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Delius & Grieg: Complete Works for Cello & Piano / Raphael Wallfisch, cello; John York, piano

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Frederick Delius: Romance, for cello & piano, RT viii/5; Chanson d'automne, song for voice & piano, RT v/27; Sonata for cello and piano, RT viii/7; Caprice and Elegy for Cello and Orchestra; Edvard G...
Performers: Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]; York, John

Gramophone Magazine, December 2012
The performances throughout are wonderfully responsive and the Nimbus recording first-rate. This is one of those rare collection discs that one can...continue...
Recording information: Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, UK (11/05/2011-11/06/2011)....continue...

Patric Standford: First Symphony (The Seasons); Cello Concerto; Prelude to a Fantasy / Raphael Wallfisch, cello

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Patric Standford: Symphony no 1 "The Seasons - An English Year"; Concerto for Cello; Prelude to a Fantasy, for orchestra ("The Naiades")
Performers: Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: ; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow (11/23/2011-11/24/2011)....continue...

Kenneth Leighton: Complete Chamber Works for Cello / Raphel Wallrisch, cello; Raphael Terroni, piano

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2011-10-11

Works: Kenneth Leighton: Partita for cello & piano, Op. 35; Elegy for cello & piano, Op. 5; Sonata for cello, Op. 52; Alleluia Pascha Nostrum for cello & piano
Performers: Terroni, Raphael; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]

Kenneth Leighton wrote his first work for solo cello as a 20-year-old student at The Queen's College, Oxford. Completed on New Year's Eve of 1949,...continue...
Recording information: Menuhin Hall, Yehudi Menuhin School, Stoke d'Abernon, C....continue...

Raphael Wallfisch plays Weber; Spohr and Reicha

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2011-03-08

Works: Louis Spohr: Concerto for Violin no 8 in A minor ("In modo di scena cantante"), Op. 47; Franz Danzi: Variations on a Theme from Mozart's "Don Giovanni" for cello and orchestra; Josef Reicha: Concerto...
Performers: Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Ward, Nicholas

Gramophone Magazine
The virtues of this disc really centre around the music and Wallfisch's advocacy. Spohr's Violin Concerto in Friedrich Grützmacher's adaptation is a worthy addition...continue...
Recording information: St. Philip's, Salford, UK (10/22/2009-10/23/2009)....continue...

British Music for Cello and Piano, Wallfisch

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2010-09-14

Works: William Wordsworth: Sonata for cello & piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 66; Nocturne for cello & piano, Op. 29; Scherzo for cello & piano, Op. 42; Sonata for cello, Op. 70; Joseph Holbrooke: Fantasie-Sonat...
Performers: Terroni, Raphael; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]

This CD unites significant cello works by three London-born composers who have undoubtedly had less than their due of critical recognition....continue...
Recording information: Menuhin Hall, Yehudi Menuhin School, Stoke d'Abernon, C....continue...

Chopin: Cello Sonatas / Raphael Wallfisch

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2010-08-10

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, B 160/Op. 65; Etude for piano no 6 in E flat minor, Op. 10/6, CT. 19; Szymon Laks: Sonata for cello & piano; Karol Szymanowski: Sonat...
Performers: Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]; York, John

BBC Music Magazine
First up is the famous Chopin, which in Wallfisch's hands flows like a river of silk, pulsing with a burnished warmth, spontaneity and...continue...
Recording information: Wyastone, Monmouth UK (01/23/2010/01/24/2010)....continue...

Arnold Cooke: Three String Sonatas

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2010-02-09

Works: Arnold Cooke: Sonata for violin & piano no 2; Sonata for viola & piano; Sonata for cello & piano no 2
Performers: Goff, Morgan; Stanzeleit, Susanne; Terroni, Raphael; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]

Recording information: Music Ha;;, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London (2005-10-02&2005-10-09&2005-)....continue...

C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concertos

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2010-01-12

Works: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Concerto for Cello no 1 in A minor, Wq 170/H 432; Concerto for cello, strings & continuo ("No. 2") in B flat major, H. 436, Wq. 171; Concerto for cello, strings & continuo ...
Performers: Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble

Recording information: Caird Hall, Dundee (04/21/2008)....continue...

