing to believe that the Beethoven of, say, Symphonies, 3, 7, and 9 also sat himself down to compose small music like these pieces for two ...

Dvorák: Cello Concerto; Tchaikovsky / Karajan, Rostropovich,

Mstislav Rostropovich, Antonin Dvorak, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1996

One of the great treasures in recorded classical music
This recording of the Dvorak Cello Concerto in B-minor, Op. 104, by Mstislav Rostropovich, with Herbert von Karajan & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,is not only the finest perfomance of the piece that I have ever heard, including Ma, Du Pre, and Piatigorsky, but it ...

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No1, Op107; Violin Concerto No1 (revised), Op99

Mstislav Rostropovich, Dimitri Mitropoulos, ...

Sony, 1998

Great performances of Shostakovich
I'll make this brief; the other reviewer have said what I would have stated, that this is a great recording. The one thing I would like to add, as an avid violin (and cello, my sister is a cellist) fan, is that the sheer intensity and almost raw (without being crude) ...

Great Recordings of the Century - The DVD

Maria Callas, Yehudi Menuhin

EMI Classics, 2008

Muy buena selección
Esta es una muy buena selección de grabaciones del pasado. Lamentablemente hay piezas que no están completas (como la 9na. Sinfonía de Beethoven, dirigida por Otto Klemperer en 1964), o el Concierto para Violín y Orquesta de Brahms (Oistrakh)pero hay otras que sí, como ...

Beethoven Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-5 / Rostropovich, Richter

Mstislav Rostropovich, Sviatoslav Richter

EMI Classics, 2003

Two Masters at the Height of their Powers
Despite his enormous discography, there's not a very rich visual record of Richter. He and Rostropovich excelled in concert performance, and these DVDs convey their intensity playing some of the best music ever written for the cello. Richter once said in an interview ...

My Ballerina Album

My Ballerina Album

Deutsche Grammophon, 2002

Perfect for little ballerinas
Pirouetting around many homes are girls with dreams of one day being a prima ballerina. This 2CD set is the perfect introduction to the world of dance and ballet for the ballerina in your life. All-time favorite ballet melodies including music from Sleeping Beauty, ...

Schubert, Debussy / Rostropovich, Britten

Mstislav Rostropovich, Claude Debussy, ...

Decca, 1999

magisterial recordings from 1968 and 1961
These are indeed magisterial readings, actually dating from 1961 (Schumann and Debussy) and 1968 (Schubert), in superb transfers. The front cover of this Decca Legends CD reissue is a little misleading about these dates, but the inside pages are clear and awesomely ...

Bach - Cello Suites / Rostropovich

Mstislav Rostropovich

EMI Classics, 2004

A Must have DVD
I saw Rostropovich perform all six suites in Vienna during the mid-70s at the time he initially moved to the west. It was the first time he performed all six in one sitting. I also met the man after the concert, truly one of the greatest musical evenings I ever ...