- Melodiya presents a great classic of its collection: cello legend Rostropovich and Dvorak's Cello Concerto
- Dvorak, whose concerto is one of the most popular of its genre and was performed again and again by Rostropovich, wrote to a friend, "This concerto far surpasses my other two concertos - the Violin and Piano Concertos."
- On this Brahms: "Why am I the last to learn that a cello concerto can also be written in this way. I would have done it long ago."
- The present recording was made in 1972 in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. The Orchestra of AllUnion Radio was conducted by Rostropovich's close friend, the Soviet conducting legend Gennady Rozhdestvensky