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ELIZABETH MACONCHY / PAUL PATTERSON / PAUL HINDEMITH / MARK KOPYTMAN / etc
20th Century Works for Cello & Strings Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Sudwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim / William Boughton, conductor [ Nimbus / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] Of all the string instruments, the cello seems to come nearest to possessing a soul, partly because of its great range, from the deep nobility of its lowest baritone to bass register, to the plangent eloquence of its high soprano one. Of all the... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Alexandre Dumas: Et La Musique Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano), Marie-Laure Garnier (soprano), Kaëlig Boché (tenor), Raphaël Jouan (cello), Alphonse Cemin (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] 'There are few people as susceptible to certain musical beauties as I am; the more learned and complicated the instrumentation, the less I sense it, the faster it escapes me; on the contrary, if a simple and melancholic motif appears, I feel flooded... |
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Raphael
Angels of the Deep [ Hearts of Space Records / CD - released 10/Oct/2014 ] |
MENOTTI
Apocalisse, Fantasia for Cello & Orchestra, Suite 'sebastian' Raphael Wallfisch, cello, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/Apr/2001 ] 'His [Menotti's] may be an eclectic style, but this is music for enjoyment… the Chandos recording is clear and refined, making one hope that Hickox and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra will continue their Menotti exploration'. - Gramophone |
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J. S. BACH / JOHN COLTRANE
Bach / Coltrane Raphael Imbert (saxophone) Andre Rossi (organ) Jean-Luc Di Fraya (percussion) / Quatuor Manfred [ Zig Zag Territories / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Motets Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] The absolute summit of polyphonic art, Bach's motets exult with a joy that may be found surprising when one knows their most frequent liturgical use: at funeral ceremonies. Taking up the invitation of the Motet BWV 225, Raphaël Pichon and his... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthew Passion Julian Prégardien, Stéphane Degout, Sabine Devieilhe, Hana Blažiková, Tim Mead / Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD Box Set - released 29/Apr/2022 ] "With its glowing inner vitality and penetrating observations, this is a Passion that makes a very definite statement about what this work can communicate in our times." Gramophone Award WINNER 2022 - Choral |
Raphael Wallfisch / Scottish E
Bach,C.P.E.:Cello Concertos [ Nimbus / CD - released 14/Sep/2009 ] Raphael Wallfisch is one of the most celebrated cellists performing on the international stage. At the age of twenty-four he won the Gaspar Cassadó International Cello Competition in Florence. Since then he has enjoyed a world-wide career... |
ARNOLD BAX
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bax: Cello Concerto / Northern Ballad No 3 / Overture to a Picaresque Comedy / etc Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Nov/1987 ] 'The Cello Concerto is rhapsodic in feeling and Raphael Wallfisch plays it with marvellous sensitivity and finesse, given splendid support by the LPO under Bryden Thomson.' The Penguin Complete Guide |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
The Best of Malcolm Arnold East Winds; English Piano Trio; Maggini Quartet; Raphael Wallfisch (cello); Carl Raven (saxophone); English Northern Philharmonia, etc [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] Sir Malcolm Arnold was one of the most gifted British composers of his generation. His music communicates directly with listeners through its rhythmic vitality and brilliant orchestration, with melodies that are eloquent, memorable and catchy. |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Cello Concertos Vol 3 No. 9-12 Raphael Wallfisch, cello / Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Ward, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] "Completists will want all 12 of Boccherini's cello concertos and the bargain-priced Naxos series is the most obvious choice... this new offering would certainly be my recommendation for a single sampler." - MusicWeb March 2005 |
FRANK BRIDGE
Early Chamber Music Raphael Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Feb/2004 ] "A delightful anthology, highly recommended." (Gramophone) |
BAX / BLISS / MOERAN / FINZI
British Cello Concertos Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Ulster Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Vernon Handley / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 29/Apr/2016 ] 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.... |
JOHN JOUBERT / ROBERT SIMPSON / CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT
British Cello Concertos Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, William Boughton [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Jul/2015 ] "[Wallfisch] performs these pieces with the utmost musicianship." (MusicWeb) |
BUSCH / HOLBROOKE / WORDSWORTH
British Music for Cello and Piano Raphael Wallfisch (cello) & Raphael Terroni (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Jan/2015 ] This survey of British cello music focuses on three composers whose critical fortunes have never quite matched their undoubted musical gifts. William Wordsworth always displayed independence of mind and considerable melodic invention, and his... |
BUSCH / COOKE / LEIGHTON / WORDSWORTH
British Music for Cello and Piano Raphael Wallfisch (cello) & Raphael Terroni (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jun/2014 ] "this disc is self-recommending, and indeed required listening for anyone who wishes to explore the byways of more 'traditional' British composition in the second half of the twentieth century. We are not likely to get further recordings of the music |
ALUN HODDINOTT / S. COLERIDGE-TAYLOR / E.J. MOREAN / GERALD FINZI / etc
British String Concertos Rohan de Saram, Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Yfrah Neaman, John Georgiadis, Rodney Friend (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola) / Various orchestras [ Lyrita / 4 CD Box Set - released 25/Jun/2015 ] "this is an historic collection for all sorts of reasons. These recordings will be listened to for many years to come. The heyday of Lyrita was an extraordinarily rich period for British music and for performers who were committed to it." (MusicWeb) |
Marion Rampal, Quatuor Manfred Feat. Raphaël Imbert
Bye Bye Berlin! [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 29/Jun/2018 ] Bye bye… or Berlin forever? Throughout the 1920s, all eyes were turned towards Berlin. Driven by a collective energy, artists of all persuasions (writers, painters, architects, filmmakers and composers) there established the principles of "New... |
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HANDEL / SCARLATTI / CALDARA
Cantate d'Amore-Italian Love Cantatas Axel Kohler (countertenor) / Christoph Huntgeburth (transverse flute) / Anne Schumann (violin) / Balazs Mate (cello) / Raphael Alpermann (harpsichord) [ Capriccio / CD - released 1/Jan/1995 ] |
FRANCESCO CAVALLI
Cavalli: Ercole Amante (complete opera recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY Opera Comique / Nahuel di Pierro, Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano), Giuseppina Bridelli, Francesca Aspromonte / Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon [ Naxos Unitel Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 12/Feb/2021 ] A sumptuous Baroque spectacle, conceived on a vast scale in this lavish production by directors Valerie Lesort and Christian Hecq. |
