Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E Flat Minor Op. 1

Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E Flat Minor Op. 1

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Product Description
Domestic reissue of Malmsteen's 1998 album entitled 'Concerto Suite For Electric Guitar And Orchestra In E Flat Minor Opus 1'. Standard jewel case. 2000 release.

Tracks:

Icarus Dream
Fanfare Cavalino
Rampante Fugue
Prelude To April
Toccata
Andante
Sarabande
Allegro
Adagio
Vivace
Presto Vivace
Finale

Album Description

Domestic reissue of Malmsteen's 1998 album entitled 'Concerto Suite For Electric Guitar And Orchestra In E Flat Minor Opus 1'. Standard jewel case. 2000 release.

Album Details

'concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E Flat Minor Op.1 - Millennium' features Malmsteen Playing with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra with Yoel Levi Conducting.

Customer Reviews:

Less than what I expected.......2007-06-12

As a long-time fan of neo-classical metal, I had high expectation for this disc. Unlike his other material, which tends to be rock/metal with overtones of classical themes and phrasing, CSfEGaO is classical music with an electric guitar added to the mix.

Strangely, I though the guitar was relatively buried among the rest of the instruments. Clearly, this is a departure from his usual guitar-centered shredding. The compositions, as classical music goes, are average at best. I found that the guitar didn't really add that much. I've heard Malmsteen do better.

Not recommended.

Swing and a miss , batter.......2007-04-06

Despite all of the talented people involved in this project , it is not a product that is greater than the sum of it's parts . Yngwie spends most the time out of sync with the orchestra . The fact that his work was recorded on a different continent shows . This is not Yo Yo Ma here . It isn't even Rick Wakeman ( am I showing my age ? ). If you like modern musicians working WITH an orchestra try Nightwish, The Moody Blues or Renaissance . I actually like Yngwie's work and have been buying his material since his 1st. Rising Force album . He is one of the most talented guitar players in the world . His Baroque style stands in stark contrast to the Blues or Jazz based chord structures that most other guitar greats use . It is just disappointing that when Yngwie gets his chance to take his material and talent to this level , it fails to impress .

Groundbreaking work.......2007-01-15

A brilliant piece of work! Excellent compositions and great guitar playing by Yngwie. A must for all guitar lovers...

Pretty but not necessarily original..........2006-12-23

I've only listened to Prelude to April, so my star rating on this should be taken with a grain of salt. However, my rating is reflective of my opinion of the one song I heard. Prelude to April is very pretty. And after listening to it for a minute or so, I realized why I thought I'd heard that haunting melody before. It's because I had. Prelude to April is entirely based on a theme from Beethoven's 7th symphony (2nd movement, Allegretto). Check it out for yourself. There's nothing wrong with being influenced by other musicians, particularly by one of the great classical music figures in history, so this is not an attack on Yngwie at all. I'm just saying to all the people who've given Yngwie a 5-star for originality, you might want to listen to what Yngwie was undoubtedly inspired by, at least on this one track.

Basically excellent--ma un poco rubato re la lingua musica..........2006-11-27

I thought Yngwie went downhill--musically at any rate--after his first record. Therefore when friends told me of this release I purchased it posthaste, predicting something sui generis. Not quite--but pretty good nonetheless.
The Icarus'Dream was great--it was nice not to hear Malmsteen rip off Albinoni as blatantly as he did on his bow. Here comes the nitpicking; caveat omni Yngwie disciples! Italian is the proper language for classical music; I'm certain Yngwie ipse is perfectly aware of such, but here goes the review proper:

Il Cavalino Rampante 'a young, wild horse) is very impressive; in the proper form of concerto, the electric guitar and its perfomer's virtuosity are intoduced upfront. In truth, gli obbligati pour orchestra are frequently written with more brio and musicality than Yngwie's arpeggios, ma his vibrato is peerless as always, con his sweep picking--something he doesn't deny in his copious liner notes! (Any amateur with interest in il Maestro's influences should read (and listen to didactally, and hopefully with ultimate pleasure and profit, the composers whom he lists in said notes.)

