Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert - Edinburgh International Festival 2008 - Episode 8

Presented by Penny Gore. In a recital given in August at the Edinburgh International Festival 2008, Russian cellist Mischa Maisky, who studied with Rostropovich at the Moscow Conservatoire, is joined by his daughter Lily on the piano in a programme which includes Maisky's own transcriptions of romantic Russian songs plus Shostakovich's virtuosic Cello Sonata. Mischa Maisky (cello) Lily Maisky (piano) Glinka: Memories of a wonderful moment Tchaikovsky: Cradle Song; Frenzied Nights; Night Rubinstein: Night Rimsky-Korsakov: The Nymph; The Nightingale and the Rose Cui: The Burnt Letter Glazunov: Desire Rachmaninov: Do not sing to me; How fair this spot; Vocalise Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op 40.