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Steven Isserlis on Bach

Bach's cello suites are explored by Jamie and great British cellist Steven Isserlis this week, alongside an Album of the Week featuring harpist Elizabeth Plank.

British cellist Steven Isserlis CBE joins Jamie to talk about Bach and his universally celebrated solo cello suites; why are they so famous and so popular with cellists? Jamie鈥檚 Album Of The Week is an unusual release of harp music collected over the years by harpist Elizabeth Plank, each piece connected by the love between composer and dedicatee. Plus music by George Walker, Haydn and Sofia Gubaidulina.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 20 Mar 2022 19:00
大象传媒 Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op.40 (Rigaudon)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Grieg: Holberg Suite/Tchaikovsky: String Serenade: Orheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Max Richter

    Sunlight

    Performer: Max Richter. Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: Natalia Bonner. Performer: Rico Costa. Performer: John Metcalfe. Performer: Ian Burdge. Performer: Chris Worsey.
    • Deustche Grammophon.

  • Alfred Zamara

    My First Thought

    • Musings.
    • Genuin.
    • 901.

  • Robert Schumann

    Cello Concerto in A minor, Op 129 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Christoph Eschenbach. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.
    • Steven Isserlis Plays Schumann.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV1010 (Courante)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis.
    • Bach: The Cello Suites; Steven Isserlis.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in B minor, Op 32 No 10

    Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis.
    • Rachmaninov: Sonata no. 2: Zoltan Kocsis.
    • Philips.
    • 5.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Une ch芒telaine en sa tour, Op. 110

    Performer: Elisabeth Plank.
    • Musings.
    • Genuin.
    • 101.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem aeternam; Kyrie (Requiem in D minor, K 626)

    Music Arranger: Robert Levin. Singer: Christine Brewer. Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
    • Telarc.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in A flat major Op.72 no.8

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Dvorak: Complete Slavonic Dances: Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 16.

  • Erik Satie

    Gymnop茅die no.1 in D major

    Performer: Joanna MacGregor.
    • The Music of Erik Satie; Joanna MacGregor.
    • Collins Classics.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mache dich, mein Herze, rein

    Singer: Stephan Loges. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.
    • Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244.
    • DG Archiv.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    狈补肠丑迟蝉迟眉肠办

    Performer: Elisabeth Plank.
    • Musings.
    • Genuin.
    • 301.

  • Witold Lutos艂awski

    Variations on a theme of Paganini

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Rachmaninov:Suite No.2 /Ravel a Valse/Lutoslawski:/Paganini Variations - Argeric.
    • Philips.
    • 6.

  • Ross Edwards

    Full Moon Dances - Saxophone Concerto (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Miguel Harth-Bedoya.
    • Sony Classical.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo)

    Singer: Miah Persson. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Director: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • Haendel - Rinaldo.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 14.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto no.2 in D major H.7b.2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Schoenberg: Transfigured Night & Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 003.

  • Franz Liszt

    Widmung S.566 transcribed for piano

    Ensemble: Lise de la Salle.
    • Naive.

  • George Walker

    Lyric for Strings

    Ensemble: Son Sonora String Quartet.
    • Walker: Chamber music and songs.
    • NAXOS.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Sun 20 Mar 2022 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio Scotland