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Concerto No. 1, Op. 107 by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). Edited by Rostropovich. For cello and piano accompaniment. 20th Century. Difficulty: difficult. Instrumental solo book. Composed 1959. 59 pages. Published by International Music Company (IM.2192).

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3 star rating

Location: from Melbourne australia

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May 26, 2011

Great piece, music needs re-engraving

To concerto is an amazingly difficult but magnificent work for the cello with great drama and passion. This edition is looking a little tired. It needs to be re-engraved. The notation for the cello part is pretty dense and lines slightly uneven with the occasional gap in the lines on...

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24 of 47 people found this review helpful.

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5 star rating

Location: from Louisville, KY

August 15, 2008

very pleased

This is quite possibly my most favorite cello concerto of all time. There is the first movement, which the whole concerto is based upon, and the second movement is a slow and extremely intense lament, if you will, which follows directly into the cadenza, which is completely a cello solo....

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27 of 56 people found this review helpful.

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4 star rating

Location: from Greenville, NC

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April 14, 2008

Great Concerto

Great concerto for cellists, although last movement of piano needs some reducing to sound more like the orchestra

26 of 54 people found this review helpful.

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4 star rating

Location: from Cleveland, Ohio

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March 5, 2008

SHOSTAKOVICH HARDER THAN EVER

This concerto is one of the hardest concertos for cello ever written. It is insane. This concerto is very emotional and very intense which must be pulled off during extremley difficult technical passages.

28 of 56 people found this review helpful.

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5 star rating

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January 25, 2008

Amazing

this is my favorite cello concerto ever even beating out the dvorak, yes it even beats that. it is a crowd pleaser, big as they come. it has amazing melodies, the first movement is quite possibly my favorite song ever. it so wonderful words cant even describe it. buy it...

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33 of 58 people found this review helpful.

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