Steven Isserlis plays Schumann

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Schumann's Concerto could hardly receive more effective advocacy — BBC Music Magazine, January 2006 More…

Release Date: 25th Aug 1997
Catalogue No: 09026688002
Label: RCA
Length: 74 minutes

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Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129

Work length22:38

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Steven Isserlis (cello), Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Christoph Eschenbach

Nicht zu schnell

Track length11:05

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Langsam II

Track length4:06

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Sehr lebhaft

Track length5:42

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Cadenza - Revised Ending

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Bargiel: Adagio for cello & orchestra in G major, Op. 38

Work length7:05

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Steven Isserlis (cello), Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Christoph Eschenbach

Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73

Work length10:57

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Steven Isserlis (cello), Christoph Eschenbach (piano)

I. Zart und mit Ausdruck

Track length3:22

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II. Lebhaft, leicht

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III. Rasch und mit Feuer

Track length4:08

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Schumann: Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70

Work length9:44

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Steven Isserlis (cello), Christoph Eschenbach (piano)

Langsam, mit innigem Ausdruck

Track length5:09

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Rasch und feurig

Track length4:35

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Schumann: Stücke im Volkston (5), Op. 102

Work length15:29

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Steven Isserlis (cello), Christoph Eschenbach (piano)

I. Mit Humor

Track length2:39

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II. Langsam

Track length3:54

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III. Nicht schnell, mit viel Ton zu spielen

Track length4:23

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IV. Nicht zu rasch

Track length1:47

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V. Stark und markiert

Track length2:46

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Schumann: Mass in C Minor, Op. 147: Offertorium

Work length3:13

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Steven Isserlis (cello), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), David King (organ)

Silent Track

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Steven Isserlis

Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129

Work length1:55

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Steven Isserlis (cello), Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Christoph Eschenbach

Cadenza - Original Ending

Track length1:55

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January 2006

Schumann's Concerto could hardly receive more effective advocacy

2010

Only two of the works in this forwardly recorded anthology – the Fünf Stücke im Volkston of 1840 and the Cello Concerto of a year later – were originally inspired by the cello. But in closely attuned, super-sensitive partnership with Eschenbach as both conductor and pianist, Steven Isserlis somehow persuades us that no instrument better revealed 'the beloved dreamer whom we know as Schumann', as Tovey once put it. Helped by unhurried tempos and a lovely voiced c1745 Guadagnini cello, Isserlis draws out the rich, nostalgic poetry of the concerto's first two movements with the eloquence of speech. And with his buoyancy of heart and bow he silences all criticism of the finale – even its low-lying cadenza (this he subsequently plays again with the composer's surely less effective flourish for the soloist in the closing bars). The five engaging Volkston pieces with piano are vividly characterised and contrasted in mood. And the Op 73 and Op 70 miniatures lose nothing through transfer from clarinet and horn respectively to one of the composer's two optional alternatives.
The Adagio and Allegro for horn surely gains in expressive intimacy and vitality when bowed rather than blown. The Offertorium is sung by Felicity Lott with heart-easing beauty. The inclusion of a hitherto unrecorded, noble Adagio by Clara Schumann's gifted half-brother, Woldemar Bargiel, also helps to make this disc a collector's piece.

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