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... |
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 |
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... |
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) |
Raphael Wallfisch / Scottish E
Bach,C.P.E.:Cello Concertos [ Nimbus / CD - released 14/Sep/2009 ] Raphael Wallfisch is one of the most celebrated cellists performing on the international stage. At the age of twenty-four he won the Gaspar Cassadó International Cello Competition in Florence. Since then he has enjoyed a world-wide career... |
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... |
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) |
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... |
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 |