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Fauré and Ravel

but reinforced here by the changing composition of the consort and the players taking turns to perform the 'top line'

which was signed a century ago

" Mendéz reassured his fans

Shostakovich/ Coppey/ Foster - Cello Concertos Format:CD Fauré and RavelDmitri Shostakovich wrote two concertos for the cello, and both are dedicated to the most eminent Soviet cellist of his time: Mstislav Rostropovich. That was due to not only the long friendship between the composer and the virtuoso, but also Rostropovich's courageousness in music as well as politics. When Shostakovich was expelled from all his posts in 1948, Rostropovich declared his solidarity with him, risking his own career: Shostakovich always

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