Rostropovich Life & Art
Music
★ 7.0·2007·2h 11m
Released as a memorial for the great Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, who passed away on 27 April 2007, this DVD contains one bonafide cello con...
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Cast
Mstislav Rostropovich
Self
Leonard Bernstein
Self - Conductor
Herbert von Karajan
Self - Conductor
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Ulrich Koch
Self
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Orchestre National de France
Orchestra
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Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra
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DIRECTORS
Humphrey Burton, Yves-André Hubert
OVERVIEW
Released as a memorial for the great Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, who passed away on 27 April 2007, this DVD contains one bonafide cello concerto, the Schumann Cello Concerto in A minor, and two tone poems with prominent cello parts, Ernest Bloch's Schelomo and Richard Strauss' Don Quixote. Rostropovich mastered the Schumann in several famous recordings. Here, conducted by Leonard Bernstein, he provides a splendid performance. Featuring his trademark powerful technique, smooth legato and crisp vibrato, the Romantic roots of the concerto are never hidden for long, despite the relatively cool playing of the Orchestre National de France.