In 'Fugue' (Fuga) one of the Suite's nadiri is attained, with Malmsteen having composed a card-carrying melody for the orchestra while writing and performing in fine counterpoint an equally fine one for the soloist.

'Prelude to April' ( a la une title de Debussy, que??)features the performer on nylon (un po misnomre pour 'electric guitar,' suelement que me'n fous) playing a fine melody--displaying the advancement of his compositional abilities since the brief acoustic portion of 'Icarus' Dream et al.' on the Rising Force record.

For the Toccata, no Malmsteen fan who knows the Italian term shall be disappointed; the soloist shreds while playing una bona fide melodia con della orchestra. Loathers of tangentialists beware--but it's nice to hear a classical piece of many movements con each movement remaining relatively brief!
Andante: In Italian, this musical term translates as 'at the pace of walking.' Here, IMHO (Dear God, I've lived Stateside too bloody long!) the direction should have been Andante con moltissimo vivace, for rather than the'Andante' tempo, Malmsteen burns it up rather than playing the bellissima song which the aficianado predicts. As I said at the beginning of this review, one of my (relatively) few nitpicking con the record.
Sarabande: A French term roughly translating as 'lovely song'(however, le Francais c'est le unique lingue Romantique quel remaint defiante in la transducion). Here the Maestro does not disappoint. An exquisite melody (once again on nylon, c'est la guerre) with relatively sparse (for Yngwie, at any rate) orchestration. But Jesu Crist, l'homme simply cannot restrain his admitted virtuosity toward movement's end.)

Allegro: (at a rapid pace.) Lamentably enough, the Master returns to his sweeppicking of minor and diminished scales (as wrote a finer and much less verbose reviwer, whom I read pre writing this), although his technique remains jawdropping. (Can anyone say Dos Passos, mio literati?)

Adagio: 'at a dirgelike pace'. Here is where the Concerto Suite most disappointed me. Reasonably predicting a lovely, slow movement senza fortissimmi, the composer essentially gives the orchestra a tonic/dominant/relative minor progression that would have made The Ramones the talk of late 18thcentury Wien. (Not to detract, after any fashion, the peerless rocker Johnny, a musical genius in ihis own right!)

Vivace: 'at a lively tempo.' Again M. does not disappoint, playing in a fairly straightforward Ionian mode (with the predictable deviations) and having composed a legitimate melody--however, in this case tending toward use of the orchestra as a rhythm section rather than an orchestra, as said aforementioned, superb reviewer.

Presto Vivace e Finale: 'at a rapid and lively tempo.' Athe risk of a lapse into the vernacular, pretty much what you'd expect from M. at the end of anything he's ever played--he gives it all he's got until the final Beethoveenian Eb minor chord. (Musicians around the world pay heed--M. didn't write the piece in one of music's more difficult keys to make unnecessary demands upon the orchestra; never forget that from Tage Ein he has tuned his instrument down 1/2 step to facilitate rapid fretwork and vibrato, as well as using a scalloped neck and ultrissimolight strings!
All in all, I'm not quite certain whether this piece will ultimately enter the repertoire--if one listens to a Beethoven or Mozart concerto immediament after hearing this (as did this writer), he speculates as to what either immortal would have done with the electric guitar and orchestra--primarily Luigi--and, well, de gustibus non disputandum est, which epigraph should be kept in mind while reading my entire review!
In omnia, a very impressive work from a stillbudding master that, en general, should give guitarists and amours de musique durch der ganzer Welt a great deal of listening pleasure!

P. S. Pick up Keith Emerson Piano Concerto No.1 on the ELP Works Volume 1 record if you haven't done so already, and compare it to the Malmsteen concerto suite. It deploys much more atonality (bordering at times on dissonance), compositional ability, and overall virtuosity than M.--but whatever you do, don't tell Yngwie devotees that this writer said so!

Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E Flat Minor Op. 1

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Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E Flat Minor Op. 1

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ASIN: B000N8UVLW
Release Date: 2007-03-19

Tracks:

Icarus Dream Fanfare
Cavalino Rampante
Fugue
Prelude to April
Toccata
Andante
Sarabande
Allegro
Adagio
Vivance
Presto Vivace
Finale

Album Description

2007 digitally remastered reissue of this ambitious 1998 outing by Heavy Metal guitar virtuoso Yngwie J. Malmsteen presents the skilled six-string player performing classical compositions. The album is a collaboration by the esteemed Swedish heavy metal guitarist with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in which they perform classical works under the supervision and arrangement of ex-Rainbow keyboardist David Rosenthal. 12 tracks total. The full title is 'Concerto Suite For Electric Guitar And Orchestra In E Flat Minor Op. 1 - Millennium'. Dream Catcher

Album Details

Digi Pack Re-issue of the Long Out of Stock Concerto Written and Performed by Yngwie Johann Malmsteen with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Yoel Levi. Orchestra Recorded at Rudolfinum Dvorakova Sin (House of Artists) Prague, Electric Guitar Studio 308, Miami

Average customer rating:

Less than what I expected
Swing and a miss , batter
Groundbreaking work
Pretty but not necessarily original...
Basically excellent--ma un poco rubato re la lingua musica...

Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E Flat Minor Op. 1
Yngwie Malmsteen
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Rising Force
Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra
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Marching Out

ASIN: B0000257UT
Release Date: 2000-07-10

Tracks:

Icarus Dream Fanfare
Cavalino Rampante
Fugue
Prelude To April
Tocccata
Adante
Sarabande
Allegro
Adagio
Vivace
Presto Vivace
Finale

Album Description

Classical edition of his 1998 album, mastered using 24 bittechnology. The album is a collaboration by the esteemedSwedish heavy metal guitarist with the Czech PhilharmonicOrchestra in which they perform classical works under thesupervision & arrangement of ex-Rainbow keyboardist DavidRothenthal. 12 tracks total. The full title is 'Concerto Suite For Electric Guitar And Orchestra In E Flat Minor Op. 1 - Millennium'. 1999 release. NOTE - the 'Classical' edition contains the exact same music as the 'Rock' edition of this album. They differ only in their artwork, which is aimed for the respective target market (i.e. the 'Classical' edition has artwork to appeal to classical music buyers & the 'Rock' edition has artwork that looks like a release rock fans would see in the rock section of a store).

Album Details

'concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E Flat Minor Op.1 - Millennium' features Malmsteen Playing with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra with Yoel Levi Conducting.

Customer Reviews:

Less than what I expected.......2007-06-12

Swing and a miss , batter.......2007-04-06

Groundbreaking work.......2007-01-15

A brilliant piece of work! Excellent compositions and great guitar playing by Yngwie. A must for all guitar lovers...

Pretty but not necessarily original..........2006-12-23

Basically excellent--ma un poco rubato re la lingua musica..........2006-11-27

Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E Flat Minor Op. 1 - Millenium

Average customer rating:

WOW! What a piece of work this is!
Somewhat of a surprise
By far his best (neo)classical work ever
AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE
Yngwie With Feeling!

Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E Flat Minor Op. 1 - Millenium
Yngwie Malmsteen
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ASIN: B000007QTE
Release Date: 1998-05-19

Tracks:

Icarus Dream Fanfare
Cavalino Rampante
Fugue
Prelude To April
Toccata
Adante
Sarabande
Allegro
Adagio
Vivace
Presto Vivace
Finale

Album Description

Special edition of his 1998 album, mastered using 24 bittechnology. The album is a collaboration by the esteemedSwedish heavy metal guitarist with the Czech PhilharmonicOrchestra in which they perform classical works under thesupervision & arrangement of ex-Rainbow keyboardist DavidRothenthal. 12 tracks total. A Pony Canyon release. The fulltitle is 'Concerto Suite For Electric Guitar And OrchestraIn E Flat Minor Op.1'.

