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Steven Isserlis & Connie Shih - The Cello in Wartime (2017) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

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Steven Isserlis & Connie Shih - The Cello in Wartime (2017) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

Steven Isserlis & Connie Shih - The Cello in Wartime (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88,2 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 65:37 minutes | 1,12 GB
Classical | Label: BIS, Official Digital Download

As the centenaries of various events of the First World War are being commemorated, we are reminded of the great battles and the large-scale suffering. To imagine what day-to-day life may have been like in the trenches in Flanders is more difficult, however, 100 years later and with no living survivors of the war to bear witness. Poems and paintings can give us some idea – but, as this disc from Steven Isserlis proves, so can music! The main, more conventional section of the programme is a selection of cello works composed around the time of the war, by composers from three of the countries involved in it: France, Britain and Austria.

This is followed by something rather more unusual, however, as Isserlis exchanges his ‘Marquis de Corberon’ Stradivarius for an instrument that was once played and heard in the trenches of Ypres. Harold Triggs, the owner of this so-called ‘trench cello’, brought it with him to Flanders from England – other soldiers, on both sides of the conflict, constructed their own violins, cellos or flutes on site, from ammunition boxes, pipes and whatever else they could get hold of. These instruments thus become a highly moving testimony to every man’s need for beauty and solace and joy, even in the middle of a battlefield. With the delicate support of Connie Shih on the piano (and in fact even pianos could be found in the trenches, even if not concert grands!), Isserlis and his trench cello transport us, for a brief moment, to a trench near Ypres during a quiet spell between skirmishes, with soldiers resting, writing home, playing cards – and with the help of the music dreaming of a life elsewhere.

Tracklist:
1. Cello Sonata in D Minor, L. 135: I. Prologue (04:12)
2. Cello Sonata in D Minor, L. 135: II. Serenade (02:58)
3. Cello Sonata in D Minor, L. 135: III. Finale (03:31)
4. Cello Sonata, H.125: I. Allegro ben moderato (10:42)
5. Cello Sonata, H.125: II. Adagio ma non troppo - Molto allegro e agitato (12:39)
6. Cello Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 109: I. Allegro (05:31)
7. Cello Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 109: II. Andante (07:05)
8. Cello Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 109: III. Finale. Allegro comodo (06:06)
9. 3 Kleine Stücke, Op. 11: No. 1, Mäßige Achtel (01:03)
10. 3 Kleine Stücke, Op. 11: No. 2, Sehr bewegt (00:22)
11. 3 Kleine Stücke, Op. 11: No. 3, Äußerst ruhig (01:38)
12. Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. Le cygne (Version for Cello & Piano) (03:42)
13. Jerusalem (Arr. for Cello & Piano) (02:21)
14. Keep the Home Fires Burning (Arr. for Cello & Piano) (02:10)
15. God Save the King (Arr. for Cello & Piano) (01:29)

foobar2000 1.4.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2021-01-10 16:36:19

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Analyzed: Steven Isserlis, Connie Shih / The Cello in Wartime
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -3.75 dB -24.76 dB 4:12 01-Cello Sonata in D Minor, L. 135 : I. Prologue
DR18 -3.92 dB -27.95 dB 2:59 02-Cello Sonata in D Minor, L. 135 : II. Serenade -
DR14 -0.62 dB -21.63 dB 3:31 03-Cello Sonata in D Minor, L. 135 : III. Finale
DR14 -1.53 dB -20.93 dB 10:43 04-Cello Sonata : I. Allegro ben moderato
DR15 -0.52 dB -21.62 dB 12:40 05-Cello Sonata : II. Adagio ma non troppo - Molto allegro e agitato
DR14 -1.49 dB -21.67 dB 5:31 06-Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 109 : I. Allegro
DR12 -4.63 dB -22.83 dB 7:06 07-Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 109 : II. Andante
DR13 -2.68 dB -19.87 dB 6:07 08-Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 109 : III. Finale Allegro comodo
DR6 -11.26 dB -38.51 dB 1:04 09-3 Kleine Stücke, Op. 11: I. Massige Achtel
DR13 -0.36 dB -19.15 dB 0:22 10-3 Kleine Stücke, Op. 11 : No. 2. Sehr bewegt
DR11 -28.73 dB -47.10 dB 1:39 11-3 Kleine Stücke, Op. 11 : No. 3. Ausserst ruhig
DR12 -13.28 dB -31.80 dB 3:43 12-Carnival of the Animals, R. 125 : Animals XIII. Le Cygne (The Swan) (version for cello and piano)
DR12 -3.40 dB -20.72 dB 2:21 13-Jerusalem (arr. for cello and piano)
DR12 -3.90 dB -21.16 dB 2:10 14-Keep the Home Fires Burning (arr. for cello and piano)
DR13 -5.82 dB -24.79 dB 1:29 15-God Save the King (arr. for cello and piano)
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Number of tracks: 15
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 88200 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2316 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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