Raphael Wallfisch
Cellist Raphael Wallfisch has a large repertory, especially strong on British composers, but not at all limited to them. He has made numerous recordings for Chandos and other labels.
Wallfisch was born in London on June 15, 1953. His father, Peter Wallfisch, was a pianist, and his mother, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, was a notable cellist. Raphael began his musical studies on the violin and piano but switched to the cello at eight after hearing a concert by cellist Zara Nelsova. Wallfisch studied as a teen with Amaryllis Fleming and for a year with Amadeo Baldovino in Italy. He attended the Royal Academy of Music from 1970 to 1973, studying with Derek Simpson. Wallfisch moved to California for further studies with Gregor Piatigorsky, who arranged for him to perform in private recitals with violinist Jascha Heifetz. In 1977, Wallfisch took first prize at the Gaspar Cassadó International Cello Competition in Florence, Italy, and soon after that, he launched what quickly became an international career. In the 1980s and early '90s, he played in a duet with his father, Peter. Wallfisch's recording career began in the LP era on the Chandos label; among his early albums was a 1982 release devoted to Samuel Barber's Cello Concerto and Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107.
Wallfisch's concert career has been international. He has appeared with virtually all of the major British orchestras and on the European continent with such major ensembles as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, and the Bergen Philharmonic. He has performed in the U.S. with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Minnesota Orchestra and farther abroad with the Sydney Symphony, New Zealand Symphony, and Singapore Symphony, as well as other groups. Wallfisch performs as part of the Amici della Musica, which he founded, and the Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch with Hagai Shaham (violin) and Arnon Erez (piano); the latter group performed the complete Beethoven trios at Wigmore Hall in 2020. In addition to Chandos, he has recorded for Naxos (a complete cycle of the Vivaldi cello concertos), Nimbus, CPO, and many other labels. Wallfisch often performs at the Jewish Museum in Berlin and has recorded a series of works by Jewish refugee composers, "Voices in the Wilderness," for CPO. In 2023, he released the album Jonathan Dove: In Exile on Lyrita with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and baritone Simon Keenlyside. By that time, his catalog comprised some 100 recordings.
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Klassik - Erschienen bei Nimbus Alliance am 07.05.2021
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British Music for Cello & Piano
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Klassik - Erschienen bei Nimbus Records am 01.09.2009
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Finzi & Leighton: Cello Concertos
Raphael Wallfisch, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Bryden Thomson
Klassik - Erschienen bei Chandos am 01.08.2001
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Busch: Cello Concerto & Piano Concerto
Raphael Wallfisch, Piers Lane, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
Klassik - Erschienen bei Lyrita am 01.10.2007
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Goldschmidt & Reizenstein : Cello Concertos
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Cellokonzerte - Erschienen bei CPO am 06.07.2018
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Trio Shaham, Erez, Wallfisch: Schumann, Dvořák, Grieg
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Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Nimbus Records am 05.01.2018
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Shchedrin: Music for Cello and Piano
Raphael Wallfisch, Rodion Shchedrin
Klassik - Erschienen bei Nimbus Records am 01.09.2008
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Kabalevsky, Khachaturian & Glazunov: Cello Concertos
Bryden Thomson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raphael Wallfisch
Symphonien - Erschienen bei Chandos am 01.03.1988
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Klassik - Erschienen bei Nimbus Records am 01.11.2007
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Œuvres orchestrales
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 06.09.2011
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Sinfonietta Op.5/48 - Symphonie Concertante - Divertimento
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Raphael Wallfisch, Neeme Järvi
Symphonieorchester - Erschienen bei Chandos am 01.05.2005
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Concerto pour violoncelle & orchestre - Improvisations - Passacaglia pour violoncelle - Partita pour orchestre
Raphael Wallfisch, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson
Cellokonzerte - Erschienen bei Chandos am 01.05.1992
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Concertos pour violoncelle
Raphael Wallfisch, Česká filharmonie, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek
Klassik - Erschienen bei Chandos am 28.10.1992
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Shostakovich: Complete Works for Cello
Klassik - Erschienen bei Nimbus Records am 01.04.2006
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Song of the Birds
Raphael Wallfisch, Vernon Handley, The BBC Concert Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Decca (UMO) am 01.01.2004
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Delius & Grieg: The Complete Works for Cello and Piano
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Nimbus Records am 23.08.2012
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Beethoven: The Sonatas & Variations for Cello and Piano
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Nimbus Records am 01.01.2005
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Grieg: Cello Concerto; 8 Songs arr. cello & orchestra
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Klassik - Erschienen bei Decca (UMO) am 01.01.2001
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Bridge & Delius: Cello Sonatas
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Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Chandos am 01.01.1987
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Zemlinsky, Goldmark & Korngold: Music for Cello and Piano
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Nimbus Records am 10.04.2007
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