from Mendelssohn, Grieg & Hough: Cello Sonatas (CDA68079) 1 Allegro agitato [8'45] 26 minutes 21 seconds 3 tracks2 Andante molto tranquillo [5'59] 3 Allegro molto e marcato [11'37] ‘The performance couldn’t be more persuasive and the two players are beautifully recorded, with Isserlis providing typically engaging notes’ (Gramophone) BBC Music Magazine ‘Grieg's Cello Sonata encompasses a wide-ranging emotional landscape, to which Steven Isserlis and Stephen Hough, a magnificent partnership, respond with big-hearted playing’ (The Strad) |