Cello Concerto No. 1

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Cello Concerto No. 1 is a landmark 20th-century concerto for cello and orchestra by Dmitri Shostakovich, renowned for its intense emotional power, driving rhythms, and prominent solo cadenza.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cello concerto
concerto
associatedWith Soviet-era artistic climate
catalogNumber Op. 107
composer Dmitri Shostakovich NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
criticalReputation landmark 20th-century cello concerto
dedicatedTo Mstislav Rostropovich NERFINISHED
followedBy Cello Concerto No. 2 NERFINISHED
genre 20th-century classical music
Soviet classical music
hasMotif DSCH motif NERFINISHED
hasProminentRoleFor horn
influencedBy Joseph Haydn NERFINISHED
Sergei Prokofiev NERFINISHED
key E-flat major
languageOfWork none (instrumental)
movement Allegretto
Allegro con moto
Cadenza
Moderato
notableFeature driving rhythms
intense emotional power
prominent solo cadenza
notableInstrumentalFeature extensive solo cadenza as third movement
notableRecordingArtist Mstislav Rostropovich NERFINISHED
Rostropovich with Mravinsky
Yo-Yo Ma NERFINISHED
numberOfMovements 4
orchestralForces woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings with solo cello
orchestration cello and orchestra
period 20th century
placeOfPremiere Leningrad NERFINISHED
premiereConductor Yevgeny Mravinsky NERFINISHED
premiereOrchestra Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra NERFINISHED
premierePerformer Mstislav Rostropovich NERFINISHED
soloInstrument cello
structure continuous large-scale design with four linked movements
style modernist
tempoMarkingFirstMovement Allegretto
tempoMarkingFourthMovement Allegro con moto
tempoMarkingSecondMovement Moderato
typicalDuration about 28 minutes
workSeries Shostakovich cello concertos NERFINISHED
writtenFor Mstislav Rostropovich NERFINISHED
yearComposed 1959
yearOfPremiere 1959

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Dmitri Shostakovich notableWork Cello Concerto No. 1