Cello Sonata No 2 in D major, Op 58 (Mendelssohn)
from Mendelssohn, Grieg & Hough: Cello Sonatas (CDA68079)
1 Allegro assai vivace [7'36]
2 Allegretto scherzando [5'16]
3 Adagio [5'16]
4 Molto allegro e vivace [6'58]
25 minutes 6 seconds 4 tracks
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‘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)