The disc is packaged in a slipcase designed by Sara Fanelli, graphic artist and illustrator of children’s books. Steven Isserlis’s own book for children, Why Handel Waggled his Wig, is published by Faber in conjunction with the release of the present disc
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Ludwig Lebell: Berceuse Orientale
Berceuse Orientale
Sheila Nelson: Mad as a Hatter
Mad as a Hatter
Alfred Earnshaw: Tarantella
Tarantella
Joachim Stutschewsky: 6 Israeli Melodies (arr. J. Stutschewsky)
Kinnereth (tune by Ganinah Karchevsky, arr. Stutschewsky)
Wanderer's Song (Oriental Melody, arr. Stutschewsky)
Adam Carse: A Merry Dance
A Merry Dance
Francis Purcell Warren: A Sunday Evening in Autumn
A Sunday Evening in Autumn
Francis Purcell Warren: Cradle Song
Cradle Song
John Graves: The Swans glide on the Bishop's Moat
The Swans glide on the Bishop's Moat
William Henry Squire: Danse rustique, Op. 20, No. 5
Danse rustique
Luigi Boccherini: String Quintet in E major, Op. 11, No. 5, G. 275 (arr. G. Goltermann)
String Quintet in E major, Op. 11, No. 5, G. 275: III. Minuetto (arr. G. Goltermann)
Gavin Bryars: With Miriam by the river
With Miriam by the River
Arnold Trowell: 12 Easy Pieces: Gavotte
12 Easy Pieces: Gavotte
Jean Sibelius: Tempo di valse, "Lulu Waltz"
Lulu Waltz
George Dyson: Melody
Melody
Frank Bridge: 4 Short Pieces (version for cello and piano)
4 Short Pieces: No. 2: Spring Song (version for cello and piano)
Amy Beach: 3 Compositions, Op. 40 (version for cello and piano)
Berceuse
Gabriel-Marie: La Cinquantaine (The Golden Wedding)
La Cinquantaine (The Golden Wedding)
Georg Eduard Goltermann: La Foi
La Foi
Francis Poulenc: Chansons gaillardes (arr. M. Gendron for cello and piano)
Chansons gaillardes: No. 8. Serenade (arr. M. Gendron)
Joseph Tuby: Serenade
Serenade
Gabriel Faure: Berceuse, Op. 16 (arr. for cello and piano)
Berceuse (arr. for cello and piano)
David Popper: Gavotte No. 2 in D major, Op. 23
Gavotte No. 2 in D major, Op. 23
Felix Mendelssohn: Lied ohne Worte (Song without words), Op. 109
Song without Words, Op. 109
Gaspar Cassado: Requiebros
Requiebros
Howard Blake: Archangel's Lullaby
Archangel's Lullaby
Olli Mustonen: Frogs Dancing on Water Lilies
Frogs Dancing on Water-Lilies
Stephen Hough: Angelic Song
Angelic Song
Stephen Hough: Angelic Dance
Angelic Dance
Steven Isserlis: The Haunted House
The Haunted House
July 2006
“Steven Isserlis and Stephen Hough open with a beginners' open-string solo (Ludwig Lebell's Berceuse orientale) and continue with increasingly challenging material that culminates in Gaspar Cassadó's bravura Requiebros. The contemporary selections are especially satisfying. Gavin Bryars's With Miriam by the River pays homage to the composer's cello-playing mother in music of quiet, lyrical intensity. Howard Blake's Archangel's Lullaby, written to celebrate the birth of Isserlis's son Gabriel, has a Fauré-like sensibility... Hough's Angelic Song (yet another gift to Gabriel Isserlis) is a ravishingly simple meditation. Isserlis père's own The Haunted House may not merit repeated hearings but its silliness is sure to provide a chuckle or two, aided by Simon Callow's sly narration, and the cello's role a sound-effects machine could motivate many youngsters to pick up instrument. Delightful.”
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