Britten & Bridge
Steven Isserlis (cello)
City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
Two of the most important British cello-orchestra works in very good but not quite top-rank performances. Speeds in the Britten are a little slow and Isserlis's cello is sometimes lost in orchestra...
Britten & Bridge
Steven Isserlis (cello)
City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
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Two of the most important British cello-orchestra works in very good but not quite top-rank performances. Speeds in the Britten are a little slow and Isserlis's cello is sometimes lost in orchestra...
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Work length26:11
This work is only available as an album download.
- Steven Isserlis/City of London Sinfonia/Nicholas Ward/Richard Hickox, Steven Isserlis (cello)
- City of London Sinfonia
- Richard Hickox
- Recorded: 1987-03-14
- Recording Venue: 12 & 14 March 1987, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
I. Allegro maestoso
Track length13:25
This track is only available as an album download.
- Steven Isserlis/City of London Sinfonia/Nicholas Ward/Richard Hickox, Steven Isserlis (cello)
- City of London Sinfonia
- Richard Hickox
- Recorded: 1987-03-14
- Recording Venue: 12 & 14 March 1987, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
- Steven Isserlis/City of London Sinfonia/Nicholas Ward/Richard Hickox, Steven Isserlis (cello)
- City of London Sinfonia
- Richard Hickox
- Recorded: 1987-03-14
- Recording Venue: 12 & 14 March 1987, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
- Nicholas Ward (leader), Nicholas Ward (orchestra leader), Steven Isserlis (cello)
- City of London Sinfonia
- Richard Hickox
- Recorded: 1987-03-14
- Recording Venue: 12 & 14 March 1987, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Awards and reviews
January 2008
Two of the most important British cello-orchestra works in very good but not quite top-rank performances. Speeds in the Britten are a little slow and Isserlis's cello is sometimes lost in orchestra detail, but a recommendable account of Bridge's Oration.
