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Classics - Finzi: Violin and Cello Concertos

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-02-13

Works: Gerald Finzi: Concerto for cello & orchestra in A Minor, Op 40; Prelude for String Orchestra in F minor, Op. 25; Romance for String Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 11; Concerto for Small Orchestra and...
Performers: Little, Tasmin; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Finzi's Cello Concerto is arguably his greatest work, another just ambitious but deeply moving, written under the stress of knowing he was terminally ill. It...continue...

Vaughan Williams, Delius: Piano Concertos; Finzi / Lane

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2003-08-05

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Piano in C major; Frederick Delius: Concerto for Piano in C minor, RT vii/4; Gerald Finzi: Eclogue for Piano and Strings in F major, Op. 10
Performers: Lane, Piers
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Finzi, Leighton: Cello Concertos / Wallfisch, Thomson, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-09-25

Works: Gerald Finzi: Concerto for cello & orchestra in A Minor, Op 40; Kenneth Leighton: Concerto for cello & orchestra, Op 31
Performers: Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

"Raphael Wallfisch has always made me happy, with his full tone and obvious flair. One wonders if anyone could do better in these two concertos....continue...