100 Best Rostropovich
20180722
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| 1 | Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104: I. Allegro | Antonín Dvořák | 14:44 |
| 2 | Cello Concerto in A minor, op. 129: II. Langsam | Robert Schumann | 5:02 |
| 3 | Cello Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 33: Allegro non troppo – | Camille Saint‐Saëns | 5:18 |
| 4 | Cello Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 33: Allegro con moto – | Camille Saint‐Saëns | 4:51 |
| 5 | Cello Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 33: Allegro non troppo | Camille Saint‐Saëns | 8:23 |
| 6 | Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, op. 102: III. Vivace non troppo | Johannes Brahms | 8:55 |
| 7 | Cello Concerto no. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb, 1: III. Allegro molto | Joseph Haydn | 6:23 |
| 8 | Cello Concerto no. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIb, 2: II. Adagio (Cadenza by Rostropovich) | Joseph Haydn | 5:11 |
| 9 | Cello Concerto no. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIb, 2: III. Rondo. Allegro | Joseph Haydn | 4:57 |
| 10 | Cello Concerto in D minor, RV 406: I. Allegro non molto | Antonio Vivaldi | 3:10 |
| 11 | Cello Concerto in D minor, RV 406: II. Andante | Antonio Vivaldi | 2:55 |
| 12 | Cello Concerto in D major: IV. Allegro (Arr. Wolff) | Giuseppe Tartini | 3:03 |
| 13 | Cello Concerto no. 2 in B‐flat major, H. 436: III. Allegro assai (Arr. Wolff) | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | 6:17 |
| 14 | Cello Concerto no. 1 in E‐flat major, op. 107: I. Allegretto | Dmitri Shostakovich | 6:23 |
| 15 | Cello Concerto no. 1 in E‐flat major, op. 107: IV. Allegro con moto | Dmitri Shostakovich | 4:42 |
| 16 | Sinfonia concertante in E minor, op. 125: I. Andante | Sergei Prokofiev | 4:39 |
| 17 | Schelomo, B. 39 | Ernest Bloch | 5:58 |
| 18 | Cello Concerto in C minor, op. 66: I. Lento ma non troppo – Andante | Nikolai Miaskovsky | 5:59 |
| 19 | Capriccio espagnol, op. 34: I. Alborada. Vivo e strepitoso | Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov | 1:19 |
| 20 | Don Quixote, op. 35: Introduction | Richard Strauss | 6:18 |
| 21 | Don Quixote, op. 35: Thema – Don Quixote – The Knight of the Mournful Countenance | Richard Strauss | 2:09 |
| 22 | Don Quixote, op. 35: Variation I – Departure – The adventure of the windmills | Richard Strauss | 2:28 |
| 23 | Don Quixote, op. 35: Variation II – The battle with the sheep | Richard Strauss | 1:42 |
| 24 | Cello Concerto, Tout un monde lointain: III. Houles. Large et ample | Henri Dutilleux | 4:29 |
| 25 | Cello Concerto, Tout un monde lointain: IV. Miroirs. Lent et extatique | Henri Dutilleux | 5:21 |
| 26 | Cello Concerto no. 2: II. Aria | André Jolivet | 3:54 |
| 27 | Cello Concerto no. 2: III. Animé | André Jolivet | 2:00 |
| 28 | Cello Concerto no. 1, op. 136: I. Nonchalant | Darius Milhaud | 5:13 |
| 29 | Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, op. 68: II. Presto inquieto | Benjamin Britten | 4:01 |
| 30 | Cinderella, op. 87, Act 2: no. 37 Waltz‐Coda (Arr. Rostropovich) | Sergei Prokofiev | 2:42 |
| 31 | The Love for Three Oranges, op. 33b: III. March (Suite) (Arr. Rostropovich for Cello and Piano) | Sergei Prokofiev | 1:33 |
| 32 | 5 Pieces, op. 25: no. 5 Scherzo in A minor | Yuri Shaporin | 1:31 |
| 33 | Cello Sonata in D minor, op. 40: II. Allegro | Dmitri Shostakovich | 3:09 |
| 34 | Cello Sonata in D minor, op. 40: IV. Allegro | Dmitri Shostakovich | 3:33 |
| 35 | 14 Romances, op. 34: XIV. Vocalise (Arr. Rostropovich for Cello and Piano) | Sergei Rachmaninov | 6:50 |
