Am 27. April 2007 verstarb Rostropowitsch im Alter von 80 Jahren. Er galt als einer der weltweit bedeutendsten Musiker unserer Zeit.
Oistrach, Menuhin & Rostropowitsch
Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins and Orchestra in D minor, BWV 1043 David Oistrakh and Yehudi Menuhin (violins) Orchestre de chambre de la RTF Pierre Capdevielle (conductor) Filmed at the Salle Pleyel, Paris, 24 October 1958 Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E flat major, K 364 Igor Oistrakh (violin), David Oistrakh (viola) Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Yehudi Menuhin (conductor) Filmed at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 28 September 1963 Brahms: Concerto for Violin, Violoncello and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 102 David Oistrakh (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (violincello), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Kyrill Kkondrashin (conductor) Filmed at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 9 October 1965