Steven Isserlis Mahler Chamber Orchestra Daniel Harding - Dvo¿ák: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104; Cello Concerto in A Major [CD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.Hyperion is delighted to present the worldu2019s best-loved cello concerto performed by one of the worldu2019s best-loved cellists: national treasure Steven Isserlis. Isserlis has waited 40 years to record this pinnacle of the repertoire, and here with his regular collaborators, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Daniel Harding, this long gestation has proved to be overwhelmingly fruitful. Isserlis writes of the concerto that u2018the power of its emotional journey, expressed with Dvoraku2019s characteristically folk-like simplicity and directness, offers an irresistible mix of the epic and the touchingly confessionalu2019. The combination of emotional power and simplicity is also a feature of Isserlisu2019s playing, and part of what makes him such a consummate performer of this work.rThis album puts Dvoraku2019s B minor cello concerto in context, including not only the original ending, but an orchestral version of the song Lasst mich allein which is quoted in the concertou2019s second and third movements.rIsserlis has also recorded a version of Dvoraku2019s first cello concerto, a little-known work from the composeru2019s early period which he never orchestrated. This version (in what is almost definitely its premiere recording) is by German composer Gunter Raphael, whose works were performed by Furtwangler among others, and is extensively rewritten from the composeru2019s original. To turn to Isserlisu2019s own words again: u2018Of course, it is not a masterpiece on the level of the later B minor concerto; but is it fair to lock up an older child just because their younger sibling is a genius? I love the A major concerto for the beauty of its melodies, for the freshness of its inspiration, for its typically rustic spiritu2014and for the sense of sheer joy that bubbles through the entire work.u2019

<b>Cello Concerto in B minor</b> Op 104 | Allegro [14'52]

<b>Cello Concerto in B minor</b> Op 104 | Adagio ma non troppo [11'29]

<b>Cello Concerto in B minor</b> Op 104 | Allegro moderato [13'04]

<b>Lasst mich allein</b> Op 82 No 1 <i>arranged for orchestra</i> by B LEOPO

<b>Cello Concerto in B minor</b> (original ending) Op 104 [1'32]

<b>Cello Concerto in A major</b> B10 <i>revised and orchestrated</i> by Gxc3x9cN

<b>Cello Concerto in A major</b> B10 <i>revised and orchestrated by</i> Gxc3x9cN

<b>Cello Concerto in A major</b> B10 <i>revised and orchestrated by</i> Gxc3x9cN

• Genre: Classical
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 34571179179

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