UPDT: Previously all 5 sonatas but #2, 4 and 5 got deleted off YT...
Here's an historic meeting between two of the greatest classical musicians of the 20th century, Sviatoslav Richter ("Slava") and Mstislav Rostropovich (also "Slava", don't ask me why). There's plenty of info about them in the web, so I won't go into too much biographical detail. However one thing I find interesting is that both of their repertoires covered everything from straight classical to modern music. That is, Bach to Bernstein. Actually for Richter switch Bernstein with Britten. Apparently Rostropovich was not happy with this live recording and never recorded a video again until he did the Bach cello suites many years later. There may be a couple rough spots but I think they add alot of character and humanity to the interpretation. Later on these two played the Triple Concerto with Oistrakh and Karajan and Richter says that Karajan and Rostropovich "teamed up" against Oistrakh and himself...fast friends in the music business I guess.
Anyways, this concert is superb and actually better than the studio recording they made, I think.
Cello Sonata 1 in F Major Op.5, No. 1 (1796) = Pt 1-3
Cello Sonata 3 in A Major Op.69 (1808) = Pt 4-7
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