Sir Edward Elgar’s sublime Cello Concerto receives an impassioned new performance from Steven Isserlis, the Philharmonia Orchestra and Paavo Järvi. With additional works by Sir William Walton and Gustav Holst, as well as a miniature suite for solo cello by Imogen Holst, this is unquestionably one of the year’s most eagerly awaited releases.
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE ORCHESTRAL CHOICE
GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE RECORDING (MARCH 2016)
GRAMOPHONE CRITIC'S CHOICE 2016
MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE RECORDING (MARCH 2016)
GRAMOPHONE CRITIC'S CHOICE 2016
MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
‘All in all, Isserlis’s is the most trenchant and tasteful account of the Elgar to have come my way since Paul Watkins’s with Andrew Davis and the BBC Philharmonic … an unmissable release’ (Gramo ...
‘This is a lovely disc, one to head my list of Christmas presents for musical friends’ (Gramophone)
‘Steven Isserlis's eagerly anticipated return to Elgar's autumnal masterpiece captivates in its unexaggerated depth of feeling, suppleness of expression, tingling spontaneity and beaming fantasy. He r ...
‘This is a lovely disc, one to head my list of Christmas presents for musical friends’ (Gramophone)
‘Steven Isserlis's eagerly anticipated return to Elgar's autumnal masterpiece captivates in its unexaggerated depth of feeling, suppleness of expression, tingling spontaneity and beaming fantasy. He r ...