Dimitri Chostakovitch (1906-1975)

Concerto pour violoncelle n° 2 (1966)

in G major

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1966 - 27 apr 1966
    • Duration: 36 mn
    • Publisher: Le Chant du Monde
    • Opus: 126
    • Dedication: Mstislav Léopoldovitch Rostropovitch
Detailed formation
  • soloist: cello
  • 2 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 2 horns, timpani, 2 percussionists, 2 harp [au moins] , strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 25 September 1966
    Location:

    URSS, Moscou, grande salle du conservatoire


    Performers:

    Mstislav Rostropovitch : violoncelle, Orchestre symphonique d'état d'URSS, direction : Evguéni Svetlanov.

Table of contents

  1. Largo
  2. Allegretto
  3. Allegretto