This is Singaporean cellist Brendan Goh’s second recording (the first was a charity CD), and the title presumably refers to the player’s age (he was born in 1999), rather than that of the composers featured – and there is no thematic connection of youth in the works themselves.

That Goh is phenomenally gifted is undeniable, as his navigation through the technical challenges of Bach’s Third Suite and Paganini’s Hunt Caprice (in Luigi Silva’s vibrant transcription) provides ready confirmation. If his rendition of Fauré’s Elégie wears its heart on its sleeve a touch too blatantly, his account of the Adagio of Haydn’s D major Concerto is a lyrical delight, poised yet quietly rich in expression.

A word here for Reinhard Schobesberger’s beautifully balanced accompaniments, which provide firm yet subtle support, never overwhelming the soloist, as averred in the performances of Gaspar Cassadó’s virtuoso Requiebros (1934, roughly translated as ‘flirtation’ or ‘memories’) or Schumann’s Fantasiestücke, a staple of almost every portrait disc of aspiring star cellists.

Goh is not quite at stellar level yet. Despite the fluency of his Bach and Schumann, there is a coolness and lack of depth to his playing; this will improve with experience. There are intonational problems, too, in Piazzolla’s fiercely difficult Le Grand Tango (1982, for Rostropovich), which has the fullest writing for both instruments – though both players get the swing of the music well enough. In short, then, a highly impressive disc, full of promise – to be fulfilled.