Customer Reviews:

WOW! What a piece of work this is!.......1999-08-11

I picked up on Yngwie with Fire And Ice. Of course he's technically wicked, and yeah, his solos are pretty much rehashed, but this is his crowning achievement to date! How dare he call one of his albums "Magnum Opus" when he can do stuff like this? Despite the high price for the import, hey, my Dad bought it for me, haha! The influences of Bach, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Mozart, etc., are all present, but this in no way comes across as an imitation work. Wholehearted congratulations are due to Yngwie for doing this, and without a drummer to keep the tempo! Way to go, GIVE US MORE OF THIS STUFF!!! If you can, buy this. Don't think about it, just buy the album, okay? You won't regret it.

Somewhat of a surprise.......1999-07-17

I am at this moment listening to the concerto for the first time, Having been highly critical of Yngwie's guitar playing slop he put out after "marching out" I must say that this CD is a surprise to me. With "Concerto" I was expecting a poor rip off of J S Bach, and an overdose of sequential fourths. Thankfully, I was wrong. Though the influences are discernable, there is originality in this music's themes, and chordal structure. However,I have always found fault in Yngwie's evolution as a guitar soloist. Ever since "Marching Out" it seemed that Yngwie became too caught up in technical glitz, and the emotion expressed in his first solo albums such as "Rising Force" seemed to disappear in a cloud of scales, and arpeggio's played haphazardly. While it is evident that with Concerto there is some structure in his soloing I still find that he sometimes still tends to weaken his melodies, and themes by interspersing them with wasteful technical decora. None the less I think this album is a worthwhile listen,I get the impression that Yngwie seems to be in his element here more than with the traditional band. I applaud Yngwie for putting out an album such as this. Hopefully there will be more.

By far his best (neo)classical work ever.......1999-07-06

Quite simply this is the best music Yngwie J has produced in a long time! This album is what Yngwie has been promissing for so long. There have been glimpses on all of his earlier "rock" albums, but this one hits the mark.

Some people have (wrongly) criticised Yngwie's playing being too fast/complex within the rock form. This album shows those people what it is all about.

As there are many themes within his earlier albums that have not been explored in this concerto, I would hope that this is not his last work within the classical realm.

AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE.......1999-07-02

I've always admired Malmsteen's guitar playing and his musical genious. This recording brings his musical capability,guitar playing and baroque knowledge together. I think this album will be a real milestone for the electric guitar history in which the guitar is succesfully presented as a member of the orchestra. Malmsteen's efforts for making the guitar out of the unnecessary noisiness of the junky metal is a real remarkable job. Once again he has done it!

Yngwie With Feeling!.......1999-06-02

This is the CD I've been waiting for! If you have always liked Yngwie's classical "tangents" in his other works and wished he had expanded on them, it's "heaven tonight" for you! These songs have so much more feeling in them - like Yngwie is really enjoying himself and taking us along for the ride. There's more of his soul in these instrumentals - you can feel it. You'll recognize a lot of the themes from previous CDs, but here they're fleshed out in an awesome way - they tell a whole story instead of teasing you with a snippet of what this amazing guitar player can really do. With an orchestra to back him up, I might add. If you like Yngwie's instrumentals and the baroque and classical themes he uses, you need to add this CD to your collection. It's Yngwie all the way!

