Brahms, Johannes - Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 - Isserlis, Steven (cello)
GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE ARTISTIC QUALITY: 10
SOUND QUALITY: 10(CLASSICSTODAY.com)
...After 20 years Steven Isserlis returns to the Brahms cello sonatas, this time in the distinguished company of the pianist – and multi-Gramophone Award winner – Stephen Hough. Theirs is a less demonstrative approach than some, but one full of the results of years of exploring these magnificent pieces. And as a bonus, there are four little treats by contemporaries Dvorák and Suk...
(Gramophone)
...there is no doubting the sweep and passion, or the tenderness and intimacy, of their performance. These two outstanding musicians give an equally fine account of the earlier E minor sonata. In both works, and in some pleasing miniatures by Dvorak and Suk, they interact withthe combined sensitivity and freedom of true chamber-music players...
(The Sunday Times)
Steven Isserlis, cello; Stephen Hough, piano.
Johannes Brahms
Cellosonat nr 1 e-moll Op 38
1. Allegro non troppo
2. Allegretto quasi menuetto
3. Allegro
Antonín Dvorák
4. Waldesruhe Op 68:5
5. Rondo g-moll Op 94
Josef Suk
6. Ballad d-moll Op 3:1
7. Serenad A-dur Op 3:2
Johannes Brahms
Cellosonat nr 2 F-dur Op 99
8. Allegro vivace
9. Adagio affettuoso
10. Allegro passionato
11. Allegro molto