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Mstislav Rostropovich. Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich[ a] (27 March 1927 – 27 April 2007) was a Russian cellist and conductor. In addition to his interpretations and technique, he was well known for both inspiring and commissioning new works, which enlarged the cello repertoire more than any cellist before or since.
Duport Stradivarius. The Duport Stradivarius being played by Mstislav Rostropovich in 1978. The Duport Stradivarius is a cello made in 1711 by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona. The instrument is named after Jean-Louis Duport, who played it from around 1800 until his death.
The following is a list of compositions dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich. Throughout Rostropovich's lifetime, over 100 works have been written for him, many of which are now deeply rooted within the cello repertoire. Cello Concerto No. 1 (Shostakovich) Cello Concerto No. 2 (Shostakovich) Cello Concerto (Lutosławski) Cello suites (Britten)
The Axelrod quartet of Stradivarius instruments, on display in the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History. From left to right: Greffuhle violin (1709), Axelrod viola (1696), Ole Bull violin (1687), and Marylebone cello (1688). Stradivarius violins at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Concours de violoncelle Rostropovitch, (Cello Competition Mstislav Rostropovich ), is an international cello competition established in 1977 by the city of Paris. Year. President. Jury. Commissioned works. Prize. 1977. Mstislav Rostropovich. Luciano Berio Henri Dutilleux Raya Garbousova Witold Lutosławski Pierre Penassou Iannis Xenakis.
and 1723. ( 1723) Instrumental. Cello solo. The six Cello Suites, BWV 1007–1012, are suites for unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). They are some of the most frequently performed solo compositions ever written for cello. Bach most likely composed them during the period 1717–1723, when he served as Kapellmeister in ...
Vocalise (Rachmaninoff) " Vocalise " is a song by Sergei Rachmaninoff, composed and published in 1915 as the last of his 14 Songs or 14 Romances, Op. 34. [ 1] Written for high voice ( soprano or tenor) with piano accompaniment, it contains no words, but is sung using only one vowel of the singer's choosing ( see also vocalise ).
Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his Cello Concerto No. 2, Op. 126, in 1966 in the Crimea. Like the first concerto, it was written for Mstislav Rostropovich, who gave the premiere in Moscow under Yevgeny Svetlanov on 25 September 1966 at the composer's 60th birthday concert. The concerto is sometimes listed as in the key of G, but the score gives no ...