To immediately capture the attention there is of course an early performance of DSCH Cello Concerto no. 1, created in Leningrad (october 4, 1959) with Mravinsky, presented two days later in Moscow under the conducting of Alexander Gauk, then recorded in Philadelphia with Ormandy (november 8, 1959).
The rest is no less interesting, however, considering the caliber of the orchestra and the conductor: listen to the spooky elegance in the central part of La Valse!
Also singular is the fact that the three scores performed on this occasion, although so different, are nevertheless subtly linked by a sinister, restless and disturbing nature - which of course Kondrashin knows how to highlight perfectly - that somehow unites them.
Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 3
Shostakovich
Cello Concerto no. 1
Ravel
La Valse
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Kondrashin
Prague Spring Festival (29 May 1960)
FLAC
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