Raphael Wallfisch - British Cello Concertos (2016)

Tracklist
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CD1
01. Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 40: I. Allegro moderato
02. Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 40: II. Andante quieto
03. Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 40: III. Rondo. Adagio-Allegro giocoso
04. Cello Concerto: I. Allegro moderato
05. Cello Concerto: II. Nocturne. Lento-Andante con moto
06. Cello Concerto: III. Molto vivace

CD2
01. Cello Concerto, F. 107: I. Allegro deciso
02. Cello Concerto, F. 107: II. Larghetto
03. Cello Concerto, F. 107: III. Allegro
04. Irish Rhapsody No. 3 in D Major, Op. 137
05. Cello Concerto: I. Moderato
06. Cello Concerto: II. Adagio
07. Cello Concerto: III. Allegretto deciso, alla marcia

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. As International Record Review asserted, ‘no British cellist has done more to advocate British composers than Raphael Wallfisch... [His] playing evinces that attention to detail, tonal finesse and understated conviction which has long made him an exponent of new and unfamiliar music.’

Those works are probably among the finest of the twentieth-century British repertoire. The original recordings won enthusiastic reviews, helped by such champions of British composers as Vernon Handley, Norman Del Mar, and Bryden Thomson, here conducting top British orchestras such as the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and London Philharmonic.

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