Hyperion Records
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CDH55185
(Originally issued on CDA66296)
Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

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Recording details: January 1988
All Saints, Petersham, United Kingdom
Produced by Andrew Keener
Engineered by Tryggvi Tryggvason
Release date: October 2004
Total duration: 54 minutes 29 seconds

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'Steven Isserlis is one of the finest of the current generation of young British cellists, and this recording is a worthy successor to his Hyperion CD recitals of Faure and Brahms' (Music and Musicians)

'This fascinating record is another tribute to the enterprise of the Hyperion label. It deserves a rich return' (The Sunday Times)

Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)
Cello Sonatas
Steven Isserlis (cello), Peter Evans (piano)
Sonata for cello and piano No 1
1
Movement 1: Poco allegro  [5'22]
2
Movement 2: Lento  [6'01]
3
Movement 3: Allegro con brio  [5'32]
Sonata for cello and piano No 2
4
Movement 1: Allegro  [6'41]
5
Movement 2: Largo  [7'26]
6
Movement 3: Allegro commodo  [5'00]
Sonata for cello and piano No 3
7
Movement 1: Poco andante  [6'58]
8
Movement 2: Andante  [6'21]
9
Movement 3: Allegro (ma non presto)  [5'08]