Tavener: No longer mourn for me & other works for cello

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These are among Tavener’s most powerful works. They are magnificently performed. Those simple points could easily be lost in the necessity of charting not just the diverse range of music and... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, More…

Release Date: 30th Oct 2020
Catalogue No: CDA68246
Label: Hyperion
Length: 71 minutes

Gramophone Magazine

November 2020

Editor's Choice
BBC Music Magazine

Christmas 2020

Recording of the Month

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Tavener: Preces And Responses

12:19

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Steven Isserlis (cello), Caroline Dearnley (cello), Chiara Enderle (cello), Matthew Huber (cello), Vashti Hunter (cello), Bartholomew LaFollette (cello), Amy Norrington (cello), David Waterman (cello)

Tavener: The death of Ivan Ilyich

27:05

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Steven Isserlis (cello), Matthew Rose (bass)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Omer Meir Wellber

Tavener: Mahámátar

15:48

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Steven Isserlis (cello), Abi Sampa (vocals)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Trinity Boys Choir
Omer Meir Wellber

Tavener: Popule Meus - a Meditation

12:18

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Steven Isserlis (cello)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Omer Meir Wellber

Tavener: Three Shakespeare Sonnets

4:27

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Steven Isserlis (cello), Caroline Dearnley (cello), Chiara Enderle (cello), Matthew Huber (cello), Vashti Hunter (cello), Bartholomew LaFollette (cello), Amy Norrington (cello), David Waterman (cello)

Sonnet LXXI. No longer mourn for me

4:27

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An important release which again demonstrates Steven Isserlis’s deep commitment to the music of John Tavener. The realization of the album is movingly detailed in a booklet note which provides an eloquent counterpoint and commentary to the performances.

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Christmas 2020

These are among Tavener’s most powerful works. They are magnificently performed. Those simple points could easily be lost in the necessity of charting not just the diverse range of music and influences, but also the profoundly personal nature for Steven Isserlis of this remarkable disc. His effective arrangements of two choral pieces for an ensemble of eight cellos frame the disc...the Philharmonia under Omer Meir Wellber are assured advocates.

November 2020

Here is a disc that proves to be much more than the sum of its parts. At first sight, it appears to be something of a patchwork, with arrangements for cello ensemble of two of Tavener’s choral works (the Preces and Responses and No longer mourn for me) surrounding three more substantial compositions. But in fact Steven Isserlis has understood how to draw out the vocal quality in both those pieces and adapt it superbly for the eight cellos.

6th December 2020

Isserlis’s burnished playing, ably supported by a shrunken Philharmonia Orchestra under conductor Omer Meir Wellber, weaves its usual irresistible spell.

January 2021

A deeply personal celebration of a composer and cellist’s creative relationship… It is exquisite and memorable.”

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