Finzi - Cello Concerto, Op. 40
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Finzi: Cello Concerto, Op. 40
RecommendedPaul Watkins (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Sir Andrew Davis’s feeling for the composer’s sensitive, harmonically conservative language is abundantly clear in these vivid readings with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Soloists too are well... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2018, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st December 2018
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Finzi: Clarinet Concerto & Cello Concerto
RecommendedJohn Denman (clarinet), Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
The Cello Concerto was in many ways the composer's swansong… The beautifully slow movement is deeply searching and draws on an Elgarian quality, a poignant nobility. Yo-Yo Ma's wistfully introspective... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2007, Re-issue of the Month
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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British Cello Concertos
Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Vernon Handley, Bryden Thomson, Norman Del Mar
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Finzi & Leighton - Cello Concertos
RecommendedRaphael Wallfisch (cello)
Scottish National Orchestra, Bryden Thomson
The Cello Concerto is arguably Finzi's finest work, written at the very end of his life under the stress of knowing he was terminally ill. At just under 40 minutes it's planned on a massive... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2006, First Choice
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Special offer. Finzi: Cello Concerto, Eclogue & Grand Fantasia & Toccata
RecommendedTim Hugh (cello), Peter Donohoe (piano)
Northern Sinfonia, Howard Griffiths
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Building a Library, December 2006, Budget Choice
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Finzi: Cello Concerto - Leighton: Veris Gratia
Raphael Wallfisch (cello), George Caird
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
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Special offer. The Best of Finzi
Robert Plane (clarinet), Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano), Christopher Whitton (organ), Tim Hugh (cello), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Peter Donohoe (piano)
Northern Sinfonia, Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth...
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Special offer. A Finzi Anthology
Robert Plane (clarinet), Tim Hugh (cello), Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano), James Gilchrist (tenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Christopher Robinson
Finzi's ineffable enchantment at word setting and musicality generally has an enduring place in pastoral-mystical-ecstatic British music. The only Finzi boxed set. — More…
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A well-conceived and constructed set which displays the cello in some wonderful works — More…
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