Wallfisch,Raphael / Bbc National Orchestra Of Wale - Small Pieces for Orchestra - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Among the most versatile contemporary performers, cellist Raphael Wallfisch is especially celebrated as a passionate advocate of British music. Concertos by Elgar, Finzi, and Walton lie at the heart of his repertoire, which also includes concertante works by Arnold, Bax, Bliss, Havergal Brian, Britten, and many more. All three items presented on this disc were written especially for Wallfisch.

Cello Concertos from Exile Vol. 4. Significant concertos by three great composers now join the rich and multifaceted repertoire of our new series featuring »Cello Concertos by Jewish Composers in Exile.« The Cello Concerto in three movements composed by Paul Ben-Haim for Richard Katz in 1962 employs virtuosic agility and the expressive flexibility of the solo instrument and exemplarily demonstrates how Ben-Haim was able to fit the stylistic elements characteristic of the Eastern Mediterranean into the structures provided by European forms. Ernest Bloch originally wrote his Symphony for Cello and Orchestra for trombone and orchestra. The enormous size of the orchestra contributes to the exotic panorama with tone colors reminiscent of Schelomo and the other six works of the »Jewish cycle« completed by him forty years earlier. Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Cello Concerto was originally composed for Deception, but some months after this film had premiered in the cinemas, he reworked the concerto, which in it's concert hall version consists of one short movement and among other things a development section featuring fully refined counterpoint and heavy percussive effects.

Vinyl LP pressing. 2016 from the Swedish urban folk unit. Billy Momo released their second album Drunktalk February 2, 2015. Their work has already won them appreciation, both from their native Sweden, the UK and US. Four of their songs from the Drunktalk album will be featured in a US documentary called The Best Of It, directed by Scott Eberly. A visit to Napa, California performing at Live In The Vineyard also got the band new fans. 2015 had them working on brand new material to be released November, 2016. Billy Momo retains a charm throughout that led Absolute Noise to deem the material 'the kind of music Beck could have done at the beginning of his career.'