Rostropovich Dies Aged 80.

Tony R wrote: Russian maestro Rostropovich dies Rostropovich was feted by Russia's President Vladimir Putin The cellist performs The celebrated Russian cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich has died at the age of 80. A master musician, Mr Rostropovich was also renowned for his backing for human rights and opposition to Soviet rule. He spent much of his career abroad, in self-imposed exile from the Soviet Union over his support for Nobel prize writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn. But he returned as communism collapsed and performed a Bach suite as the Berlin Wall came down in 1989.  ===================================================================== Great Cellist. I was only listening to a wonderful Shostakovich CD I have:Bernstein - Previn - Rostropovich yesterday and in particular the Cello Concerto in E Flat that I so love and my wife hates. Probably the last of his kind.

This is a real tragedy to the world of music, although more fuzz would be made if EMINEM died....I own a few recording with the master in the cello position (Dvorak's concerto, magnificent) but also one with the old master in the director's place: the entire version of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov (the original score by the composer) with the National Symphony Orchestra (Washington)... Great version though not as superb as one with the Moscow Orchestra by Yevgeni Svetlanov with Ivan Petrov as Boris.... This is a tragedy... Mstislav Rostropovich was one of the last monsters of classical music still alive, in this era when they are less known and when music is synonym with EMINEM for the masses..... His versions of Bach's Cello suites, outstanding. He was the greatest cello player ever, maybe even better than Pau Casals... It's a tragedy....

And now, who'll play Bach's cello suites so divinely?

Sad news.

Edited by NotAProghead - April 27 2007 at 17:19

This is the CD I was referring to..I highly recommend it:

Rostropovich was an amazing cellist. I read about his death this morning and told a whole lot of people, though most didn't know the name. Poor b*****ds and their Linkin Park will never know what they're missing.

Tony R wrote: This is the CD I was referring to..I highly recommend it:

That's the one I thought you were writing about. And heartily endorse your recommendation