Steven Isserlis: Revisions | CD review

(BIS)The quiet mood of Steven Isserlis's latest disc may be partly explained by the dedication: "In loving and grateful memory" of his wife, Pauline, who died in June. But it also reflects a private project of Isserlis's dating back many years. Generously adding to the cello repertoire, he has commissioned four composer friends to make arrangements of works with which he has an association. Sally Beamish's rigorous reconstruction breathes life into Debussy's early, mostly lost Suite for Cello an...

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