A Golden Cello Decade, 1878-1888: Dvořák, R. Strauss, Bruch, Le Beau Steven Isserlis

• Max Bruch (1838 - 1920): Kol Nidrei, Op. 47:
• 1 Bruch: Kol Nidrei, Op. 47 10:18
• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949): Cello Sonata in F Major, Op. 6 (1881 Original Version):
• 2 Strauss: Cello Sonata in F Major, Op. 6 (1881 Original Version): I. Allegro con brio 09:06
• 3 Strauss: Cello Sonata in F Major, Op. 6 (1881 Original Version): II. Larghetto 07:16
• 4 Strauss: Cello Sonata in F Major, Op. 6 (1881 Original Version): III. Finale. Allegro vivace 09:08
• Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904): 4 Romantic Pieces, Op. 75 (Transcr. Isserlis):
• 5 Dvořák: 4 Romantic Pieces, Op. 75 (Transcr. Isserlis): No. 1, Allegro moderato 03:17
• 6 Dvořák: 4 Romantic Pieces, Op. 75 (Transcr. Isserlis): No. 2, Allegro maestoso 02:30
• 7 Dvořák: 4 Romantic Pieces, Op. 75 (Transcr. Isserlis): No. 3, Allegro appassionato 02:42
• 8 Dvořák: 4 Romantic Pieces, Op. 75 (Transcr. Isserlis): No. 4, Larghetto 07:51
• Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850 - 1927): Cello Sonata in D Major, Op. 17:
• 9 Le Beau: Cello Sonata in D Major, Op. 17: I. Allegro molto 05:26
• 10 Le Beau: Cello Sonata in D Major, Op. 17: II. Andante tranquillo 04:30
• 11 Le Beau: Cello Sonata in D Major, Op. 17: III. Allegro vivace 05:53
• Ernst David Wagner (1806 - 1883): Schir Zijon, Op. 44:
• 12 Wagner: Schir Zijon, Op. 44: I. Kol Nidrei 05:17
• Isaac Nathan (1790 - 1864): Oh! Weep for Those (Arr. Isserlis):
• 13 Nathan: Oh! Weep for Those (Arr. Isserlis) 03:32
• Total Runtime 01:16:46

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Steven Isserlis und Connie Shih haben für HYPERION Schätze aus dem Goldenen Cello-Jahrzehnt 1878-1888 eingespielt. In diesen Jahren kam es zu einer willkommenen Erweiterung des Repertoires für Cello und Klavier, und auch wenn die meisten der hier vertretenen Komponisten - Bruch, Strauss, Dvorák - wohlbekannt sind, werden andere wie z.B. Luise Adolpha Le Beau sicherlich als angenehme Entdeckungen wahrgenommen werden. Mit ihrem abwechslungsreichen Programm, das auch einige Nebenwege der Zeit erkundet, ist diese Veröffentlichung ein absolutes Muss für alle Cello-Liebhaber.

Steven Isserlis has curated another typically imaginative recital, in which all the works date―in one guise or another―from an especially fruitful decade in the history of the cello.

Steven Isserlis, Cello
Connie Shih, Klavier

Steven Isserlis
Acclaimed worldwide for his profound musicianship and technical mastery, British cellist Steven Isserlis enjoys a uniquely varied career as a soloist, chamber musician, educator, author and broadcaster. He appears with the world’s leading orchestras and conductors, and gives recitals in major musical centres. As a chamber musician he has curated concert series for prestigious venues, including London’s Wigmore Hall, New York’s 92nd St Y, and the Salzburg Festival. Unusually, he also directs chamber orchestras from the cello in classical programmes.

He has a strong interest in historical performance, working with a number of period-instrument orchestras and giving recitals with harpsichord and fortepiano. A keen exponent of contemporary music, he has given premieres of Sir John Tavener’s The protecting veil, Thomas Adès’s Lieux retrouvés, three solo cello pieces by György Kurtág, and works by Heinz Holliger and Jörg Widmann.

Steven’s wide-ranging discography includes J S Bach’s complete solo cello suites (Gramophone’s Instrumental Album of the Year), Beethoven’s complete works for cello and piano, concertos by C P E Bach and Haydn, the Elgar and Walton concertos, and the Brahms double concerto with Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

Since 1997 Steven has been Artistic Director of the International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove, Cornwall. He enjoys playing for children, and has created three musical stories with the composer Anne Dudley. His two books for children, published by Faber & Faber, have been translated into many languages. His latest books are a commentary on Schumann’s Advice for Young Musicians, and a companion to the Bach suites, published to great acclaim in 2021. He has devised and written two evenings of words and music—one describing the last years of Robert Schumann, the other devoted to Marcel Proust and his salons. Steven has presented numerous radio programmes, including documentaries about two of his heroes: Robert Schumann and Harpo Marx.

Steven’s honours and awards include a CBE for services to music, the Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau, the Piatigorsky Prize and Maestro Foundation Genius Grant in the US, the Glashütte Award in Germany, the Gold Medal awarded by the Armenian Ministry of Culture, and the Wigmore Medal.

Steven plays the ‘Marquis de Corberon’ Stradivarius of 1726, on loan from the Royal Academy of Music.

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