Rostropovich: The Russian Years, 1950-1974

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A diamond in your collection
Chopin, Beethoven, Shostakovich --exquisite
A Lot of Marvelous Cello
a true collector's item

Rostropovich: The Russian Years, 1950-1974
Rostropovich
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ASIN: B000002SHY
Release Date: 1997-06-10

Tracks:

Mavra: Russian Song
Le baiser de la Fee: Pas de deux: Adagio
Le baiser de la Fee: Pas de deux: Varitiation & Coda
Etude, Op.8 No.11: Etude, Op.8 No.11 - B Flat Minor
Saudades do Brasil, Op.67: Tijuca
El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance
Silent Woods, B173: Silent Woods
STIMMUNGSBILDER, OP.9: An einsamer Quelle
Suite im alten Stil, Op.10 - A Minor: Presto
Apres un reve, Op.7 No.I
Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune
Suite Bergamasque: Nocturne et scherzo
Romance: I See You
Dance Of The Elves, Op.39
Impromptu No.3, D899,3: Impromptu No.3, D899,3 - G Flat Major
Cinderella: Adagio
Cinderella: Waltz-Coda
The Love For Three Oranges: March
Sonata, HWV 371 - D Major: Larghetto
Elegy
Scherzo, Op.25 No.5

Tracks:

Suite For Solo Cello, Op.72: Canto primo (Sostenuto e largamente)
Suite For Solo Cello, Op.72: I. Fuga (Andante moderato)
Suite For Solo Cello, Op.72: II. Lamento (Lento rubato)
Suite For Solo Cello, Op.72: Canto secondo (Sostenuto)
Suite For Solo Cello, Op.72: III. Serenata (Allegretto: pizzicato)
Suite For Solo Cello, Op.72: IV. Marcia (Alla marcia moderato)
Suite For Solo Cello, Op.72: Canto terzo (Sostenuto)
Suite For Solo Cello, Op.72: V. Bordone (Moderato quasi recitativo)
Suite For Solo Cello, Op.72: VI. Moto perpetuo e Canto quarto (Presto)
Second Suite For Solo Cello, Op.80: I. Declamato (Largo)
Second Suite For Solo Cello, Op.80: II. Fuga (Andante)
Second Suite For Solo Cello, Op.80: III. Scherzo (Allegro molto)
Second Suite For Solo Cello, Op.80: IV. (Andante lento)
Second Suite For Solo Cello, Op.80: V. Ciaccona (Allegro)
Symphony For Cello And Orchestra, Op.68: I. Allegro maestoso
Symphony For Cello And Orchestra, Op.68: II. Presto inquieto
Symphony For Cello And Orchestra, Op.68: III. Adagio - Cadenza
Symphony For Cello And Orchestra, Op.68: IV. Passacaglia (Andante allegro)

Tracks:

Cello Sonata, Op.119: I. Andante grave - Moderato animato
Cello Sonata, Op.119: II. Moderato - Andante dolce
Cello Sonata, Op.119: III. Allegro, ma non troppo
Symphony-Concerto For Cello And Orchestra, Op.125: I. Andante
Symphony-Concerto For Cello And Orchestra, Op.125: II. Allegro giusto
Symphony-Concerto For Cello And Orchestra, Op.125: III. Andante con moto - Allegretto - Allegro marcato
Cello Concertino, Op.132: I. Andante mosso - Cadenza
Cello Concertino, Op.132: II. Andante
Cello Concertino, Op.132: III. Allegretto

Tracks:

Cello Concerto No.1, Op.107: I. Allegretto
Cello Concerto No.1, Op.107: II. Moderato
Cello Concerto No.1, Op.107: Cadenza
Cello Concerto No.1, Op.107: Allegro non troppo
Cello Concerto No.2, Op.126: I. Largo
Cello Concerto No.2, Op.126: II. Allegretto
Cello Concerto No.2, Op.126: III. Allegretto - Cadenza

Tracks:

