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Concertos
(more) »rank: 68336by: Bartok, Aimard, Stefanovich, Kremer, Lso
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Die Walkure (Dig)
(more) »rank: 96756by: Wagner, Vickers, Ward, London, Lso, Leinsdorf
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Symphony 11: The Year 1905
(more) »rank: 98429by: Shostakovich, Rostropovich, Lso
: :From the first dark pianissimos to the shattering climactic finale, this is a reading of rare involvement and commitment. At over 72 minutes, it's about 12 minutes longer than most versions of the work, but Rostropovich maintains a note-to-note tension that never lets up, preventing any sense of slackened pace. Subtitled 'The Year 1905,' the symphony depicts the slaughter of demonstrators by the czarist forces, an event that contributed to the revolution that later swept Russia. For all its powerful, bombastic passages, the overwhelming impression, in Rostropovich's interpretation, is of a work permeated with brooding menace, summoning both what happened and the horrors ...
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Serenade/Les Illuminations/Nocturne
(more) »rank: 95622by: Britten, Pears, Lso, Eco
: :From the first dark pianissimos to the shattering climactic finale, this is a reading of rare involvement and commitment. At over 72 minutes, it's about 12 minutes longer than most versions of the work, but Rostropovich maintains a note-to-note tension that never lets up, preventing any sense of slackened pace. Subtitled 'The Year 1905,' the symphony depicts the slaughter of demonstrators by the czarist forces, an event that contributed to the revolution that later swept Russia. For all its powerful, bombastic passages, the overwhelming impression, in Rostropovich's interpretation, is of a work permeated with brooding menace, summoning both what happened and the horrors ...
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Faust (Dig)
(more) »rank: 42639by: Gounod, Corelli, Ghiaurov, Lso, Bonynge
: :From the first dark pianissimos to the shattering climactic finale, this is a reading of rare involvement and commitment. At over 72 minutes, it's about 12 minutes longer than most versions of the work, but Rostropovich maintains a note-to-note tension that never lets up, preventing any sense of slackened pace. Subtitled 'The Year 1905,' the symphony depicts the slaughter of demonstrators by the czarist forces, an event that contributed to the revolution that later swept Russia. For all its powerful, bombastic passages, the overwhelming impression, in Rostropovich's interpretation, is of a work permeated with brooding menace, summoning both what happened and the horrors ...
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Dvorak: Cello Concerto/Brahms: Double Concerto - Paul Tortelier, Yehudi Menuhin, Andre Previn, Paavo Berglund
(more) »rank: 138101by: Dvorak, Brahms, Lso, Lpo, Previn
: :From the first dark pianissimos to the shattering climactic finale, this is a reading of rare involvement and commitment. At over 72 minutes, it's about 12 minutes longer than most versions of the work, but Rostropovich maintains a note-to-note tension that never lets up, preventing any sense of slackened pace. Subtitled 'The Year 1905,' the symphony depicts the slaughter of demonstrators by the czarist forces, an event that contributed to the revolution that later swept Russia. For all its powerful, bombastic passages, the overwhelming impression, in Rostropovich's interpretation, is of a work permeated with brooding menace, summoning both what happened and the horrors ...
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Te Deum / Araiza
(more) »rank: 144900by: Berlioz, Abbado, Lso
: :From the first dark pianissimos to the shattering climactic finale, this is a reading of rare involvement and commitment. At over 72 minutes, it's about 12 minutes longer than most versions of the work, but Rostropovich maintains a note-to-note tension that never lets up, preventing any sense of slackened pace. Subtitled 'The Year 1905,' the symphony depicts the slaughter of demonstrators by the czarist forces, an event that contributed to the revolution that later swept Russia. For all its powerful, bombastic passages, the overwhelming impression, in Rostropovich's interpretation, is of a work permeated with brooding menace, summoning both what happened and the horrors ...
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Festival of Christmas Carols
(more) »rank: 90242by: Davis, John Alldis Choir, Lso
: :From the first dark pianissimos to the shattering climactic finale, this is a reading of rare involvement and commitment. At over 72 minutes, it's about 12 minutes longer than most versions of the work, but Rostropovich maintains a note-to-note tension that never lets up, preventing any sense of slackened pace. Subtitled 'The Year 1905,' the symphony depicts the slaughter of demonstrators by the czarist forces, an event that contributed to the revolution that later swept Russia. For all its powerful, bombastic passages, the overwhelming impression, in Rostropovich's interpretation, is of a work permeated with brooding menace, summoning both what happened and the horrors ...
![Brahms: Serenades Nos. 1 & 2 [Germany]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NCB7W371L._SL160_.jpg)
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Brahms: Serenades Nos. 1 & 2 [Germany]
(more) »rank: 76014by: Brahms, Lso, Kertesz
: :From the first dark pianissimos to the shattering climactic finale, this is a reading of rare involvement and commitment. At over 72 minutes, it's about 12 minutes longer than most versions of the work, but Rostropovich maintains a note-to-note tension that never lets up, preventing any sense of slackened pace. Subtitled 'The Year 1905,' the symphony depicts the slaughter of demonstrators by the czarist forces, an event that contributed to the revolution that later swept Russia. For all its powerful, bombastic passages, the overwhelming impression, in Rostropovich's interpretation, is of a work permeated with brooding menace, summoning both what happened and the horrors ...
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Symphony No. 3
(more) »rank: 186232by: Beethoven, Lso, Solti
: :From the first dark pianissimos to the shattering climactic finale, this is a reading of rare involvement and commitment. At over 72 minutes, it's about 12 minutes longer than most versions of the work, but Rostropovich maintains a note-to-note tension that never lets up, preventing any sense of slackened pace. Subtitled 'The Year 1905,' the symphony depicts the slaughter of demonstrators by the czarist forces, an event that contributed to the revolution that later swept Russia. For all its powerful, bombastic passages, the overwhelming impression, in Rostropovich's interpretation, is of a work permeated with brooding menace, summoning both what happened and the horrors ...
