Third suite : for cello, op. 87
By: Benjamin Britten ; edited by Mstislav Rostropovich.
Contributors: Rostropovich, Mstislav, 1927-
Publisher: Faber Music; G. Schirmer
Published: 1976
Place of publication: London; New York
Number of pages: 17
Subjects: Suites (Violoncello); Folk songs, Russian -- Instrumental settings.; Hymns -- Instrumental settings.
Work titles: Suites, violoncello. no. 3, op. 87
Notes: Based on Russian themes: the first 3 tunes were taken from Tchaikovsky's volumes of folk-song arrangements; the 4th, the "Kontakion" (Hymn for the departed), from the English Hymnal.

Duration: ca. 22 min.
Table of contents: value: Introduzione.; value: Marcia.; value: Canto.; value: Barcarolla.; value: Dialogo.; value: Fuga.; value: Recitativo.; value: Moto perpetuo.; value: Passacaglia.