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Emil Gilels, Leonid Kogan, Mstislav Rostropovich - Play Mozart & Saint-Saen
2008-04-21 15:30:00 Track: Divertimento in B-Flat Major, K. 254 - 1st MovementA restoration of classical music, enjoy.Emil Gilels, Leonid Kogan, Mstislav Rostropovich "Divertimento in B-Flat Major, K. 254" (mp3) from "Emil Gilels, Leonid Kogan & Mstislav Rostropovich Play Mozart & Saint-Saens" (MUSIC ONLINE) Buy at eMusic Buy at Amazon More On This Album
By: 60 Were Enough
Mstislav Rostropovich
2007-04-29 09:35:00 Mstislav Rostropovich, the celebrated and renowned cellist and conductor, died on April 27, 2007, aged 80.The obituaries of his life and career have been published all over the world: such was his talent, and accomplishment as a musician and a force for moral good.One passage in the obituary in the Guardian caught my eye:"Rostropovich's birth - in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, then part of the Soviet Union - was not wanted, but even in the womb he asserted himself."My mother understood too late that she was pregnant. She cried all over the house. My parents decided she would have to be aborted because she already had a little child. It was a joint decision. So my mother started to fight against me, but as you see, I won this war.""
Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich dies at 80
(AP)
2007-04-27 20:12:00 AP - Mstislav Rostropovich played the cello with grace and verve — and lived his life offstage the same way. His death at age 80 takes away one of modern Russia's most compelling figures, admired both for his musical mastery and his defiance of Soviet repression.
Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich dies at 80
(AP)
2007-04-27 14:02:00 AP - Mstislav Rostropovich, the ebullient master cellist who fought for the rights of Soviet-era dissidents and later triumphantly played Bach suites below the crumbling Berlin Wall, has died. He was 80. |
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