Utwory na płycie:

• Tema 'Sacher'
• Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87 - Introduzione: Lento
• Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87 - Marcia: Allegro
• Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87 - Canto: Con moto –
• Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87 - Barcarola: Lento –
• Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87 - Dialogo: Allegretto –
• Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87 - Fuga: Andante espressivo
• Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87 - Recitativo: Fantastico
• Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87 - Moto perpetuo: Presto
• Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87 - Passacaglia: Lento solenne
• Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87 - Mournful song 'Under the little apple tree' –
• Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87 - Autumn –
• Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87 - Street song 'The grey eagle'
• Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87 - Grant repose together with the saints
• Mournful song 'Under the little apple tree'
• Autumn
• Street song 'The grey eagle'
• Kontakion 'Grant repose'
• Theme for a prince
• Passacaglia
• Coranto pizzicato (Movement 3 of Partita for solo cello, Op. 98)
• Suite in the eighteenth-century style - Ritornelle
• Suite in the eighteenth-century style - Courante
• Suite in the eighteenth-century style - Sarabande
• Suite in the eighteenth-century style - Gavottes I & II
• Suite in the eighteenth-century style - Siciliano
• Suite in the eighteenth-century style - Bourrées I & II
• Suite in the eighteenth-century style - Air
• Suite in the eighteenth-century style - Gigue
• Sola

Benjamin Britten:
Tema 'Sacher'
Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87
Mournful song ‘Under the little apple tree
Autumn
Street Song 'The Grey Eagle'
Kontakion 'Grant repose'

William Walton:
Theme for a prince
Passacaglia

John Gardner:
Coranto pizzicato from Op. 98

Frank Merrick:
Suite in the eighteenth-century style

Thomas Ades:
Sola

If Britten’s Cello Suite No 3 is the undisputed masterpiece here, the other works are no less deserving of attention, Frank Merrick’s ‘Suite in the eighteenth-century style’ being a particular delight. As ever, Steven Isserlis’s booklet notes offer fascinatingly personal perspectives on the composers and their music.

---

Recorded in Henry Wood Hall, London, on 16-18 August 2020. Steven Isserlis plays the 'Marquis de Corberon' Stradivarius of 1726.