‘Has there ever been a composer of more consistent elegance?’ If Steven Isserlis’s rhetorical question invites the listener to think of plausible alternatives, on the evidence of this wonderful album—an imaginative selection of Boccherini’s cello concertos and cello-centric chamber music—they are most unlikely to succeed. This is truly ‘music of the angels’, with performances to match.
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‘Isserlis plays ravishingly throughout this recital. His tone is as luminous at the bottom as it is up top (and Boccherini spends a lot of time in the stratosphere). Although he’s partnered in the con ...
BBC Music Magazine
‘Why is the album called ‘Music of the Angels’? The sheer beauty and virtuosity of the music and the way, as Isserlis puts it, Boccherini’s 'ultra-light scoring'—sometimes with just cello and violins— ...
BBC Music Magazine‘Why is the album called ‘Music of the Angels’? The sheer beauty and virtuosity of the music and the way, as Isserlis puts it, Boccherini’s 'ultra-light scoring'—sometimes with just cello and violins— ...