Mstislaw Leopoldowitsch Rostropowitsch

Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphonic Concerto for Cello and Piano Op. 125 stands as a monumental achievement in the 20th-century cello repertoire. Composed between 1950 and 1952 in close collaboration with vo...

Shostakovich composed his two cello concertos for his close friend Mstislav Rostropovich. The first contribution to this genre was presented in 1959 and immediately conquered its place in the repertoi...