Pieces for cello and piano, cello solo, and chamber ensembles premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich

Composer                     Title                        Publisher                    
                                                                                       

Georges Auric                *Imaginees for cello and                                  
                             piano                                                     
Benjamin Britten             *Sonata *Suite No. 1 for                                  
                             solo cello *Suite No. 2                                   
                             for solo cello *Suite No.                                 
                             3 for solo cello                                          
Claude Debussy               Minuet for cello and piano                                
G. Gamburg                   Theme with Variations for                                 
                             cello and piano                                           
M. Goldstein                 *Minuet for cello and piano                               
Dmitri Kabalevsky            *Sonata                                                   
Karen Khachaturian           *Sonata                                                   
Gia Koncheli                 *"After Crying" for cello                                 
                             solo                                                      
Y. Levitin                   *Sonata                                                   
Nikolai Miaskovsky           *Sonata No. 2                                             
Michel Michelet              *Sonata                                                   
E. Mirzoyan                  *Sonata                                                   
Maurice Ohana                *Syrtes pour cello et piano                               
Claude Pascal                *Sonata                                                   
Sergei Prokofiev             Sonata Fugue for solo cello                               
N. Rakov                     *Nine pieces for                                          
                             violoncello and piano                                     
Alfred Schnittke             *Nostalgie for cello and                                  
                             piano *Epilogue from the                                  
                             Ballet "Peer Gynt" for                                    
                             cello, piano, and                                         
                             electronics *Improvisation                                
                             for cello solo *Sonata No.                                
                             2 for cello and piano                                     
                             Menuet for violin, viola                                  
                             and cello Trio for violin,                                
                             cello, piano                                              
Y. Shaporin                  *Five pieces for                                          
                             violoncello and piano                                     
V. Shebalin                  *Sonata                                                   
Dmitri Shostakovich          Cello part in Song Cycle                                  
                             from Poems of Alexander                                   
                             Blok                                                      
Sergei Taneyev               Canzona                                                   
Boris Tchaikovsky            *Suite for cello solo                                     
                             Partita for cello, piano,                                 
                             clavecine, electric                                       
                             guitar, and percussion                                    
Sir William Walton           *Passacaglia for cello solo                               
M. Weinberg                  *Sonata No. 2 for cello                                   
                             and piano *Sonata for                                     
                             cello solo                                                
Jean Wiener                  Sonata for cello and piano                                

* dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich

Compositions for cello and orchestra or ensemble premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich

Composer                     Title                        Publisher                    
                                                                                       

A. Babadzhanyan              *Concerto                                                 
G. Banschikov                *Concerto No. 4                                           
Luciano Berio                 Il ritorno degli                                         
                             Snovidenia                                                
Leonard Bernstein            *Three Meditations                                        
B. Bogdanov-Berezovoi        *Three Concert Pieces for                                 
                             Cello and Orchestra                                       
Arthur Bliss                 *Concerto                                                 
Benjamin Britten             *Symphony for Cello and                                   
                             Orchestra                                                 
Daniel-Lessur                Fantasie-Concertante for                                  
                             cello and orchestra                                       
Henri Dutilleux              *"Tout un Monde Lointain"                                 
Lukas Foss                   *Concerto                                                 
Reanaud Gagneux              *"Triptyque" concerto for                                 
                             cello and orchestra                                       
Lopez Graca                  *Concerto da Camera                                       
E. Golubyev                  *Concerto                                                 
C. Halffter                  Concerto                                                  
Alun Hoddinott               *Concerto                                                 
Andre Jolivet                *Concerto No. 2                                           
T. Khrennikov                *Concerto No. 1                                           
Aram Khachaturian            *Kontsert-rapsodiya                                       
Lev Knipper                  *Concerto                                                 
Marcel Landowski              "Un Enfant apelle...",                                   
                             Concerto for Soprano,                                     
                             Cello and orchestra                                       
Y. Levitin                   "Le Prison", Poem for                                     
                             Soprano, Cello and                                        
                             orchestra *Concertino                                     
Witold Lutoslawski           *Concerto                                                 
David Matthews               Romanza for cello and                                     
                             small orchestra, op. 49                                   
Olivier Messiaen             Concerto for flauto, oboe,                                
                             cello, piano and orchestra                                
                             Violoncello part in                                       
                             oratorio "Transfiguration"                                
Norbert Moret                *Two Love Poems for                                       
                             Soprano, Cello and                                        
                             Orchestra *Concerto                                       
Virgilio Mortari             *Concerto                                                 
N. Nabokov                   Theme with Variations for                                 
                             Cello and Orchestra                                       
Arne Nordheim                *Tenebrae                                                 
Maurice Ohana                *Concerto                                                 
Andre Panufnik               Concerto                                                  
A. Pärt                      *Concerto                                                 
Krzysztof Penderecki         *Concerto No. 2                                           
N. Peyko                     Bashkiri Melodies for                                     
                             Cello and Orchestra                                       
Ljubomir Pipkov              *Concerto Symphony                                        
Walter Piston                *Variations for Cello and                                 
                             Orchestra                                                 
Gavriil Popov                Symphonic Aria for Cello                                  
Sergei Prokofiev             *Symphony-Concerto                                        
                             Concertino                                                
Henri Sauguet                *Melodie Concertante                                      
Robert Saxton                *Cello Concerto                                           
Alfred Schnittke             *Concerto No. 2 *Concerto                                 
                             for violin, viola, cello                                  
                             and orchestra                                             
Rodion Shchedrin             *Concerto for cello and                                   
                             orchestra                                                 
Dmitri Shostakovich          *Concerto No. 1 *Concerto                                 
                             No. 2                                                     
Boris Tchaikovsky            *Concerto                                                 
Yudzo Toyama                 *Concerto                                                 
V. Vlasov                    *Concerto Improvisation                                   
M. Weinberg                  *Concerto                                                 

* dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich

Compositions commissioned by Mstislav Rostropovich for cello solo

for the 70th birthday of Paul Sacher

and performed by Rostropovich in Zurich, May 2, 1976

Composer                     Title                        Publisher                    
                                                                                       

Conrad Beck                  Three Epigrams for                                        
                             Violoncello Solo                                          
Luciano Berio                "Le mots sont alles..."                                   
                             for Violoncello Solo                                      
Benjamin Britten             Theme "SACHER" for Cello                                  
                             Solo                                                      
Henri Dutilleux              *Hommage a Paul Sacher                                    
                             pour violoncello solo**                                   
Wolfgang Fortner             Theme and Variations for                                  
                             Violoncello Solo                                          
Alberto Ginastera            *Hommage a Paul Sacher:                                   
                             Punena No. 2, op. 45 for                                  
                             Violoncello Solo                                          
Cristobal Halffter           Variations on the Theme                                   
                             "SACHER" for Violoncello                                  
                             Solo                                                      
Heinz Holliger               Chaconne for Violoncello                                  
                             Solo                                                      
Klaus Huber                  "Transpositio ad                                          
                             infinitum" for Virtuoso                                   
                             Solo Cello                                                
Witold Lutoslawski           Sacher Variations for                                     
                             Violoncello Solo                                          

* dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich

** Henri Dutilleux later added two more movements and the work is now called Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher pour Violoncello Solo