Rostropovich on Shostakovich ...

Rostropovich on the Cello Concerto no. 1
Rostropovich on playing to Shostakovich
Media clips from BBC Radi0 3
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Comments
When I worked at EMI and Rostropovich was one our artists he was known as Slava by those close to him, and as Rostro by the rest.
I did think of titling the article Rostro on Shosto but thought maybe it didn't work too well for the composer of the Leningrad Symphony.