Steven Isserlis – British Solo Cello Music: Britten Suite No. 3, Walton, Gardner, Merrick & Adès (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:18:28 minutes | 2,91 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Hyperion
If Britten’s Cello Suite No 3 is the undisputed masterpiece here, the other works are no less deserving of attention, Frank Merrick’s Suite in the eighteenth-century style being a particular delight. As ever, Steven Isserlis’s booklet notes offer fascinatingly personal perspectives on the composers and their music.
Tracklist:
1-01. Steven Isserlis – Britten: Tema ‘Sacher’ (1976) (01:37)
1-02. Steven Isserlis – Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: I. Introduzione. Lento (02:24)
1-03. Steven Isserlis – Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: II. Marcia. Allegro (01:46)
1-04. Steven Isserlis – Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: III. Canto. Con moto – (01:11)
1-05. Steven Isserlis – Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: IV. Barcarola. Lento – (01:36)
1-06. Steven Isserlis – Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: V. Dialogo. Allegretto – (01:39)
1-07. Steven Isserlis – Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: VI. Fuga. Andante espressivo (02:44)
1-08. Steven Isserlis – Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: VII. Recitativo. Fantastico (01:33)
1-09. Steven Isserlis – Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: VIII. Moto perpetuo. Presto (01:00)
1-10. Steven Isserlis – Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: IXa. Passacaglia. Lento solenne (04:49)
1-11. Steven Isserlis – Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: IXb. Mournful Song “Under the Little Apple Tree” – (00:32)
1-12. Steven Isserlis – Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: IXc. Autumn – (00:28)
1-13. Steven Isserlis – Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: IXd. Street Song “The Grey Eagle” (00:36)
1-14. Steven Isserlis – Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: IXe. Grant Repose Together with the Saints (02:40)
1-15. Mishka Rushdie Momen – Traditional: Mournful Song ‘Under the Little Apple Tree’ (Arr. Isserlis) (00:50)
1-16. Mishka Rushdie Momen – Traditional: Autumn (Arr. Isserlis) (00:46)
1-17. Mishka Rushdie Momen – Traditional: Street Song “The Grey Eagle” (00:24)
1-18. Steven Isserlis – Traditional: Kontakion ‘Grant Repose’ (Arr. Isserlis) (04:31)
1-19. Steven Isserlis – Walton: Theme for a Prince (01:28)
1-20. Steven Isserlis – Walton: Passacaglia (06:39)
1-21. Steven Isserlis – Gardner: Partita for Solo Cello, Op. 98: III. Coranto pizzicato (03:05)
1-22. Steven Isserlis – Merrick: Suite in the Eighteenth-Century Style: I. Ritornelle (07:43)
1-23. Steven Isserlis – Merrick: Suite in the Eighteenth-Century Style: II. Courante (04:07)
1-24. Steven Isserlis – Merrick: Suite in the Eighteenth-Century Style: III. Sarabande (04:44)
1-25. Steven Isserlis – Merrick: Suite in the Eighteenth-Century Style: IV. Gavottes I & II (03:47)
1-26. Steven Isserlis – Merrick: Suite in the Eighteenth-Century Style: V. Siciliano (06:08)
1-27. Steven Isserlis – Merrick: Suite in the Eighteenth-Century Style: VI. Bourrées I & II (03:23)
1-28. Steven Isserlis – Merrick: Suite in the Eighteenth-Century Style: VII. Air (00:56)
1-29. Steven Isserlis – Merrick: Suite in the Eighteenth-Century Style: VIII. Gigue (03:01)
1-30. Steven Isserlis – Adès: Sola (02:11)
