Listen to Cello Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 126: I. Largo by Mstislav Rostropovich, USSR State Symphony Orchestra & Evgeny Svetlanov

Cello Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 126: I. Largo

Mstislav Rostropovich, USSR State Symphony Orchestra & Evgeny Svetlanov

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PERFORMING ARTISTS

Mstislav Rostropovich

Mstislav Rostropovich

Cello

USSR State Symphony Orchestra

USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

Evgeny Svetlanov

Evgeny Svetlanov

Conductor

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Dimitri Shostakovich

Dimitri Shostakovich

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