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Boccherini from Steven Isserlis and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
1st Nov 2024
A much-needed exploration of the elegant, sunny music of Luigi Boccherini - from ethereally-scored concertos and charming sonatas to a richly-textured double-cello quintet.
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Steven Isserlis explores the cello's Golden Decade
4th Nov 2022
Steven Isserlis and Connie Shih take us on a journey to uncover some lesser-known works from an astonishingly fruitful decade for the cello - sonatas from Strauss and Le Beau, Bruch connections and more.
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Steven Isserlis and Olli Mustonen perform cello sonatas by Shostakovich and Kabalevsky
1st Feb 2019
The cello sonatas by Shostakovich and Kabalevsky are given expressive performances by Steven Isserlis and Olli Mustonen, alongside Prokofiev's Ballade and a handful of shorter works.
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Steven Isserlis on CPE Bach and Haydn
25th Sep 2017
The cellist talks to David about his new album of eighteenth-century cello concertos, released earlier in the month on Hyperion.
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Steven Isserlis plays cello concertos by Elgar and Walton
19th Feb 2016
Chris listens to Isserlis's new recording of perhaps the most famous cello concerto ever written.
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Russian Cello and Piano Concertos from Steven Isserlis and Kirill Gerstein
2nd Mar 2015
David listens to a pair of new releases that throw light on early versions of concertos by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev.
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Beethoven Cello Sonatas from Isserlis and Levin
6th Jan 2014
Playing on period instruments, the cellist and fortepianist get the year off to a tremendous start with spellbinding accounts of the complete cello sonatas, variations, and a transcription of the horn sonata.