Suite For Solo Cello (1960): Prelude (Moderato)
Suite For Solo Cello (1960): II. March (Allegro)
Suite For Solo Cello (1960): III. Aria (Adagio)
Suite For Solo Cello (1960): IV. Capriccio (Allegro)
Suite For Solo Cello (1960): V. Intermezzo (Largo) e Coda (Moderato)
Partita For Cello, Piano, Harpsichord, Electric Guitar And Percussion: I. Twelve Notes
Partita For Cello, Piano, Harpsichord, Electric Guitar And Percussion: II. Toccata I
Partita For Cello, Piano, Harpsichord, Electric Guitar And Percussion: III. Canon
Partita For Cello, Piano, Harpsichord, Electric Guitar And Percussion: IV. Toccata II
Partita For Cello, Piano, Harpsichord, Electric Guitar And Percussion: V. Toccata III
Partita For Cello, Piano, Harpsichord, Electric Guitar And Percussion: VI. Conclusion
Cello Concerto: I. Andante - Allegro - Andante
Cello Concerto: II. Allegretto
Cello Concerto: III. Allegro
Cello Concerto: IV. Moderato non troppo - Allegretto

Tracks:

Bachianas Brasileiras No.I For Eight Cellos (1930): Preludio (Modhina)
Adagio con variazioni (1921)
Cello Concerto (1929): Andante
Cello Concerto (1929): Lento
Cello Concerto (1929): Allegro marcato
Don Quixote, Op.35: Introduction
Don Quixote, Op.35: Don Quixote
Don Quixote, Op.35: Sancho Panza
Don Quixote, Op.35: Var. I: Departure. The Adventure With The Windmills
Don Quixote, Op.35: Var. II: The Battle With The Sheep
Don Quixote, Op.35: Var. III: Sancho's Wishes, Peculiarities Of Speech And Maxims
Don Quixote, Op.35: Var. IV: The Adventure With The Procession Of Penitents
Don Quixote, Op.35: Var. V: Don Quixote's Vigil During The Summer Night
Don Quixote, Op.35: Var. VI: Dulcinea
Don Quixote, Op.35: Var. VII: Don Quixote's Ride Through The Air
Don Quixote, Op.35: Var. VIII: The Trip On The Enchanted Boat
Don Quixote, Op.35: Var. IX: The Attaack On The Mendicant Friars
Don Quixote, Op.35: Var. X: The Duel And Return Home
Don Quixote, Op.35: Epilogue: Don Quixote's Mind Clears. Death Of Don Quixote

Tracks:

Concerto da camera (1965): I. Allegro moderato
Concerto da camera (1965): II. Andante
Concerto da camera (1965): III. Finale
Concerto-Monologue For Cello, Seven Brass Instruments And Two Kettledrums (1962)
Cello Concerto, Op.43: I. Adagio
Cello Concerto, Op.43: II. Moderato
Cello Concerto, Op.43: III. Allegro - Cadenza
Cello Concerto, Op.43: IV. Allegro

Tracks:

Triple Concerto, Op.56: I. Allegro
Cello Concerto, Op.129: I. Nicht zu schnell
Cello Concerto, Op.129: II. Langsam
Cello Concerto, Op.129: III. Sehr lebhaft
Variations On A Rococo Theme, Op.33: Introduction & Theme (Moderato semplice)
Variations On A Rococo Theme, Op.33: Var. I (Tempo del Tema)
Variations On A Rococo Theme, Op.33: Var. II (Tempo del Tema)
Variations On A Rococo Theme, Op.33: Var. III (Andante sostenuto)
Variations On A Rococo Theme, Op.33: Var. IV (Andante grazioso)
Variations On A Rococo Theme, Op.33: Var. V (Allegro moderato) - Cadenza
Variations On A Rococo Theme, Op.33: Var. VI (Andante)
Variations On A Rococo Theme, Op.33: Var. VII (Allegro vivo)

Tracks:

Canzona
Cello Concerto, Op.66: I. Lento ma non troppo - Andante - Tempo I
Cello Concerto, Op.66: II. Allegro vivace - Piu marcato - Meno mosso - Tempo I - Piu largamente - Andante semplice e tranquillo - Tempo I - Piu tranquillo - Cadenza - Lento come prima
Concerto Ballata For Cello And Orchestra, Op.108

