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Rostropovich Encores: A Cello Tribute to Mstislav Rostropovich

10/13/2023, 18 Tracks, 1:10:18

Featuring

  • Alban Gerhardt
  • Markus Becker
  • Mstislav Rostropovich
  • Sergei Prokofiev
  • Christian Sinding
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Igor Stravinsky
  • Claude Debussy
  • Alexander Scriabin
  • David Popper
  • Frédéric Chopin
  • Maurice Ravel

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Interpretation

Mstislav Rostropovich believed that performing short, accessible pieces was as demanding an art as playing complex concertos.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Over one hundred works for cello were created for Mstislav Rostropovich, including masterpieces by Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Lutosławski, and Britten.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Mstislav Rostropovich's first virtuoso cello piece, Humoresque, Op 5, composed for his teacher, shows mastery of moto perpetuo techniques similar to David Popper's Elfentanz.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

Alban Gerhardt, the cellist on this recording, plays a Matteo Gofriller cello that dates from 1710.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

From the start of his career, Mstislav Rostropovich aimed to popularize the cello and stimulate the creation of new repertoire for the instrument.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Mstislav Rostropovich, a renowned cellist, was a major inspiration for Alban Gerhardt, the cellist on this album, who first heard him live in Berlin.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Mstislav Rostropovich made his official debut as a cellist at age thirteen and was also a budding composition student and self-taught pianist.

Source: Booklet

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