BBC Northern Ireland provided invaluable assistance by making new orchestral material available for Stanford's Third Rhapsody.
Instruments
Raphael Wallfisch performs on a 'Sheremetev' cello made by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume in 1865 and a cello made by Gennaro Gagliano in 1760.
Performer Biography
At age twenty-four, Raphael Wallfisch won the Gaspar Cassadó International Violoncello Competition in Florence.
Recording & Production
The recording of Finzi's Cello Concerto was supported by the Finzi Trust, and Bliss's Cello Concerto by the Bliss Trust.
Performer Biography
Raphael Wallfisch has collaborated closely with leading British composers such as Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Sir John Tavener.
Performer Biography
Raphael Wallfisch is one of the most recorded classical artists globally, with a discography of over seventy discs.
Performer Biography
Raphael Wallfisch, the cellist on this album, was born into a family of distinguished musicians; his mother was cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and his father pianist Peter Wallfisch.
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