Richard Strauss: Don Quixote - Honegger: Cello Concerto (The Russian Years)
Adagio con variazioni, P. 133
I. Andante
State Academic Symphony Orchestra "Evgeny Svetlanov", Victor Dubrovsky, Mstislav Rostropovich
II. Lento
Mstislav Rostropovich, State Academic Symphony Orchestra "Evgeny Svetlanov", Victor Dubrovsky
III. Allegro marcato
State Academic Symphony Orchestra "Evgeny Svetlanov", Mstislav Rostropovich, Victor Dubrovsky
Thema. Don Quixote - The Knight of the Mournful Countenance
Mstislav Rostropovich, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin, Lazar Dvoskin
Variation I. Departure - The adventure of the windmills
Mstislav Rostropovich, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin, Lazar Dvoskin
Variation II. The battle with the sheep
Mstislav Rostropovich, Kirill Kondrashin, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Lazar Dvoskin
Variation III. Sancho's wishes, peculiarities of speech and maxims
Variation IV. The adventure with the procession of penitents
Variation V. Don Quixote's vigil during the summer night
Variation VII. Don Quixote's ride through the air
Variation VIII.- The trip on the enchanted boat
Variation IX. The attack on the mendicant friars
Variation X. The duel and return home
Epilogue. Don Quixote's mind clears & Death of Don Quixote