Tracks:

Cello Sonata, Op.40: I. Allegro non troppo - Largo
Cello Sonata, Op.40: II. Allegro
Cello Sonata, Op.40: III. Largo
Cello Sonata, Op.40: IV. Allegro
Cello Sonata, Op.71: I. Andante molto sostenuto
Cello Sonata, Op.71: II. Allegretto
Cello Sonata, Op.71: III. Allegro molto
Cello Sonata (1966): I. Recitativo (Adagio)
Cello Sonata (1966): II. Inventio (Allegretto)
Cello Sonata (1966): III. Aria (Andante)
Cello Sonata (1966): IV. Toccata (Allegro con fuoco)

Tracks:

Concerto For Cello, Seventeen Wind Instruments, Percussioon And Organ, Op.23: Andante - Allegretto - Andante
Concerto-Rhapsody
Cello Concerto (1966,7): I. Andante
Cello Concerto (1966,7): II. Allegro
Cello Concerto (1966,7): III. Andante
Cello Concerto (1966,7): IV. Allegretto poco impovisato
Cello Concerto (1966,7): V. Lento
Cello Concerto (1966,7): VI. Allegro

Tracks:

Cello Sonata, Op.65: I. Allegro moderato
Cello Sonata, Op.65: II. Scherzo: Allegro con brio
Cello Sonata, Op.65: III. Largo
Cello Sonata, Op.65: IV. Finale: Allegro
Polonaise Brillante, Op.3: Introduction (Lento)
Polonaise Brillante, Op.3: Alla Polacca (Allegro con spirito)
Cello Sonata No.2, Op.81: I. Allegro moderato
Cello Sonata No.2, Op.81: II. Andante cantabile
Cello Sonata No.2, Op.81: III. Allegro con spirito
Five Pieces, Op.25: I. Prelude
Five Pieces, Op.25: 3. Intermezzo
Five Pieces, Op.25: 4. Aria
Five Pieces, Op.25: 2. Waltz

Tracks:

Le Grand Tango
Grand Duet: I. =276
Grand Duet: II. =120
Grand Duet: III. =116
Grand Duet: IV. =160
Grand Duet: V. =112
Cello Sonata No. 2: I. Senza tempo
Cello Sonata No. 2: II. Allegro
Cello Sonata No. 2: III. Largo
Cello Sonata No. 2: IV. Allegro
Cello Sonata No. 2: V. Lento
Peer Gynt (1987): Epilogue For Cello, Piano And Tape

Customer Reviews:

A diamond in your collection.......2004-10-05

This is one of my most favorite collectible albums, among S. Richter in Prague; C. Arrau: Complete Beethoven sonatas and concertos; Les introuvables de Cziffra; Oistrakh collection....In this box set, you not only have Mstislav's wellknown plays (like Dvorak's concerto, Beethoven's Triple concerto, R. Strauss' Don Quixote, R. Schumann's concerto...), but many plays dedicated to Rostropovich. There are some dedicated concertos and sonatas which hard to find in the market: Shaporin's pieces, Toyama's concerto, Lev Knipper's concerto, Boris Tishchenko's concerto, Dmitri Kalevsky's sonata...). This is a chance for you to have a wonderful box set of one of the greatest artist of classical music.

I also recommend other famous albums of M. Rostropovich: Slava 75, Beethoven complete cello sonatas (played with S. Richter), Cello Concertos (R. Gagneux' Triptyque, R. Shchedrin's Sotto voce concerto), and Shotakovich complete symphonies.

Chopin, Beethoven, Shostakovich --exquisite.......2004-09-28

There was much in this collection which did not particularly appeal to my musical tastes.

