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Rostropovich plays the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 Posted by: inwit
Video duration: 119 seconds Mstislav Rostropovich plays the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007. Filmed at the Basilique Sainte Madeleine, Vézelay, Yvonne, France in 1991. Related: 1007, bach, bwv, bwv1007, cello, classical, gmajor, mstislav, music, no1, prelude, rostropovich, suite |
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