Mstislav Rostropovich Performs Cello Concertos

London's Henry Wood Hall briefly became a musical Olympus in 1979 when two giants came together to make music: the cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and the conductor Carlo Maria Giulini. Both at the summit of their art, they joined forces with the London Philharmonic Orchestra to record two great cello concertos: Antonin Dvorak's Cello Concerto and Camille Saint- Saëns' Cello Concerto No. 1. In this recently remastered production, director Hugo Käch's camera caresses the movements of soloist and conductor, reveling in the elegant bowing and expressive wealth of the cellist and the calm authority and imposing majesty of the maestro.