BUT

CD 8 has the greatest performance in history of Beethovens Triple Concerto (Rostropovich, Oistrakh, Richter, Moscow Philharmonic, recorded in Great Hall of Moscow Conservatoire).

CD 12 -- pieces with pianist Alexander Dedyukin -- has the most beautiful version ever of Chopin's Cello Sonata (op.65). This piece makes Jacqueline Du Pre's performances fade into utter insignificance.

I lent my Beethoven cd to someone who shall remain nameless, may they burn in hell. It didnt come back.

An ex girlfriend has the Chopin cd. She wont admit it though.

These two CDs are the only ones from the collection which EMI refused to release individually. Thank you very much EMI...

Other cds have some smaller pieces which were just exquisite also -- David Popper's Dance of the Elves (also with Dedyukin on piano), and Shostakovich's cello sonata op 40 (with Shostakovich
himself on the piano). Just amazing.

John

A Lot of Marvelous Cello.......2002-11-26

13 discs, all Rostropovich. The performances are collected thematically ("Short Pieces", "19th & 20th Century Non-Russians", "Benjamin Britten", "Concertos" etc) rather than chronologically, and in general probably have something for everyone somewhere in all the music, whether it be the chance to hear Rostropovich in a single movement of Beethoven's Triple Concerto, or to hear for the first time the comparatively rare works of Tishchenko and Ustvolskaya being performed. The fact that the pieces are a collection of what was available (what survived as master tapes in Moscow after Rostropovich's departure from the Soviet Union) is fortunate and unfortunate at the same time--one wishes the collection was more completist, in spite of being 13 discs long.

If you've never heard Rostropovich, then this is probably an expensive way to start, but still might be well worth it. Rostropovich is an exciting performer who usually can smoothe over his lapses in taste with sheer exuberance. His playing, which is both full of virtuosity and intimacy at the same time, has a way of persuading you with its own aesthetic, even if, upon reflection later, you realize that in some important way Rostropovich has "betrayed" the original sense of the music. I'm resorting to tenuous metaphors. I should say that Rostropovich is not at all a kind of Glen Gould on cello; the cellist's eccentricities don't have Gould's audaciousness at all. Rather, the same kinds of quirks that have earned him demerits (or acclaim) as a conductor are present (more subtly) in his cello playing as well.

Personally, I bought this collection for the obscure Russian composers it showcases, and was not disappointed. Throughout, the performances are uniformly sharp, natty, stylish...I keep wanting to use the word exuberant again, though not a naive exuberance. The liner notes, while extensive, are also almost all entirely anecdotal, being reflections by Rostropovich himself on some of the personal aspects of each given performance.

Lots of marvelous cello here, with a one star demerit owing to the piecemeal nature of the collection.

a true collector's item.......2000-04-04

Perhaps the most staggering aspect of this collection of CD's is that many of them were recorded live, and you won't know it until you hear the applause at the end of a track. Rostropovich, or Slava as he's usually known, recorded many of these pieces as premieres. The tapes lay in archives for years, and he thought he'd never have access to them. When he was allowed back into Russia, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, he was able to listen to the old tapes, choose which ones he thought were the best, and oversee the production of this set. It's staggering. Even if you only listen to the "easy" parts on these albums, like Don Quixote, the Shostakovich sonata (with the composer at the piano), the Prokofieff sonata (at its world premiere), the Rococo Variations, you'll get your money's worth. If you're more adventurous, and dip into all the contemporary Russian music, you'll hear these works as only the composer could imagine them to be played. Rostropovich at his best, the music at its best, a unique look at a world now nearly gone, a true joy to own!

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Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E Flat Minor Op. 1
Yngwie Malmsteen
Manufacturer: Steamhammer Europe
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ASIN: B00008UYSO
Release Date: 2003-01-01

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Adagio
Vivance
Presto Vivace
Finale

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Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E Flat Minor Op. 1
Yngwie Malmsteen
Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000A2OZQI
Release Date: 2001-12-06

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