Haydn CPE Bach Boccherini
Cello Concertos
Steven Isserlis vc, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Hyperion CDA68162

“My face has aged, but I don’t notice it day to day. And it’s the same with interpretation. The difference now is there’s no conductor, I’m directing, so it’s probably more chamber music-y this time.” Steven Isserlis

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Isserlis revisits haydn and a handful of peers

Haydn’s earlier Cello Concerto in C Major was rediscovered in Prague in 1961. It is a substantial work, in three movements, like its D Major successor. Both concertos were designed for virtuoso soloists, although around 20 years separate the two compositions: the C Major dating from the early 1760s and the D Major from 1783. CPE Bach’s A Major Cello Concerto is earlier still, from 1753. These three concertos form the basis of Steven Isserlis’s programme, filled out on this disc with his own arrangement of an aria from...