Mischa Maisky, Pavel Gililov MEDITATION

Solche Bearbeitungen ungenannter Bearbeiter zum eigenen Gebrauch sind schon für Johann Sebastian Bach die selbstverständlichste Sache der Welt gewesen. Bei den Bearbeitungen von fremder Hand muß man halt darauf achten, daß diese Arrangements mit gutem Geschmack gemacht wurden, meint Mischa Maisky, und dafür legt er bei dieser Auswahl: Mischa Maisky, Pavel Gililov MEDITATION  – die Hand ins Feuer.

Rostropovich of the Future

Born in 1948 in Riga, Latvia, Mischa Maisky received his first music lessons there at the Children’s Music School and Conservatory. In 1962 he entered the Leningrad Conservatory. In 1965 his debut with the Leningrad Philharmonic earned him the nickname “Rostropovich of the Future”. One year later he was a prizewinner at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and began his studies with Rostropovich at the Moscow Conservatory while pursuing a concert career throughout the former Soviet Union. After being imprisoned in a labour camp near Gorky for 18 months in 1970, he emigrated from the USSR.

Maisky and extraordinary musicians

„In great demand as a chamber player, Maisky has performed with a number of extraordinary musicians, including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gidon Kremer, Peter Serkin, and Martha Argerich. Acclaimed for his renditions of concertos by Haydn and Schumann, Maisky is the only cellist to have received a Deutsche Grammophon offer to record Bach’s complete works for the cello. The year 2000 was dedicated to Bach by Maisky, when he performed all of Bach’s cello works in three recitals in a single day, and presented 100 Bach performances around the world.“ – All Music Guide

• 6. Frederic Chopin: Prelude
• 7. Franz Schubert: Ave Maria
• 8. Robert Schumann: Traumerei
• 9. Johannes Brahms: Wiegenlied
• 10. Manuel de Falla: Nana
• 11. Gabriel Faure: Apres un reve
• 12. Jules Massenet: Elegie
• 13. Camille Saint-Saens: Le Cygne
• 14. Maurice Ravel: Habanera
• 15. Anonym: Katalanisches Volkslied (Gesang der Vögel)
• 16. Peter Tschaikowsky: Nocturne
• 17. Sergei Rachmaninow: Vocalise
• 18. Fritz Kreisler: Liebesleid

Sein Meister.

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