Mstislav Rostropovich
Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor (1927-2007)
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He didn't just master the cello — he expanded what it could say. Rostropovich commissioned and premiered over 100 new works, pulling pieces out of Shostakovich, Britten, Penderecki, and a generation of composers who wrote for him because he made the instrument worth writing for.
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Born 27 March 1927 in the Soviet Union, Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich became the cellist who changed the repertoire itself. His technique and interpretations built long friendships with composers — Prokofiev, Myaskovsky, Dutilleux, Lutosławski, Messiaen, Berio, Schnittke, Bernstein, Khachaturian — and he inspired over 100 premieres that enlarged what the cello could hold. Beyond music, he became a staunch advocate of human rights, earning the 1974 Award of the International League of Human Rights. Married to soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, father to two daughters, he collected honors includi…
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- Magnum Ignotum2000
- La Mer / L’Après-midi d’un faune / Syrinx2000
- Karajan conducts Tchaikovsky2000
- The Sonatas for Piano and Cello2000
- Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no. 1 / Trio no. 2 / Haydn: Piano Trio no. 161999
- Serenade for Strings / Nocturne / Suite "Mozartiana" / Legend "Christ in His Garden"1999
- Rostropovich Plays Prokofiev1998
- Trio Élégiaque No. 21998
- Cello Concerto no. 1 in E flat, op. 107 / Cello Concerto no. 2 in G, op. 126 / Satires (Pictures of the Past), op. 1091998
- Shostakovich Plays Shostakovich1998
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