Dimitri Chostakovitch (1906-1975)
Concerto pour violoncelle n° 1 (1959)
in E flat major, for cello and orchestra
- General information
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Composition date:
20 jul 1959 - 01 sep 1959
- Duration: 29 mn
- Publisher: Le Chant du Monde
- Opus: 107
- Dedication: Mstislav Léopoldovitch Rostropovitch
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Composition date:
20 jul 1959 - 01 sep 1959
- Type
- Concertant music [Cello and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloist: cello
- 2 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons (also 1 contrabassoon), horn, timpani, celesta, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
4 October 1959
Location:URSS, Léningrad, salle de la Philharmonie
Performers:Mstislav Rostropovitch : violoncelle, Orchestre philharmonique de Léningrad, direction : Evguéni Mravinski.
Observations
arrangement de la partie de violoncelle solo pour alto solo par Vadim Borisovski
Table of contents
- Allegretto
- Moderato
- Cadenza
- Allegro con moto