The cover photo for this album features 'Leningrad. Arrow of Vasilyevsky Island (1980)' by Ilya Narovlyansky.
Recording & Production
All three cello concertos on this album were recorded by the Saint Petersburg (Leningrad) Recording Studio at the Leningrad Philharmonic Grand Hall.
Composition History
Dmitri Shostakovich, a highly esteemed composer and Tishchenko's teacher, created his own orchestration of Tishchenko's Cello Concerto in 1969 for Tishchenko's 30th birthday.
Composition History
Boris Tishchenko's Cello Concerto, Op. 23, won first prize at the Prague Spring international competition of composers in 1966.
Composition History
Boris Tishchenko's Cello Concerto, Op. 23, was written at the request of prominent cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, who is also the soloist on this recording.
Composer Biography
Boris Tishchenko, a composer featured on this album, studied composition with Galina Ustvolskaya and later pursued postgraduate studies with Dmitri Shostakovich.
Composer Biography
Yuri Falik, another composer on this album, initially trained as a cellist, studying with Alexander Shtrimer and Mstislav Rostropovich, and even won an international cello competition in Helsinki.