Shchedrin: Music for Cello and Piano / Raphael Wallfisch, Rodion Shchedrin

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-01-13

Works: Rodion Shchedrin: Ancient Melodies of Russian Folk-Songs, for cello & piano; Sonata for cello & piano; In the style of Albeniz; Not Love Alone, opera
Performers: Shchedrin, Rodion; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]

'Ancient Melodies of Russian Folk-song' (2007) is a setting for cello and piano of five melodies from Rimsky-Korsakov's famous anthology of 100 Russian Folk Songs...continue...

Prokofiev: Songs without Words, Op. 35; Shchedrin / Wallfisch, Over, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2008-05-13

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Songs (5) without Words for voice & piano, Op. 35; Concertino for Cello in G minor, Op. 132; Symphony no 1 in D major, Op. 25 "Classical"; Rodion Shchedrin: Parabola Concertante, fo...
Performers: Allen, Michael; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Over, Simon
Ensemble: Southbank Sinfonia

Prokofiev's 'Cinq Melodies' was originally a set of five wordless songs with piano, later rearranged by the composer for violin and piano (Op. 35). In...continue...

20th Century Works for Cello & Strings / Wallfisch, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2008-03-11

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Metamorphoses; Elizabeth Maconchy: Epyllion, for cello & strings; Paul Hindemith: Trauermusik for Viola and Strings; Paul Patterson: Concerto for Cello, Op. 90; Mark Kopytman: Kad...
Performers: Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Boughton, William
Ensemble: Pforzheim Southwest German Chamber Orchestra

This is the premiere recording of Paul Patterson’s Cello Concerto, written for Raphael Wallfisch in 2002. The repertoire surrounding the Patterson was chosen to demonstrate...continue...

Zemlinsky: Cello Sonata; Goldmark, Korngold / Wallfisch

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2007-04-10

Works: Alexander von Zemlinsky: Pieces (3) for Cello and Piano; Sonata for Cello and Piano in A minor; Karl Goldmark: Sonata for cello & piano in F major, Op 39; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Tanzlied des Pierro...
Performers: Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]; York, John

World premiere recording of the Zemlinsky Cello Sonata! The Zemlinsky sonata was written in 1894, when the composer was twenty-three. Apart from a few performances...continue...

Shostakovich: Complete Cello Works / Wallfisch

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2006-08-08

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello no 1 in E flat major, Op. 107; Concerto for Cello no 2 in G major, Op. 126; Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40; Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147;...
Performers: Brown, Timothy; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]; York, John
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

This double album, containing over two hours of music, is the only integral edition of Shostakovich cello works available, and is being issued in commemoration...continue...

Bridge: Oration; Elgar: Cello Cto; etc/ Wallfisch, Dickins

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2006-06-13

Works: Frank Bridge: Oration, concerto elegiaco for cello & orchestra, H. 180; Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Gustav Holst: Invocation, Op. 19 no 2/H 75
Performers: Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Dickins, Richard
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

"For fans of English music, for fans of cello music, for fans of elegiac music, for fans of great music, this Nimbus recording is not...continue...

Metcalf: Mapping Wales, Plain Chants, et al / Finch, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2005-08-09

Works: John W. Metcalf: Mapping Wales, for harp & string orchestra; Plain Chants, for chorus; Cello Symphony, for cello, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Clwyd, Lisa; Finch, Catrin; Platts, Justine; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Christov, Raitscho; Boughton, William
Ensemble: Bulgarian Orpheus Chamber Ensemble; English Symphony Orchestra

John Metcalf is a leading Welsh composer. While his cultural roots are in the heart of Wales, his work has a broad international following and...continue...

Beethoven: Cello Sonatas, etc / Raphael Wallfisch, John York

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2005-05-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations (12) for Cello and Piano in G major on a Theme by Handel, WoO 45; Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1 in F major, Op. 5 no 1; Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2 in G minor, ...
Performers: Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]; York, John

These recordings are base on the new Barenreiter Urtext Edition, published in 2004. This edition is the first to utilize a number of authentic manuscripts...continue...

Maw: Sonata Notturna, Life Studies / Boughton, Wallfisch

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Nicholas Maw: Sonata notturna, for solo cello & string orchestra; Life Studies, for 15 strings
Performers: Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Boughton, William
Ensemble: English String Orchestra

"All credit to Raphael Wallfisch for his eloquent playing - he must surely have enjoyed Maw's generously lyrical writing. But it's Life Studies that has...continue...