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FocusSentimental work: David Finckel on Myaskovsky's Cello Concerto
The Myaskovsky Cello Concerto remains a private pleasure for the US cellist, whose memories of Rostropovich remain an inspiration half a century later
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Words of wisdom from cellist Aldo Parisot
As Yale School of Music announces the official retirement of the 99-year-old cello guru, we look back at some of the inspiring quotes from an interview for The Strad conducted by one of his most illustrious students, Ralph Kirshbaum
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Rostropovich Encores - music by Chopin, Debussy, Popper, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Rostropovich, Scriabin, Sinding and Stravinsky
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: March 2017 Description: Gerhardt emulates the great Slava but finds his own personal intimacy Musicians: Alban Gerhardt (cello) Markus Becker (piano) Composer: Chopin, Debussy, Popper, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Rostropovich, Scriabin, Sinding and Stravinsky Catalogue number: ...
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Director announces cancellation of Rostropovich festival in Baku
Festival dedicated to the great cellist hit by financial problems
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Cellist Mischa Maisky on studying with Piatigorsky and Rostropovich
Both great musicians taught Maisky that the cello is merely a means to an end
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Review
Dvorák: Cello Concerto in B minor. Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor. Tchaikovsky: Pezzo capriccioso in B minor
The Strad Issue: October 2015 Description: Rostropovich’s fine concerto recordings remastered in high-definition sound Musicians: Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Adrian Boult; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, USSR State Symphony Orchestra/Gennady Rozhdestvensky Composer: Dvorák, Schumann, Tchaikovsky Here are two of Mstislav Rostropovich’s best concerto recordings. The 1957 Dvorák, from ...
