Мстислав Ростропович

cellist/conductor, Russia, 1927 to 2007

Albums

Year Title Average Ratings
1952 Трио ля минор
1957 Симфония-Концерт для виолончели с оркестром, соч. 125
1958 Cello Concerto
1959 Cello Concerto no. 1 / Symphony no. 1
1961 Cellokonzert A-Moll / Rokoko-Variationen
1962 Songs and Dances of Death
1969 Dvořák: Cellokonzert / Tschaikowsky: Rokoko‐Variationen
1970 Tripelkonzert C-dur op.56
1970 Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102
1970 Eugène Onéguine
1972 Violin Concerto & Double Concerto
1973 Symphony No. 14
145 more releases
1974 Cellokonzert / Rokoko Variationen
1974 Schéhérazade
1975 Richard Strauss: Cello Sonata / Beethoven: Cello Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” and “See, the Conquering Hero Comes”
1979 Ballett‐Suiten: Dornröschen / Schwanensee / Nußknacker
1981 Concerto per violoncello e orchestra op. 104
1981 Souvenir de Florence
1982 Bernstein conducts Bernstein: Divertimento / Halil / On the Town / Three Meditations From "Mass"
1983 Timbres, espace, mouvement / Métaboles
1983 Symphony no. 5
1983 "London" Trios, nos. 1-4 / Divertissement, op. 100, nos. 2 & 6
1983 The Cello Sonatas
1983 Romeo and Juliet Suites 1 & 2
1984 Symphonie concertante pour violoncelle et orchestre
1986 Yolanta
1987 Concerto n°2 pour violoncelle / Partita
1987 Triplo Concerto per violino, violoncello, pianoforte e orchestra in Do maggiore Op. 56 / Sonata per pianoforte No. 17 in Re minore Op. 31 No. 2 "La tempesta"
1987 The Flute Quartets
1987 Symphonies No. 7, Op. 131 / No. 4, Op. 47
1987 Vespers
1987 Don Quixote
1987 Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata / Schumann: Fünf Stücke im Volkston / Debussy: Cello Sonata
1987 Dvorak: Concerto pour violoncelle / Tchaikovski: Variations Rococo
1987 Concerto no. 2 pour violoncelle / Paráfrasis
1987 Cello Concertos
1988 Prokofiev: Symphonie concertante / Shostakovich: Concerto pour violincelle No. 1
1988 Guerre et Paix
1988 Symphonies no. 6 & no. 1
1989 Violin Concertos
1989 Symphonie N° 13 "Babi Yar"
1989 Die Streichtrios
1989 Cello Symphony / Sinfonia da Requiem
1989 Streichquintett (String Quintet)
1989 Cello Concertos
1989 Chopin: Cello Sonata, op. 65 / Polonaise, op. 3 / Schumann: Adagio & Allegro, op. 70
1990 Piano Concertos 1 & 3
1990 Learner's Manual
1990 Symphonie Nº 7 “Leningrad”
1990 Mozart / Telemann / J.C. Bach / Reicha
1990 Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
1991 Symphony no. 10
1991 Viola Concerto / Trio Sonata
1991 Symphony No. 15 in A major, op. 141
1991 Cello Concertos nos. 1 & 2
1991 Mystère de l'instant / Métaboles / Timbres, espace, mouvement
1991 Symphonie no. 5 / Overture 1812
1991 Variations on a Rococo Theme / Souvenir de Florence
1991 Ballett-Suiten / Capriccio italien
1991 Cello Concerto No. 2 / Othello / The Noon Witch
1991 Return to Russia
1992 Ivan The Terrible / Alexander Nevsky
1992 Symphony no. 4
1992 Haydn "London" trios, divertimenti
1992 Symphony no. 8
1992 Boris Godounov
1992 Streichquintett C-Dur
1992 Cello Concerto no. 2 / In memoriam...
1993 Symphony no. 11
1993 Cello & Organ
1993 Cello Concertos
1993 Brahms: Double Concerto / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
1994 Symphonies nos. 2 & 3
1994 Symphonies nos. 1 & 9
1994 Violin Concertos no. 1
1995 Cello-Suiten 1, 4 & 5
1995 Symphony no. 5
1995 Mstislav Rostropovich in concert
1995 Dvorák: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104 - Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
1995 Cello-Suiten
1996 Variations on a Rococo Theme / Cello Concerto no. 1 / Élégie / Kol Nidrei
1996 Concerto for Three / String Trio / Minuet / Canon
1996 Cello-Suiten 2, 3 & 6
1996 Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5 / Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Suite no. 1
1997 Violin Concertos no. 2
1997 Britten: Cello Sonata In C Major, Op.65 / Schumann: 5 Stücke im Volkston / Debussy: Cello Sonata
1997 Catoire: Piano Trio in F minor, op. 14 / Goldenweiser: Piano Trio in E minor, op. 31
1997 Dvorak: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor / R. Strauss: Don Quixote - Fantastic Variations for Cello, Viola and Orchestra
1997 Elgar: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor, op. 85 / Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, op. 68
1997 Cello Concertos
