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Pieter Wispelwey
12+ albums
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Pieter Wispelwey (Haarlem, 1962) is a Dutch cello player. In 1992 he was the first cellist ever to receive the Netherlands Music Prize, given to the most promising young musician in the Netherlands. In the last decade he has been regarded as one of the leading cello soloists.[citation needed] This was not always so: in his twenties Pieter was considered by some to be both an enfant terrible and was typecast as a baroque cellist by others. Pieter Wispelwey was born in the Netherlands and grew up in Santpoort. Since the age of 19 he has resided in Amsterdam. From a very early age he was exposed to the sounds of his father's amateur string quartet when they rehearsed at the Wispelwey home. Later on he took lessons from Dicky Boeke and Anner Bylsma in Amsterdam, followed by studies with Paul Katz in the USA and William Pleeth in the UK. In 1990 his first recording with Channel Classics, the Bach Cello Suites, received considerable acclaim. The support of Channel Classics has enabled him to record his own choice of repertoire, with his own choice of artists and orchestras. This has resulted in records with unusual repertoire such as Schubert violin sonatinas, Chopin Waltzes, mazurkas and preludes and the Bach Gamba sonatas played with his own personal intrumentations. Wispelwey has appeared as recitalist all over the world including the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Wigmore Hall (London), Chatelet (Paris), Teatro Colon (Buenos Aires) and Sydney Opera House. He has appeared with ma
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Suite no.1 in G dur BWV 1007
2,6042Suite no.1 in G dur BWV 1007: Allemande
1,6953Etude in e Minor op. 225 no. 7: Lento a placere (feat. Dejan Lazić)
1,1474Suite no.2 in d moll BWV 1008: Menuet 1 & 2
1,1315Suite no.1 in G dur BWV 1007: Prelude
9206Prelude no. 2 in a Minor op. 28: Lento
8377Suite no 1, Op 72: V Bordone - Moderato quasi recitativo
8128Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor Op.40: Allegro non troppo
7809Siciliano (from Harpsichord Concerto in E BWV 1053)
74410Andante (from Italian Concerto BWV 971)
708albums
J.S. Bach: Suites for Cello solo vol 1
J.S. Bach: Gamba Sonatas
Cello Waltzes, vol. 1
Hindemith-Sessions-Ligeti
Vivaldi: Vivaldi Concerti
Three Suites for Violoncello Solo
Vivaldi: 6 Cello Sonatas
Bach: 6 Suites For Cello Solo
Shostakovich / Prokofiev / Britten: Sonatas For Cello And Piano
Beethoven: Variations
Tchaikovsky / Saint-Saëns / Bruch
Mendelssohn & Chopin: Cello Sonatas