Elgar & Walton: Cello Concertos - Vinyl Edition

Sir Edward Elgar’s sublime Cello Concerto receives an impassioned performance from Steven Isserlis, the Philharmonia Orchestra and Paavo Järvi. With the addition of Sir William Walton’s contribution to the genre, this was unquestionably one of 2016’s most eagerly awaited releases.

This LP is part of Hyperion’s 2025 Vinyl Edition. For the CD or download version of this album—both of which additionally include Gustav Holst’s Invocation for cello and orchestra as well as a miniature suite for solo cello by Imogen Holst, The fall of the leaf—please » Click here.

LPA68077  55 minutes 38 seconds (2 discs)
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE ORCHESTRAL CHOICE
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 ...