1997 Cellist des Jahrhunderts
1998 Rostropovich Plays Prokofiev
1998 Trio Élégiaque No. 2
1998 Shostakovich Plays Shostakovich
1998 Boris Tchaikovsky, Boris Tishchenko: Concertos (World Premiere Recording)
1998 Cello Concerto no. 1 in E flat, op. 107 / Cello Concerto no. 2 in G, op. 126 / Satires (Pictures of the Past), op. 109
1999 Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no. 1 / Trio no. 2 / Haydn: Piano Trio no. 16
1999 Serenade for Strings / Nocturne / Suite "Mozartiana" / Legend "Christ in His Garden"
2000 Brahms: Double Concerto / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto / Bach: Violin Concerto in E
2000 La Mer / L’Après-midi d’un faune / Syrinx
2000 Karajan conducts Tchaikovsky
2000 Magnum Ignotum
2000 The Sonatas for Piano and Cello
2001 The British Music Collection: Benjamin Britten: The Rarities
2001 The Canticle of the Sun / Music for Flute, Strings and Percussion
2002 Cello Concertos Nos. 1, 2 / Satires (Pictures Of The Past), Op.109
2002 Pique Dame
2003 Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
2003 Prokofiev 3 / Rachmaninov 3
2003 Artist portrait
2003 Britten: Violin Concerto / Walton: Viola Concerto
2004 Britten: Cello Symphony / Cello Suite no. 2 / Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no. 1
2004 The Late String Quartets / String Quintet
2005 Amicta Sole
2005 Tosca
2005 Piano & Cello Concertos
2005 Violin Concerto & Romances
2006 Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk
2006 Concerto for Cello in E Flat, Op. 107 / Symphony No. 1 in F Major, Op. 10
2006 Lieder - Songs - Chants
2006 Violin Concerto / Double Concerto
2007 Haydn / Mozart / Schumann
2008 真空管HIFI录音-器乐演奏-大提琴
2008 Strauss: Don Quixote / Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2
2008 Die Streichtrios
2009 Nutcracker Suite
2009 Brahms: Cello Sonata in E minor, op. 38 / Grieg: Cello Sonata in A minor, op. 36 / Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, op. 40
2011 The Russian Archives: Mstislav Rostropovich plays Russian Cello Concertos
2011 String Trios
2011 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony / Dvořák: Scherzo capriccioso
2015 BBC Music, Volume 23, Number 4: Rostropovich plays JS Bach Cello Suites Nos 2,3 & 6
2015 Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no. 2 / Glazounov: Chant du Menestrel
2015 Double Concerto
2017 Milhaud: Concerto no. 1 / Honegger: Concerto / Hoddinott: Noctis equi
2017 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
2017 Gute Fahrt: Klassik für unterwegs
2017 Miniatures and Tranionscriptions for Cello
2017 Chamber Music
2017 Chamber Music
2017 Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1-6 • 'Manfred' Symphony • '1821' • Romeo & Juliet • Francesca Da Rimini • Rococo Variations
2017 Sonate pour arpeggione & Impromptus Op. 90 & 142 (Les indispensables de Diapason)
2019 Klavierkonzert = Piano Concerto / Klavierkonzert = Piano Concerto No.2
2021 Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21 / Introduction & Polonaise brillante, Op. 3 / Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65
2025 Symphonies Nos. 1-6 · Manfred · Romeo And Juliet · Francesca Da Rimini
2025 Symphonies nos. 5 & 6 / Romeo and Juliet
2026 Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Remastered 2026)
Mstislav Rostropovich joue Bach
Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello
Piano Trios
Songs by Tchaikovsky and Britten
Cello Sonata, Polonaise Brillante, 2 Ballades
Double Concerto
Symphonie no. 1 "Winterträume" / Rokoko-Variationen
Symphony No. 4, op. 47 & Symphony No. 4, op. 112
Concertos
Bachianas Brasileiras n° 5/2/1 / Choros n° 4 / Ciranda des sept notes
Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre en si mineur, Opus 104

Live

Year Title Average Ratings
1991 Concert of the Century
1992 Life With an Idiot
1998 Russian Live Recordings From the Sixties
1999 5 Cello and Piano Sonatas
2000 Shostakovich: Cello Sonata / 7 Blok Romances / Janácek: Pohádka / Bridge: Phantasie
2001 Khachaturian: Concerto Rhapsody / Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no. 2 / Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
2002 Schumann: Cello Concerto / Dvořák: Cello Concerto
2002 Symphony no. 11
2005 Shostakovich - Symphony No.5
2005 Symphony no. 5
2005 Symphony no. 8
2006 Cello Concertos
2011 Cello Suites