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ARENSKY
String Quartet (with Tchaikovsky - String Sextet 'Souvenir de Florence' Op 70') The Raphael Ensemble [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Sep/2013 ] Tchaikovsky's virtuoso string sextet 'Souvenir de Florence' is one of the most popular works in the string chamber music repertoire. It has been recorded here with Arensky's Quartet Op 35 which was dedicated to the memory of Tchaikovsky. |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: String Quintets Nos 1 & 2 The Raphael Ensemble [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] 'The performances are both inspired and passionate. I suspect they will provide great listening pleasure to all who admire these scores for many years to come' (Fanfare, USA) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: String Sextets Nos 1 & 2 The Raphael Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Nov/2000 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE - 'Their performances can take their place beside any of the great chamber music recordings of the past, and will continue to set standards for years to come' (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 ] |
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ARNOLD COOKE
Three String Sonatas Raphael Terroni (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jul/2014 ] When Arnold Cooke died in 2005 at the age of ninety-eight, he was the last survivor of a great generation of British composers that included Michael Tippett, Alan Rawsthorne and Constant Lambert. A distinguished student of Paul Hindemith in Berlin,... |
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LENNOX BERKELEY
Music for Solo Piano and Piano Duet Raphael Terroni (piano) & Norman Beedie (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] The piano was Lennox Berkeley's own instrument and his piano works represent a microcosm of his very best compositional talents. Influenced harmonically by French models, his music is suffused with lyricism and subtle harmonies. The Sonata, Op. 20... |
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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.... |
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ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK
Symphonic Works Volume 8 {Incls 'Cello Concerto'] Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin) Ewa Kupiec (piano) / Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Łukasz Borowicz [ CPO / CD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] "The excellent Konzerthausorchester Berlin under Łukasz Borowicz puts not a foot wrong and plays exceptionally well." (MusicWeb International Recording of the Year 2014) |
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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) |
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BLOCH
Schelomo / Voice in the Wilderness Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Benjamin Wallfisch (Conductor) [ Nimbus / CD - released 21/Aug/2015 ] The two great works for cello and orchestra by Bloch, Schelomo and Voice in the Wilderness are amongst my very favourite to play. I grew up listening to the wonderful recording by Emanuel Feuermann and the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by... |
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VIVALDI
Cello Concerti Vol. 1 Rv 398, 399, 404, 406, 410, 412 & 419 Raphael Wallfisch (Cello) / City Of London Sinfonia / Nicholas Kraemer (Director And Harpsichord) [ Naxos Vivaldi Collection / CD - released 12/Jul/2008 ] "With performances of this calibre, and in demonstration quality sound, one marvels that Naxos can offer so much for so little! A triumphant debut for what seems destined to become one of the legendary recording projects of the decade." - BBC Music... |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Cello Concerti Vol. 2 Rv 400, 401, 408, 413, 422 & 531 Raphael Wallfisch (Cello) / City Of London Sinfonia / Nicholas Kraemer (Director And Harpsichord) [ Naxos Vivaldi Collection / CD - released 12/Jul/2008 ] "performances which revel in the vitatlity of Vivaldi's music and which are sensible to its beguiling but all too often overlooked fantasy" - Gramophone |
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VIVALDI
Cello Concerti Vol. 4 Rv 405, 411, 414, 416, 417, 420 & 421 Raphael Wallfisch (Cello) / City Of London Sinfonia / Nicholas Kraemer (Director And Harpsichord) [ Naxos Vivaldi Collection / CD - released 12/Jul/2008 ] "Wallfisch's playing has extraordinary precision, and both he and the accompanying group continually communicate their enthusiasm for this endlessly inventive music" - Penguin Guide |
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VIVALDI
Cello Concerti Volume 3: RV 402, 403, 407, 409, 418, 423 & 424 Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / City of London Sinfonia / Nicholas Kraemer (director and harpsichord) [ Naxos Vivaldi Collection / CD - released 12/Jul/2008 ] "..one marvels that Naxos can offer so much for so little! A triumphant debut for what seems destined to become one of the legendary recording projects of the decade" - BBC Music Magazine |
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MARTINU
Cello Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / Concertino Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "Recorded in 1991, Wallfisch's consummate virtuosity and considerable lyrical gifts illuminate Martinu's solo writing like no other." (Gramophone) |
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BARBER / SHOSTAKOVICH
Cello Concertos Raphael Wallfisch (cello) English Chamber Orchestra / Geoffrey Simon [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 25/Jun/2001 ] Top flight performances from Raphael Wallfisch |
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MALCOLM ARNOLD
Arnold: Cello Concerto / Saxophone Concerto / Fantasy for Recorder and String Quartet / etc Raphael Wallfisch (cello) John Turner (recorder) / Northern Chamber Orchestra & Manchester Sinfonia, Richard Howarth & Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Sep/2011 ] "The disc is a hands-down winner in the Naxos catalogue and slips nicely into the same rank occupied by Penny's symphonies." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Sept 2011) |
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ZEMLINSKY
Cello Sonata (with works by Goldmark & Korngold) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / John York (piano) [ Nimbus / CD - released 1/May/2007 ] The compositions on this disc not only present a wide range of recipes for effective and enjoyable chamber music, they also serve as a study in ethics. Is music for culinary delight or spiritual elevation, food for the body or the soul, stuff for the... |
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DVORAK
Cello Concerto (with Dohnányi - Konzertstück for Cello and Orchestra) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 26/Apr/2012 ] The Cello Concerto in B minor by Dvořák has become one of his most popular works, and perhaps the most popular concerto ever written for the instrument. He was asked to write this piece by a friend of Wagner, the cellist Hanuš Wihan. Initially... |
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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 |