Leonard Elschenbroich, who begins 10-stop solo cello tour for Music Network on November 19th, is fascinated by the effects of oppression and censorship on composers. He sees Prokofiev as fleeing to "a ...

As with Bach’s St Matthew Passion, this disc presents an unfamiliar early version of a known masterpiece. Prokofiev wrote his Cello Concerto in the 1930s, but it failed to win favour (“grunting and ...

Sonata for Piano No. 9 Peter Donohoe, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Sonata for Piano No. 10 Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Peter Donohoe, Piano (2) Sonatinas Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Peter Donohoe, ...

(2) Sonatas for Cello and Piano, Movements: No. 1 in F minor (1898) Laura Buruiana, Cello Alexandra Silocea, Piano George Enescu, Composer Sonata for Cello and Piano Alexandra Silocea, Piano Laura ...

Moscow Radio Orchestra; Nikolai Golovanov, conductor; Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; Leningrad Philharmonic; Kurt Sanderling, conductor (Multisonic). The Borodin is the main attraction on this ...

101 Prokofiev, S.: Sonata for Violincello and Piano, Op. 119 / Mstislav Rostropovich. Violoncello 201 Shostakovich, Dmitri: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 40: Moderato / Mstislav Rostropovich, ...

One of the musicians I miss most in this current deep freeze is the Russian pianist Arcadi Volodos. He always loved eluding the press – when I was commissioned to interview him in Madrid, he almost ...

Matching menace with intense lyricism, these performances of two closely related works are compelling. Alban Gerhardt has a malleable tone and an adaptable personality that can convey the lyrical ...

Program notes ([3] p. : ill.) inserted in container. Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; Shostakovich, piano accompaniment; Sviatoslav Richter, piano accompaniment. 101 ...