| 36 | Prière, op. 158 | Camille Saint‐Saëns | 5:28 |
| 37 | Préludes, L. 125b, Book 1: XII. Minstrels (Arr. for Cello and Piano) | Claude Debussy | 2:55 |
| 38 | Suite bergamasque, L. 82: III. Clair de lune (Arr. Roelens for Cello and Piano) | Claude Debussy | 4:49 |
| 39 | 3 Songs, op. 7: I. Après un rêve (Arr. Casals for Cello and Piano) | Gabriel Fauré | 3:21 |
| 40 | Impromptu no. 3 in G‐flat major, D. 899 (Arr. Heifetz & Rostropovich for Cello and Piano) | Franz Schubert | 4:59 |
| 41 | 12 Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” (From Mozart's Die Zauberflöte), op. 66: Thema, Variations I & II | Ludwig van Beethoven | 1:50 |
| 42 | Cello Sonata no. 2 in F major, op. 99: II. Adagio affetuoso | Johannes Brahms | 3:28 |
| 43 | Cello Sonata no. 2 in F major, op. 99: IV. Allegro molto | Johannes Brahms | 4:55 |
| 44 | From the Bohemian Forest, op. 68: V. Silent Woods (Arr. Piatigorsky for Cello and Piano) | Antonín Dvořák | 5:22 |
| 45 | Introduction et Polonaise brillante in C major, op. 3: II. Alla polacca. Allegro con spirito | Fryderyk Chopin | 5:40 |
| 46 | Stimmungsbilder, op. 9: II. An einsamer Quelle | Richard Strauss | 3:34 |
| 47 | Elfentanz, op. 39 | David Popper | 2:30 |
| 48 | Cello Suite no. 1, op. 72: II. Lamento. Lento rubato | Benjamin Britten | 2:47 |
| 49 | Cello Suite no. 2, op. 80: II. Fuga. Andante | Benjamin Britten | 4:01 |
| 50 | El amor brujo: VIII. Danza Ritual del Fuego (Arr. Piatigorsky for Cello and Piano) | Manuel de Falla | 3:02 |
| 51 | 12 Etudes, op. 8: no. 11 in B‐flat minor (Arr. Piatigorsky for Cello and Piano) | Alexander Scriabin | 4:00 |
| 52 | 5 Pieces, op. 25: II. Waltz in G minor | Yuri Shaporin | 3:44 |
| 53 | Suite im alten Stil, op. 10: I. Presto | Christian Sinding | 1:53 |
| 54 | Le grand tango | Astor Piazzolla | 3:26 |
| 55 | Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude | Johann Sebastian Bach | 2:06 |
| 56 | Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: II. Allemande | Johann Sebastian Bach | 3:20 |
| 57 | Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: III. Courante | Johann Sebastian Bach | 2:34 |
| 58 | Cello Suite no. 4 in E‐flat major, BWV 1010: I. Prélude | Johann Sebastian Bach | 4:24 |
| 59 | Cello Suite no. 4 in E‐flat major, BWV 1010: III. Courante | Johann Sebastian Bach | 3:39 |
| 60 | Cello Suite no. 4 in E‐flat major, BWV 1010: V. Bourrée I | Johann Sebastian Bach | 3:34 |
| 61 | Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: II. Allemande | Johann Sebastian Bach | 5:11 |
| 62 | Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande | Johann Sebastian Bach | 3:51 |
| 63 | Cello Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: I. Prélude | Johann Sebastian Bach | 4:07 |
| 64 | Cello Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: VI. Gigue | Johann Sebastian Bach | 2:53 |
| 65 | Cello Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: I. Prélude | Johann Sebastian Bach | 3:23 |
| 66 | Cello Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: II. Allemande | Johann Sebastian Bach | 3:47 |
| 67 | Cello Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: I. Prélude | Johann Sebastian Bach | 5:16 |
| 68 | Cello Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: III. Courante | Johann Sebastian Bach | 3:31 |
| 69 | Cello Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: V. Gavotte I | Johann Sebastian Bach | 2:17 |
| 70 | Cello Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: V. Gavotte II – Gavotte I | Johann Sebastian Bach | 2:53 |
