All Steven Isserlis articles
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ArticleCellist Steven Isserlis on using vibrato to improve phrasing
Steven Isserlis gives a cello masterclass on Schumann's Fantasiestücke op.73, recorded at the International Musicians' Seminar, Prussia Cove. The student is Ani Kalayjian
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Review
Book review: The Bach Cello Suites: A Companion
Janet Banks reviews British cellist Steven Isserlis’s thoughts on the history and performance of the famed solo cello suites
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‘A Baroque composer living in the 21st century’ - Steven Isserlis on recording British Solo Cello Music
In this extract from the January 2022 issue, cellist Steven Isserlis speaks about recording works by British composers, who are all linked by a shared respect for the past
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‘People hadn’t heard live music for so long, and were so happy and grateful for the experience’ - Steven Isserlis on performing Bach
The January 2022 cover star speaks to Charlotte Smith about studying the Bach Cello Suites in the form of his new companion book, as well as performing during the pandemic
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Review
Steven Isserlis: British Solo Cello Music
British cellist brings all his character and virtuosity to music from his homeland
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The Strad Podcast Episode #20: Steven Isserlis on consulting musical editions and manuscripts
The cellist speaks about consulting the various surviving manuscripts of the Bach Cello Suites, as well as making bowing and fingering suggestions for the Dvořák Cello Concerto
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Steven Isserlis performs Haydn Cello Concerto in D
The cellist performs Haydn’s second cello concerto with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
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Review
Review round-up: BBC Proms 2021
Peter Quantrill attends the cream of the strings crop during this year’s Proms season at the Royal Albert Hall
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‘It’s important to be emotionally authentic – you mustn’t give false messages’ – Steven Isserlis
The British cellist on performing at the 2021 In Classica International Music Festival in Dubai, and returning to solo Bach during the pandemic
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Steven Isserlis shares his memories of cellist Marius May
‘A soloist’s career didn’t suit him, but those of us who attended his concerts will never forget them’
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Review
Live-streamed concert review: Steven Isserlis (cello) Mishka Rushdie Momen (piano)
Tim Homfray watches the performance at London’s Wigmore Hall on 2 February 2021, from the comfort of his own home
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News
Wigmore Hall unveils programme of 40 live-streamed concerts
More than 200 players will have the chance to play at the London venue over the next six weeks
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Review
Steven Isserlis: Tavener
A deeply personal celebration of a composer and cellist’s creative relationship
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Concert review: Wigmore Hall, 8-24 June 2020
Tim Homfray reviews performances held at the London venue for an online-only audience
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Feature
Sentimental Work: Steven Isserlis
Beethoven’s Cello Sonata no.4 was the gateway the British cellist needed to understand the myriad delights and complexities of the composer’s work
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Article
My Heroes: Steven Isserlis on Pablo Casals and Daniil Shafran
Pablo Casals’s musical commitment and Daniil Shafran’s ease and freedom were sources of inspiration for the British cellist
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Review
Steven Isserlis; Dénes Várjon: Chopin
Steven Isserlis passionately argues the case for Chopin’s Cello Sonata
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Video
'Playing', a short film from St Mary's Music School, Edinburgh
Violinist Nicola Benedetti and cellist Steven Isserlis feature in this new short film showing them tutoring pupils from Scotland’s national music school, St Mary’s in Edinburgh. The teenage pupils on the brink of leaving the school are violinist Sophie Williams and cellist Hugh MacKay.
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Cello journey: the best recordings of Ernest Bloch's Schelomo
Intended to be played as a seamless integrated whole, with an equality between the cellist and the orchestra, rather than as a concertante piece, Bloch’s Hebraic rhapsody Schelomo has been recorded by many cellists in numerous ways – and it seems that there is something special about almost all ...
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News
Classical strings in the 60th Grammy Awards nominations
The Recording Academy unveils nominations for all categories, including nods for Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Augustin Hadelich, Steven Isserlis and Frank Peter Zimmermann
