Cello Sonatas By Martinu, Sibelius & Mustonen
) | Label: BIS Catalog: BIS-SACD-2042 Format: Hybrid SACD Isserlis; MustonenComposed by: Martinu; Mustonen; Sibelius Bohuslav Martinů produced a huge and diverse catalogue of chamber music. Of his three cello sonatas, the first is the most dramatic; the two that followed are more celebratory in nature. Interspersed with these ‘Czech’, mid-20th century sonatas are two Finnish works composed at its very edges, Jean Sibelius' Malinconia (1900) and Olli Mustonen's Sonata from 2006. Friends and collaborators for close to twenty years, Steven Isserlis and Olli Mustonen join forces in this exciting and varied program.  Price: $28.98 |