reVisions

"Beamish's realisation - or re-imagining - of a putative Debussy suite is a delight. This is, in a sense, Debussy before he became Debussy...Beamish's orchestration, as reproduced by the Tapiola Sinfonietta under Gábor Takács-Nagy, is lucid and deft, and the piece has allure."
(Gramophone)

"Isserlis finds wonderful, darkly smouldering tone and line for Ravel's Two Melodies (originally for soprano voice) and the three Ernest Bloch pieces. He excels, too, in the busier idiom of Prokofiev's three-movement Concertino"
(Classic FM)

"Expect nothing po-faced from Steven Isserlis, a cellist never afraid of taking risks and revealing his heart. The disc's repertoire is also distinctive. Emotions throb hardest in the songs and laments of Bloch's From Jewish Life...Refined playing by the Tapiola Sinfonietta add to the pleasure."
(The Times)

"BIS has produced yet another superbly engineered SACD recording with reVisions. The whole thing oozes quality, and the programme works very well both as a concept and in practical terms."
(MusicWeb Nov 2010)

"Vladimir Blok's chamber orchestration of Rostropovich's completion of Prokofiev's Concertino is a brew of glistening celesta, while Sally Beamish opts for sequins in her tea-dance reimagining of Debussy's Suite for Cello and Orchestra."
(The Independent)

"The quiet mood of Steven Isserlis's latest disc may be partly explained by the dedication: "In loving and grateful memory" of his wife, Pauline, who died in June...Sally Beamish's rigorous reconstruction breathes life into Debussy's early, mostly lost Suite for Cello and Orchestra"
(The Observer)