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WILLIAM BUSCH
Cello Concerto / Piano Concerto Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Piers Lane (piano) / Royal Liverpool Orchestra / Vernon Handley [ Lyrita / CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] "My first impression of William Busch the composer was of sinewy toughness, the piece I heard at Morley College in wartime was his NicholasVariations for piano (1942) named after his infant son - his likeness was not mirrored in the craggy, spare... |
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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 |
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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... |
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KENNETH LEIGHTON
Complete Chamber Works for Cello Raphael Wallfisch (cello) & Raphael Terroni (piano) [ British Music Society / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] "This is music of impeccable craft and genuine substance, always sure of its goal and shot through with Leighton's own pungent brand of lyricism." (Gramophone) |
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RODION SHCHEDRIN
Music for Cello & Piano (Incls 'Sonate') Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Rodion Shchedrin (piano) [ Nimbus / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Rodion Shchedrin was born in 1932 in Moscow into a musical family: his father was a composer and teacher of music theory. He studied at the Moscow Choral School and graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1955 where he studied composition and... |
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BRIDGE / ELGAR
Oration / Cello Concerto (with Holst's Invocation) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Richard Dickins (conductor) [ Nimbus / CD - released 27/Jun/2006 ] These three notable British works for cello and orchestra from the early 20th century - two of them, the Elgar and the Bridge, ranking among the finest for the medium ever written by British composers - are linked by various strands, both... |
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LIONEL SAINSBURY / JOHN FOULDS
Sainsbury/Foulds: Cello Concertos Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] "One really could not ask Messrs Wallfisch and Yates and both orchestras for more persuasive world premieres of two concertos that already seem like old friends." Gramophone Editor's Choice July 2012) |
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FINZI / LEIGHTON
Cello Concertos Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2001 ] This is a new coupling featuring these two cello concertos |
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PATRIC STANFORD
Stanford: Symphony No. 1 / Cello Concerto / Prelude to a Fantasy Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] Patric Standford wrote in a wide variety of forms, from large-scale orchestral and choral music to a cappella, chamber and instrumental pieces. While teaching at the Guildhall School of Music in London he won several major international composition... |
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PROKOFIEV
Divertimento, Op. 43 / Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 125 / Sinfonietta, Op. 5/48 Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 16/Oct/2006 ] 'The Divertimento is a lovely piece… its long neglect is puzzling since it is highly attractive and ought to be popular… the recording is first class - as, indeed are the performances. An indispensable item in any Prokofiev collection.' The Penguin... |
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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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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... |
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GILES SWAYNE
Stabat Mater / The Silent Land / Magnificat I / Ave verum corpus Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / The Dmitri Ensemble / Graham Ross [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Feb/2011 ] "This disc is a hugely impressive achievement from the Dmitri Ensemble and conductor Graham Ross. This is contemporary choral music at its best, and it is available at super-budget price." (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month Feb 2011) |
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Raphaël Imbert, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Pierre-François Blanchard & Sonny Troupe
Invisible Stream [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Jun/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... |
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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) |
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MARTIN YATES
Yates: Elizabeth (complete ballet recorded in 2016) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Zenaida Yanowsky, Carlos Acosta, with Raphael Wallfisch (cello), David Kempster (baritone) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Dec/2016 ] Opulent and intimate, this enchanting chamber piece combines dance, text and music in a fascinating exploration of the life and loves of Queen Elizabeth I. Choreographer Will Tuckett and playwright and librettist Alasdair Middleton co-direct this... |
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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. |
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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU / CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD von GLUCK
Rameau / Gluck: Enfers Stéphane Degout (baritone) Emmanuelle de Negri (soprano) Stanislas de Barbeyrac (tenor) / Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon [ Harmonia Mundi / CD/Book - released 23/Feb/2018 ] "Forget the 'end of time' conceit and marvel at the music, so winningly performed by Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon." Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2018 |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Elina Garanca - When Night Falls ... Elina Garanca (Mezzo), Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria, with Raphaël Feuillâtre (guitar), Raimonds Pauls (piano), Albrecht Mayer (oboe) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/Mar/2024 ] This intimate album, says Elīna Garanča, is meant for "that time of day when you withdraw to your own private life". The celebrated mezzo has selected songs to help her listeners "tune out the world for two or three minutes and immerse themselves in... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / MAX BRUCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Concerto for Violin & Cello / Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / London Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 23/Jan/1989 ] Recorded in St Jude's Church, Central Square, London, July 1988 |