KENNETH LEIGHTON
Complete Chamber Works For Cello Raphael Wallfisch (cello), with Raphael Terroni (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2015 ] "Wallfisch gives eloquent performances of wors characterised by anguished restraint and reflection. Leighton's early Elegy affords a lyrical oasis in this programme of otherwise spare and sometimes jagged music." BBC Music |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Clarinet Works Raphaël Sévère (clarinet), Quatuor Modigliani / Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Lars Vogt [ Mirare / CD - released 23/Sep/2022 ] "In the terrible period when we were all deprived of culture, Mozart's music has really been life-saving for me, it has truly filled my life. To make up for these months of solitary confinement, I have worked on several recording and composition... |
J. S. BACH / GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Sabine Devieilhe - Bach, Handel Sabine Devieilhe (soprano) / Pygmalion, Raphael Pichon, with Stéphane Degout (baritone) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 5/Nov/2021 ] Great sorrow and great joy, expressed in in sacred and secular arias and cantatas, are the themes of Sabine Devieilhe's album of Bach and Handel. Recorded with the Pygmalion ensemble and conductor Raphaël Pichon. |
GERALD FINZI
Finzi: Violin and Cello Concertos Tasmin Little (violin) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley / City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] This recording presents a comprehensive programme of some of Finzis finest works. Featuring probably his greatest work, the Cello Concerto played here by Raphael Wallfisch, a regular on Chandos, receives a passionate and keenly felt performance... |
FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Lecons de Tanabres pour le Mercredy Alfred Deller (countertenor) Philip Todd (tenor) Raphael Perulli (viola) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Aug/2001 ] Rare works by Couperin |
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... |
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 ] |
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Castor & Pollux (complete opera) Colin Ainsworth, Florian Sempey, Emmanuelle de Negri, Clémentine Margaine / Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2015 ] 'Ensemble Pygmalion's choir, orchestra and reduced ensemble of two violins, three cellos and two harpsichords play and sing with uncommon variety of timbre and attack, and with a real sense of engagement with the drama.' (BBC Music) |
Christine Raphael
Raphael: Works For Violin [ Cpo / 2 CD - released 30/Aug/2010 ] |
CYRIL SCOTT
Piano Concerto in D / Cello Concerto / Overture to 'Pelleas and Melisanda' Peter Donohoe (piano) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Yates [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] "The indefatigible Martin Yates has rescued and edited substantial early works by Cyril Scott, including a previously unknown Piano Concerto and Cello Concerto: Donohoe and Wallfisch show they contain music of surprising merit." (BBC Music) |
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. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R,): Symphony No. 2, Op. 12 / Romanze in F major / Six Songs, Op. 68 Eileen Hulse (soprano) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi (conductor) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Oct/2004 ] 'Järvis Strauss series is an important set of recordings that will hold an honoured place alongside Chandos Prokofiev and Bax cycles.' Fanfare |
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Dardanus Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphael Pichon [ Alpha / CD - released 27/Sep/2013 ] |
Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon, cond.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Libertà! [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] Between Die Entführung aus dem Serail and the advent of the famous 'Da Ponte trilogy', Mozart threw himself frantically into the search for the right libretto, capable of taking the spectator to lands still unexplored where the drama and the... |
FANTINI / MALVEZZI / CACCINI / MARENZIO / BRUNELLI / STRIGGIO
Stravaganza d'Amore! (Reissue) Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 22/Jul/2022 ] Late sixteenth-century Florence was a theatre: first and foremost a political one, in the eyes of the dynasties that wished to use the arts to display their power. A humanist one too, as is shown by these intermedi (interludes) that sought to achieve... |
FANTINI:/ MALVEZZI / CACCINI / MARENZIO / BRUNELLI / STRIGGIO
Stravaganza d'Amore!: The Birth of Opera at the Medici Court Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD Box Set - released 15/Nov/2017 ] "The performances are highly polished, chorus and ensemble, producing a glossy and liberally embellished sound while the dozen soloists give fine and well-balanced contributions." BBC Music Opera Choice Oct 2017 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Chamber Music [12 CDs special price] The Florestan Trio / The Raphael Ensemble / New Budapest Quartet / Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) Steven Isserlis (cello) Krysia Osostowicz (violin) [ Hyperion / 12 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2008 ] 'Immerse yourself in this set of 12 CDs of Brahms's chamber music … In the last 25 years, Hyperion has managed to persuade some of the finest of chamber musicians to reveal their affection for Brahms in recordings of remarkably consistent quality …... |
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Dardanus (complete opera [1739] recorded in 2015) DVD + Blu-ray Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux / Reinoud Van Mechelen, Gaëlle Arquez, Karina Gauvin, Florian Sempey, Nahuel Di Pierro / Raphaël Pichon (cond) [ Harmonia Mundi DVD + Blu-ray / 2 DVD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] This video was recorded live at performances of the original version of 'Dardanus' (1739) given at the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux in April 2015, in a production by Michel Fau and choreography by Christopher Williams. Raphaël Pichon, the Ensemble... |
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Raphaël Imbert (saxophone), Pierre-François Blanchard (piano), Sonny Troupé (drums)
Invisible Stream [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/Aug/2022 ] Invisible Stream: the "unseen currents" are those that connect people and musical works by transcending styles or customary aesthetic and cultural boundaries. A feast of poetic expression organized by four key representatives of both the classical... |
MAURICE JACOBSON
Theme and Variations, The Music Room & Mosaic Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Julian Jacobson (piano) & Mariko Brown (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jun/2014 ] Maurice Jacobson was regarded in his lifetime as a "musician extraordinary" such was his versatility as a composer, performer and music administrator. His works are fundamentally classicist, varying from the timeless austerity of The Lord is my... |