„The arrangements are clearly intended to spotlight the expressive capabilities of the cellist. Rostropovich responds with characteristic warmth and beauty of tone, and Herbert Tachezi is relegated to a discreet supporting role.“ – BBC Music Magazine

„Until we get to Rheinberger and Saint-Saëns these are works derived from the pre-romantic eras. They are however given the intimate romantic treatment… and gloriously indulgent too with the cello warming the cockles of the hardest heart. There’s a break from such radiance in the slim-line cantabile delicacy of the suite by Louis de Caix d’Hervelois where Tachezi exchanges the organ for the harpsichord. The contented warmth returns in three gentle movements from Rheinberger’s op. 150 – a work originally for violin and organ. The collector’s item is the lovely breathy Pastorale“ – Musicweb International

Artykuł Mstislav Rostropovich & Herber Tachezi<br />Cello & Organ pochodzi z serwisu Cleartone.

• Mstislav Rostropovich & Benjamin Britten
• 01. Arpeggione Sonata – Allegro moderato (13:34)
• 02. Arpeggione Sonata – Adagio (4:36)
• 03. Arpeggione Sonata – Allegretto (10:36)
• 04. Sonata for cello and piano – Prologue (5:06)
• 05. Sonata for cello and piano – Serenade (3:29)
• 06. Sonata for cello and piano – Finale (3:52)

VERY RARE Ausgabe – Limited  – Audiophile Pressing aus Japan

Artykuł SCHUBERT, BRIDGE, <br />Mstislav Rostropovich, Benjamin Britten <br />Arpeggione Sonata Sonata for cello and piano pochodzi z serwisu Cleartone.

Audiophile Pressing: BOCCHERINI VIVALDI TARTINI Cello Concertos Mstislav Rostropovich – well, who could argue with a statement like that? After all, Mstislav Rostropovich is a supreme virtuoso, a charismatic performer, and a sublime interpreter and virtually every one of his recordings is as good as it gets for the repertoire. The key word, of course, is virtually: while Rostropovich’s Dvorák concerto with Karajan, his Beethoven sonatas with Richter, his Brahms sonatas with Serkin, and above all his Shostakovich sonata with Shostakovich are definitive, can one say the same of his Boccherini, Vivaldi, and Tartini concertos with Paul Sacher?

His virtuosity, his charisma

Or could one say that Rostropovich does not so much play the music of the great Italian Baroque composers as overwhelm it, that his virtuosity, his charisma, and his interpretations are more than the music can bear and that the listener is left not with fond memories of the music but instead with the overpowering impression of an unstoppable musical personality having his way with the music. The results are initially awe-inspiring but may ultimately prove to some to be empty. Accompanied — the more appropriate word might be enabled — by Sacher and the Collegium Musicum Zürich, the greatest cellist of modern times came, saw, and conquered the finest cello concertos of Baroque times. Whether that’s a good thing or not is up to the listener. Deutsche Grammophon’s late stereo sound is utterly transparent but perhaps places the microphones a bit too close to the soloists.

THE WORLD’S FINEST RECORDINGS – GRAND PRIX

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BOCCHERINI VIVALDI TARTINI Cello Concertos Mstislav Rostropovich

Luigi Boccherini: Concerto For Violincello And Strings, No. 2 In D Major

Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto For Violincello And Orchestra, Strings And Continuo In C Major RV 398

Giuseppe Tartini: Concerto For Violincello And Strings In A Major

Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto For Violincello, Strings And Continuo In G Major RV 413

Artykuł BOCCHERINI VIVALDI TARTINI <br />Cello Concertos <br />Mstislav Rostropovich pochodzi z serwisu Cleartone.