Rostropovich and Britten play Schubert - Arpeggione Sonata (1/3)

Movement 1: Allegro moderato (Part I) The late Russian master Mstislav Rostropovich - one of the greatest cellists of all time - and English composer and pianist Benjamin Britten join forces in 1968 to play the exquisite Sonata in A minor for Arpeggione and Piano, D. 821, by Franz Schubert (1797-1828). Schubert composed the work for the arpeggione, a now-defunct instrument with six strings and frets (like a guitar) that was bowed like a viola da gamba. Nowadays, the work is most commonly played on the ce