Cello Concerto in C major Hob VIIb:1[25’21] Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
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Moderato[10’29]
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Adagio[7’36]
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Allegro molto[7’16]
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Geme la tortorella (Cavatina from La finta giardiniera, K196)[3’33] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), arr. Steven Isserlis (b1959)
Cello Concerto in A major H439 Wq172[20’03]Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
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Allegro[6’45]
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Largo con sordini, mesto[7’35]
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Allegro assai[5’43]
Cello Concerto in D major Hob VIIb:2[24’26] Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
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Allegro moderato[14’32]
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Adagio[5’02]
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Rondo: Allegro[4’52]
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Adagio (Movement 2 of Cello Concerto in G major, G480)[4’18] Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
If the two Haydn concertos are the most accomplished contributions to the cello’s burgeoning repertoire written in the eighteenth century, the CPE Bach coupling is scarcely less fine. Two charmingly rococo encores complete this latest essential release from Steven Isserlis.