Haydn - Cello Concerto no. 1 (Rostropovich/Britten/1964)

JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809)
Cello Concerto no. 1 in C, H. VII/b
(Cadenzas by Benjamin Britten)
I. Moderato (at 00:07)
II. Adagio (at 09:56)
III. Allegro molto (at 19:37)
MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH, cello
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
conducted by BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Recorded in 1964

[@carolmaria6963]

Simply the best perfomance of this concerto.

[@clydeblair9622]

A revelation. Love the gutsiness. Not excluding the finesse too.

[@cattleman6420012000]

Incredibly great performance.

[@PeturJohannesGulaugsson]

Love this performance.

[@lightforms]

Thank you for uploading these. Treasures that should not be lost.

[@jeantynevez2807]

Une interprétation exceptionnelle, à mon avis, le meilleur enregistrement de cette œuvre en harmonieavec les avis précédents .

[@phalanster]

surement la meilleure interprétation de ce concerto haut la main

[@bottledspider1]

Simply delicious. Many thanks.

[@jsturtzkopf]

Die großartigste Aufnahme,die ich kenne!! Damit begann der Siegeszug und die Popularität dieses Konzertes,von Sadlo aus der Taufe gehoben,aber von"Rostro" und Britten weltweit bekannt gemacht! Eine wahre Sternstunde

[@dejanstevanic5408]

Nice - TY

[@eporze]

Aqui',se complementan,un gran compositor,Haydn y,Rostropovich!!!!!.-

[@SuperMelvyn]

Glorious opening - so confident, life affirming and positive = Haydn. Cello entry matches and enhances. A real duet between soloist and orchestra. I do not appreciate Britten's cadenzas (though I am generally a fan of his music). The slow movement is played extremely slowly with maximum "romanticism" bringing out a spirituality and emotionally probing quality, though still retaining the overall Haydn quality of comfort. Exuberant finale full of edge-of-seat rhythmic tension yet with many refined nuances of detail. So a great performance, but above all a great work.

[@JuanMarcello]

Melvyn Elphee , the slow movement is too slow, in fact. But listen the "vibrato" and strong unmistakable personality of performance. He is Rostropovich. Nobody could something, but he could. He change XX century.

[@lukasfierz5300]

@@JuanMarcello Pierre Fourniers slow movement was only a shade faster kzbin.info/www/bejne/n56qiJmerMeSb7s

[@clydeblair9622]

Don't like bests lists, but Ben maybe the best 20th? Don't hit me too hard. :-)