Cello Concertino

Sergei Prokofiev's Cello Concertino Op. 132 was left incomplete at the composer's death in 1953. It was completed by Mstislav Rostropovich and Dmitri Kabalevsky. Prokofiev had been impressed by Mstislav Rostropovich, after working with him for his Symphony-Concerto, so he undertook to write a number of other cello pieces for him. The Cello Concertino was such a piece, intended to be of a light nature. Prokofiev's death in 1953 left the work unfin... more

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Composer

Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Russian: Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев; Ukrainian: Сергій Сергійович Прокоф'єв) (27 April [O.S. 15 April] 1891 – 5 March 1953) was a...

Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky

Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky (Russian: Дми́трий Бори́сович Кабале́вский) (December 30, 1904 – February 18, 1987) was a Russian Soviet composer. Kabalevsky is...

Mstislav Rostropovich

Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich KBE (Russian: Мстисла́в Леопо́льдович Ростропо́вич, Mstislav Leopol'dovič Rostropovič, pronounced [rəstrɐˈpɔvʲɪtɕ]) (March...
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