| 71 | Cello Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: VI. Gigue | Johann Sebastian Bach | 4:09 |
| 72 | Toccata. in the Style of Frescobaldi | Gaspar Cassadó | 4:44 |
| 73 | Concerto in D minor After Alessandro Marcello, BWV 974: II. Adagio | Johann Sebastian Bach | 5:08 |
| 74 | Te Deum in D major, HWV 283, “Dettingen”: “Vouchsafe, O Lord” (Arr. Pekker) | George Frideric Handel | 3:48 |
| 75 | Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564: II. Adagio (Arr. Siloti for Cello and Organ) | Johann Sebastian Bach | 4:02 |
| 76 | 7 altfranzösische Mädchenbilder: VI. La sicilienne (Arr. Längin) | Louis de Caix d’Hervelois | 1:54 |
| 77 | Symphony no. 2 in C minor, op. 17, TH 25, “Little Russian”: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto vivace | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 5:08 |
| 78 | Symphony no. 3 in D major, op. 29, TH 26, “Polish”: IV. Scherzo. Allegro vivo | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 5:24 |
| 79 | Symphony no. 4 in F minor, op. 36, TH 27: II. Andantino in modo di Canzone | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 10:32 |
| 80 | Symphony no. 4 in F minor, op. 36, TH 27: III. Scherzo. Pizzicato ostinato. Allegro | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 5:31 |
| 81 | Symphony no. 5 in E minor, op. 64, TH 29: III. Valse. Allegro moderato | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 6:20 |
| 82 | Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74, TH 30, “Pathétique”: IV. Finale. Adagio lamentoso | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 9:42 |
| 83 | Variations on a Rococo Theme, op. 33: Introduction & Thema | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 2:26 |
| 84 | Variations on a Rococo Theme, op. 33: Variations I & II – Tempo della Thema | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 2:04 |
| 85 | Variations on a Rococo Theme, op. 33: Variation VI – Andante | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 2:40 |
| 86 | Variations on a Rococo Theme, op. 33: Variation VII & Coda. Allegro vivo | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 2:01 |
| 87 | Symphony no. 6 in D major, op. 60: III. Scherzo | Antonín Dvořák | 8:22 |
| 88 | Symphony no. 8 in G major, op. 88: III. Allegretto grazioso – Molto vivace | Antonín Dvořák | 6:31 |
| 89 | Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95, “From the New World”: IV. Allegro con fuoco | Antonín Dvořák | 12:35 |
| 90 | Night on the Bare Mountain | Modest Mussorgsky | 11:22 |
| 91 | Scheherazade, op. 35: II. The Story of the Kalendar Prince | Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov | 12:55 |
| 92 | Boris Godunov, Prologue: “Well, what's got into you?” (Police Officer, Chorus) | Modest Mussorgsky | 2:18 |
| 93 | Boris Godunov, Prologue: “Long live Tsar Boris Fyodorovich!” (Shuisky, Chorus) | Modest Mussorgsky | 4:02 |
| 94 | Symphony no. 1 in D major, op. 25, “Classical”: I. Allegro | Sergei Prokofiev | 3:05 |
| 95 | Symphony no. 1 in D major, op. 25, “Classical”: III. Gavotte | Sergei Prokofiev | 4:43 |
| 96 | Symphony no. 5 in B‐flat major, op. 100: II. Allegro marcato | Sergei Prokofiev | 8:44 |
| 97 | Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 54: III. Presto | Dmitri Shostakovich | 6:39 |
| 98 | Symphony no. 8 in C minor, op. 65: III. Allegro non troppo | Dmitri Shostakovich | 7:00 |
| 99 | Symphony no. 10 in E minor, op. 93: II Allegro | Dmitri Shostakovich | 4:28 |
| 100 | Cello Concerto no. 2 in G major, op. 126: III. Allegretto – Cadenza | Dmitri Shostakovich | 14:50 |