Schumann: Cello Concerto

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Wallfisch plays the solo part with his customary eloquence and intensity of expression...As always, John York follows the countours of Wallfisch's melodic line with remarkable unanimity of ensemble. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 2nd Jun 2014
Catalogue No: NI5916
Label: Nimbus
Length: 75 minutes

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Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129

Work length22:35

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Raphael Wallfisch
Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim
Niklas Willén

I. Nicht zu schnell

Track length10:42

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II. Langsam - Etwas lebhafter - Tempo 1

Track length3:54

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III. Sehr lebhaft - Schneller

Track length7:59

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Schumann: Stücke im Volkston (5), Op. 102

Work length16:13

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$7.00

Raphael Wallfisch
Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim
Niklas Willén

I. Vanitas vanitatum Mit Humor

Track length3:25

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II. Langsam

Track length3:35

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III. Nicht Schnell, mit viel Ton zu spielen

Track length3:56

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IV. Nicht zu rasch

Track length2:04

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V. Stark und markirt

Track length3:13

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Excerpt, Schumann: Romances (3), Op. 94

Work length6:56

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Raphael Wallfisch
Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim
Niklas Willén

I. Nicht schnell

Track length3:13

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II. Einfach, innig

Track length3:43

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Schumann: Romanzen Op.94 III. Nicht schnell

Work length3:58

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Raphael Wallfisch
Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim
Niklas Willén

Excerpt, Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73

Work length6:47

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Raphael Wallfisch
Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim
Niklas Willén

I. Zart und mit Ausdruck

Track length3:27

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II. Lebhaft, leicht

Track length3:20

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Schumann: Phantasiestücke Op.73 III. Rasch und mit Feuer - Schneller

Work length4:17

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Raphael Wallfisch
Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim
Niklas Willén

Schumann: Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70

Work length9:11

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$2.10

Raphael Wallfisch
Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim
Niklas Willén

Schumann: Mondnacht (No. 5 from Liederkreis, Op. 39)

Work length3:37

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Raphael Wallfisch
Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim
Niklas Willén

Schumann: Frühlingsnacht' Liederkreis Op.39 No.12

Work length1:31

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$1.40

Raphael Wallfisch
Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim
Niklas Willén

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The latest work on this CD is the Cello Concerto in A minor from 1850. In the worrying years leading to the composer’s death he was having trouble getting works published but a welcome approach came in 1853 from the publishing house Breitkopf with a fee of 20 Louis d’or for a few of Schumann’s latest pieces, including the cello concerto which they particularly liked. The composer tantalizingly offered them a version with string quintet, and a piano reduction along with a full orchestral score, but the last two never materialized.

Raphael Wallfisch was inspired by this intriguing concept and he asked the distinguished Swiss composer Arthur Lilienthal to a dapt the full score for strings. The result, heard on this recording, and which Raphael has performed many times in concert, lends fresh clarity and lightness to the texture, allowing the soloist even more freedom, especially at the low dynamic levels the composer calls for. Raphael has played it with very small orchestras, ofte n without conductor, which emphasizes even more the pure chamber qualities of this wonderful work. With that in mind it seemed highly appropriate to place the concerto in the context of Schumann’s other wo rks for cello (the Stücke im Volkston), together with the exquisite pieces written for single instrument and piano; ‘songs without words’ in the vein of his friend Felix Mendelssohn.

Reviews

November 2014

Wallfisch plays the solo part with his customary eloquence and intensity of expression...As always, John York follows the countours of Wallfisch's melodic line with remarkable unanimity of ensemble.

December 2014

[Wallfisch] offers a convincing performance, phrasing with warmth and agility...Holliger too keeps things stripped to the bone, sweetening the line where necessary, though never to excess, and with a level of clarity that others aim for but achieve only at a price of compromised expressivity...Altogether a worthy continuation of Holliger's Schumann series.

Schumann: Cello Concerto

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