Rostropovich, The Indomitable Bow – Bruno Monsaingeon

Mstislav Rostropovich – The Indomitable Bow
Introduction
Childhood and musical training
Prokofiev and duo with Sviatoslav Richter
International breakthrough
Rivalry?
Galina Vishnevskaya
Prague 1968 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Humiliations
The forced exile
Shostakovich
Conductor and pedagogue
Homecoming
The inspirer
Epilogue
Variationen über ein Rokoko-Thema op. 33 (für Violoncello und Orchester) (Auszug)
Variation 7 – Variation 8 – Coda
Trio für Klavier, Violine und Violoncello Nr. 7 B-Dur op. 97 “Erzherzogs- oder Großes Trio”
1. Allegro moderato
2. Scherzo: Allegro
3. Andante cantabile
4. Allegro moderato – Presto
Suite für Violoncello solo Nr. 2 d-moll BWV 1008 (Auszug)
4. Sarabande
Conversations with Olga Rostropovich, Elena Rostropovich, Natalia Solzhenitsyn and Ignat Solzhenitsyn
Acquaintance
Solzhenitsyn’s living conditions
Solzhenitsyn in Rostropovich’s dacha
Persecution and Nobel Prize
Punishment
The dilemma
The KGB is listening
The bear in its den
Gratitude

Bruno Monsaingeon

Reference: 0000082NBDV
Barcode: 0730099008266
Length: 2:46:52
Label: Naxos