Pieter Wispelwey
It usually takes many years for artists to build up a reputation that will allow them to take liberties in where and what they perform, and even then, there are few who are willing to perform as many diverse works in one season as cellist Pieter Wispelwey does. Wispelwey's large recording catalog, dating back to the early '90s, is as diverse as his performances.
Wispelwey was born on September 25, 1962, in Haarlem in the Netherlands. His first encounters with music were through his violinist father and his father's amateur string quartet. Wispelwey studied in Amsterdam with Dicky Boeke and Anner Bylsma and then in the U.S. with Paul Katz and in England with William Pleeth. Boeke encouraged him to listen to as many things as possible, and growing up during the height of the period performance movement in Amsterdam in the 1960s and '70s also gave him ample opportunity to learn a variety of styles. In fact, because of his ability to play the Baroque cello, the piccolo cello, and the modern cello, and because his first recording, in 1990 on Channel Classics, was of the Bach Cello Suites on period instruments, he was labeled a Baroque cellist. However, since then, he has shattered that image through his concerts and recordings. Wispelwey is well-versed in the primary repertoire, able to play a couple of different concertos and different recital programs all in one week.
He has performed at the Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall, and the Sydney Opera House, among others. He has worked with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the BBC Symphony, and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, among other orchestras. He toured and recorded with the Australian Chamber Orchestra without a conductor. His chamber music partners include pianists Dejan Lazic and Paolo Giacometti and the Emerson String Quartet.
Channel Classics, where Wispelwey recorded until 2008, allowed Wispelwey great freedom, not only in choosing a recording repertoire that includes mainstream works (Beethoven's sonatas), lesser-known works (Lutoslawski's concerto, Crumb's sonata), and transcriptions (Chopin waltzes and mazurkas), but also in the production process from editing to liner notes. This allows him to control what he wants to communicate because what is important to him is communicating the original ideas and sounds the composer intended to the listener. Wispelwey sometimes views concerto performances as "combat" between the soloist and orchestra or soloist and conductor, but for the most part, believes that a performance is all about communication between musicians and between musicians and the audience. Wispelwey recorded for the Onyx label in the late 2000s decade and the early 2010s. He later moved to EPR-Classic (also known as Evil Penguin), where among his releases was Schubert: In Memoriam (2023), a memorial for his son. By that time, his catalog comprised more than 50 albums.
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Hindemith, Sessions & Ligeti
Classical - Lançado por Channel Classics em 1 de jan. de 1995
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Walton Cello Concerto
Classical - Lançado por Onyx Classics em 4 de mar. de 2009
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J.S. Bach: Suites for Cello Solo, Vol. 1
Classical - Lançado por Channel Classics em 1 de jan. de 2006
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Dvořák: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B Minor Op. 104 & Symphonic Variations for Orchestra Op. 78
Pieter Wispelwey, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Classical - Lançado por Channel Classics em 1 de jan. de 2007
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Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 - Kodály: Sonata for Cello Solo, Op. 8
Pieter Wispelwey, Richard Tognetti
Classical - Lançado por Channel Classics em 1 de jan. de 1999
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Reger: 3 Suites for Cello Solo & Works for Cello and Piano
Classical - Lançado por Channel Classics em 1 de jan. de 1996
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J.S. Bach: Suites for Cello Solo, Vol. 2
Classical - Lançado por Channel Classics em 1 de jan. de 2006
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Elgar & Lutosławski: Cello Concertos
Pieter Wispelwey, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Jac van Steen
Classical - Lançado por Channel Classics em 9 de mar. de 1999
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Cello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande
Classical - Lançado por Evil Penguin Classic em 15 de set. de 2023
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Schubert: Fantasy in C, Duo in A, Arpeggione Sonata
Pieter Wispelwey, Paolo Giacometti
Classical - Lançado por Onyx Classics em 26 de out. de 2009
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Chopin, Fauré & Poulenc: Works for Cello and Piano
Classical - Lançado por Channel Classics em 1 de jan. de 1997
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Gubaidulina: The Canticle of the Sun, Preludes for Violoncello Solo & In Croce
Pieter Wispelwey, Collegium Vocale Gent, Daniel Reuss
Classical - Lançado por Channel Classics em 14 de set. de 2004
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Beethoven: The Complete Sonatas for Pianoforte and Cello, Vol. 1
Classical - Lançado por Channel Classics em 20 de nov. de 2006
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Cello Concertino Op. 43bis: I. Adagio
Les Métamorphoses, Raphaël Feye, Pieter Wispelwey
Classical - Lançado por Evil Penguin Classic em 14 de jan. de 2022
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Beethoven: The Complete Sonatas for Pianoforte and Cello
Classical - Lançado por Channel Classics em 17 de ago. de 1993
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Chopin: Waltzes, Preludes & Mazurkas (Cello Waltzes, Vol. 1)
Classical - Lançado por Channel Classics em 1 de jan. de 2000
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Cello Concertino Op. 43bis: III. Allegro vivace
Les Métamorphoses, Raphaël Feye, Pieter Wispelwey
Classical - Lançado por Evil Penguin Classic em 11 de fev. de 2022
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Dvořák: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B Minor
Pieter Wispelwey, Lawrence Renes, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Channel Classics em 1 de jan. de 1995
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Brahms: Sonata E Minor Op. 38 & Sonata F Major Op. 99
Classical - Lançado por Channel Classics em 1 de jan. de 1993
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Beethoven: The Complete Sonatas for Pianoforte and Cello, Vol. 2
Classical - Lançado por Channel Classics em 1 de jan. de 2009
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Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen, Op. 160, D. 802: I. Introduction, Andante
Pieter Wispelwey, Paolo Giacometti
Chamber Music - Lançado por Evil Penguin Classic em 13 de jan. de 2023
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