Steven Isserlis - Prokofiev & Shostakovich: Cello Concertos (2015) [Hi-Res]

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Title: Prokofiev & Shostakovich: Cello Concertos
Year Of Release: 2015
Label: Hyperion
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue, log, booklet) / 24bit-48kHz FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 65:10
Total Size: 293 / 653 MB
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Tracklist:

1. Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 58: I. Andante (5:33)
2. Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 58: II. Allegro giusto (11:52)
3. Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 58: IIIa. Tema. Allegro ﹣ Interludio. L'istesso tempo (2:07)
4. Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 58: IIIb. Variation 1, L'istesso tempo (1:25)
5. Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 58: IIIc. Variation 2, Vivace (1:27)
6. Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 58: IIId. Variation 3, Andantino tranquillo ﹣ Interludio II. Tempo I (5:15)
7. Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 58: IIIe. Variation 4, L'istesso tempo (2:21)
8. Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 58: IIIf. Reminiscenza. Meno mosso (2:13)
9. Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 58: IIIg. Coda. Poco più sostenuto (4:14)
10. Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 107: I. Allegretto (6:26)
11. Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 107: II. Moderato (10:33)
12. Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 107: III. Cadenza (5:34)
13. Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 107: IV. Allegro con moto (4:44)
14. Music for Children, Op. 65: X. March (arr. by Gregor Piatigorsky) (1:35)

A thrilling album from Steven Isserlis couples the ground-breaking Prokoev Cello Concerto from the 1930s with Shostakovich's eruptive response to it written for Rostropovich in 1959. These seminal works mark the cello's coming of age, enveloping its trademark rhapsodic lyricism in a newly visceral passion.

Paavo Järvi makes his Hyperion debut, conducting an ebullient Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and providing the ideal foil to Isserlis's impassioned virtuosity.