The following is a list of compositions dedicated to
Mstislav Rostropovich. Throughout Rostropovich's lifetime, over 100 works have been written for him, many of which are now deeply rooted within the cello repertoire.
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Cello Concerto No. 1 (Shostakovich)
The Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107, was composed in 1959 by Dmitri Shostakovich. Shostakovich wrote the work for his friend Mstislav Rostropovich, who committed it to memory in four days. He premiered it on October 4, 1959, at the ...
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Cello Concerto No. 2 (Shostakovich)
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Cello Concerto (Lutosławski)
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Cello suites (Britten)
The cello suites by Benjamin Britten ( Opp. 72, 80, and 87) are a series of three compositions for solo cello, dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich. The suites were the first original solo instrumental music that Britten wrote for and dedicated to ...
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Cello Symphony (Britten)
The Symphony for Cello and Orchestra or Cello Symphony, Op. 68, was written in 1963 by the British composer Benjamin Britten. He dedicated the work to Mstislav Rostropovich, who gave the work its premiere in Moscow with the composer and the Moscow ...
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Symphony-Concerto (Prokofiev)
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Slava! A Political Overture (Bernstein)
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Tout un monde lointain (Dutilleux)
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The Canticle of the Sun (Gubaidulina)
''The Canticle of the Sun'' (Sonnengesang) is a composition by Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina written in 1997 and published by Hans Sikorski, it is based on the " Canticle of the Sun" by Saint Francis of Assisi and is dedicated to Mstislav Ros ...
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