British Cello Concertos
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British Cello Concertos
Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Ulster Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Vernon Handley / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson
[ Chandos 241 / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 29 April 2016
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This two-album set features British cello concertos from Raphael Wallfisch's best late-1980s recordings.
He has always worked closely with leading British composers of our time and is now regarded as the finest performer of their works for cello. As International Record Review asserted, 'no British cellist has done more to advocate British composers than Raphael Wallfisch... [His] playing evinces that attention to detail, tonal finesse and understated conviction which has long made him an exponent of new and unfamiliar music.'
Those works are probably among the finest of the twentieth-century British repertoire. The original recordings won enthusiastic reviews, helped by such champions of British composers as Vernon Handley, Norman Del Mar, and Bryden Thomson, here conducting top British orchestras such as the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and London Philharmonic.
'Listening to Raphael Wallfisch's superb performance of the Cello Concerto, for instance, I found myself constantly exclaiming "Why don't we hear this work all the time?"'
- Gramophone on the Cello Concerto on the Bliss
Tracks:
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956): Cello Concerto, Op.40*
Sir Arnold Bax (1883-1953): Cello Concerto†
Sir Arthur Bliss (1891-1975): Cello Concerto‡
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924): Irish Rhapsody No. 3, Op. 137§
Ernest John Moeran (1894-1950): Cello Concert#
Raphael Wallfisch | Cello
London Philharmonic Orchestra†
Bryden Thomson†
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra*
Ulster Orchestra‡§
Vernon Handley*‡§
Bournemouth Sinfonietta#
Norman Del Mar#
