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Paul Tortelier
vc, 1914-1990 FR, Paris
Musician / Composer of Classical
Paul Tortelier (21 March 1914 – 18 December 1990) was a French cellist and composer.
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Popular Tracks 
Vivaldi: Cello Sonata No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 14, RV 45: I. Largo on Vivaldi: 6 Cello Sonatas by Antonio Vivaldi & Paul Tortelier Vivaldi: Cello Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 14, RV 47: IV. Allegro on Vivaldi: 6 Cello Sonatas by Antonio Vivaldi & Paul Tortelier Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air on Classical Hits by Various Artists Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40: I. Praeludium on Grieg: Orchestral Works by Edvard Grieg, Sir John Barbirolli & Sir Thomas Beecham Bach, JS: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prelude on Bach: Cello Suites, BWV 1007 - 1012 by Johann Sebastian Bach & Paul Tortelier Vivaldi: Cello Sonata No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 14, RV 40: III. Largo on Vivaldi: 6 Cello Sonatas by Antonio Vivaldi & Paul Tortelier Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50 on Music for Baby - Volume 2 by Various Artists Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux, R 125: XIII. Le cygne (Arr. for Cello and Harp) on Massenet:Le Cid etc/Saint-Saëns:Le Cygne etc by Louis Frémaux Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude on Paul Tortelier Plays Bach by Johann Sebastian Bach & Paul Tortelier Massenet: La Vierge, Pt. 4: Le dernier sommeil de la Vierge on Nocturne by Various ArtistsTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recital Paris, Salle Pleyel, 26 February 1953 | Paul Tortelier | 2014 | Album |
| Grieg - Two Elegiac Melodies | Edvard Grieg / Dag Wirén / Carl Nielsen / Paul Tortelier, Northern Sinfonia / Kenneth Montgomery, Bournemouth Sinfonietta | 2013 | Compil. |
| Dvořák Cello Concerto | Antonín Dvořák - Paul Tortelier, Sir Malcolm Sargent / Philharmonia Orchestra | 2012 | Album |
| 'Cello Concerto | Sir Edward Elgar, Paul Tortelier, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 2012 | Album |
| Symphonies 1 & 2 - Violin Concerto - Cello Concerto - The Wise Virgins | Sir William Walton - Nigel Kennedy, Paul Tortelier, Sir Charles Mackerras, André Previn, Paavo Berglund, Louis Frémaux | 2011 | Compil. |
| Suites Pour Violoncelle Seul N° 1 En Sol Majeur, BWV 1007 - N° 2 En Ré Mineur, BWV 1008 (Disque 1) | Johann Sebastian Bach - Paul Tortelier | 2010 | Album |
| Sonate Für Violoncello Und Klavier A-moll Op. Posth. "Arpeggione" | Franz Schubert, Paul Tortelier / Robert Weisz | 2008 | Album |
| Elégie, Op. 24, Deux Sonates Op. 109 Et 117 / Sonate Pour Violoncelle Et Piano | Gabriel Fauré / Claude Debussy - Paul Tortelier, Jean Hubeau | 2008 | Album |
| Elgar Cello Concerto • Brahms Double Concerto | Paul Tortelier | 2008 | Compil. |
| Musique De Chambre | Gabriel Fauré, Pierre Barbizet, Jean-Philippe Collard, Michel Debost, Augustin Dumay, Christian Ferras, Samson François, Eric Heidsieck, Frédéric Lodéon, Bruno Rigutto, Paul Tortelier, Le Quatuor Bernède, Quatuor Parrenin | 2007 | Compil. |
| Élégie Op. 24 - Deux Sonates Op. 109 Et 117 Pour Violoncelle Et Piano | Gabriel Fauré - Paul Tortelier, Jean Hubeau | 2007 | Album |
| Orchestral Works | Edvard Grieg, Sir John Barbirolli, Paavo Berglund, Sir Thomas Beecham, Paul Tortelier, Daniel Adni | 2005 | Compil. |
| String Quintet In C Major D. 956 / Symphony No. 8 In B Minor D. 759 "Unfinished" | Franz Schubert - Isaac Stern, Alexander Schneider, Milton Katims, Pablo Casals, Paul Tortelier, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini | 2004 | Compil. |
| Hindemith • Bořkovec | Karel Ančerl, Paul Hindemith, Pavel Bořkovec, André Gertler, Paul Tortelier, Antonín Jemelík, The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra | 2004 | Compil. |
| Cello Concerto etc | Sir Edward Elgar - Paul Tortelier, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves | 2003 | Compil. |
| Cello Concerto . Double Concerto | Antonín Dvořák, Johannes Brahms Brahms Paul Tortelier, Yehudi Menuhin, André Previn, Paavo Berglund | 2003 | Album |
| Cello Concertos | Paul Tortelier - Robert Schumann / Paul Hindemith | 2002 | Album |
| Cello Suites Nos. 4-6 | Johann Sebastian Bach · Paul Tortelier | 1999 | Album |
| Cello Favourites | Paul Tortelier | 1999 | Compil. |
| Élegie - Trio - Quatuor | Gabriel Fauré / Paul Tortelier, Jean Hubeau, Quatuor Via Nova | 1999 | Album |
| Paul Tortelier | Paul Tortelier | 1997 | Album |
| Cello Concerto / Introduction & Allegro / In The South | Sir Edward Elgar : Paul Tortelier, Sir Adrian Boult | 1997 | Compil. |
| Cello Concerto • Violin Concerto | Antonín Dvořák, Paul Tortelier, André Previn, Kyung-Wha Chung, Riccardo Muti | 1996 | Compil. |
| The Early HMV Recordings, 1947-48 | Paul Tortelier | 1995 | Compil. |
| Cello Concerto | Sir William Walton / Dmitri Shostakovich / Paul Tortelier, Paavo Berglund | 1995 | Album |
| Quintet D. 956 / Symphony No. 5 D. 485 | Franz Schubert / Isaac Stern, Alexander Schneider, Milton Katims, Pablo Casals, Paul Tortelier / Prades Festival Orchestra | 1993 | Album |
| Dvořák Cello Concerto Symphony No 8 | The London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Tortelier, André Previn, Sir John Barbirolli | 1993 | Compil. |
| Violin Concerto And Rococo Variations | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Nigel Kennedy, Paul Tortelier | 1993 | Album |
| Conciertos Para Cuerda, Flauta Y Violonchelo | Antonio Vivaldi, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard, Hans-Martin Linde, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Paul Tortelier, London Mozart Players | 1992 | Compil. |
| Bruch • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos | Yehudi Menuhin, Vladimir Spivakov, Paul Tortelier | 1992 | Compil. |
| Musique De Chambre = Chamber Music = Kammermusik | Maurice Ravel, Christian Ferras • Pierre Barbizet • Gérard Jarry • Georges Pludermacher • Michel Tournus • Samson François • Paul Tortelier • Jean-Christophe Benoit • Jean-Pierre Jacquillat • Quatuor Parrenin | 1991 | Compil. |
| Bach Brandenburg Concertos 2 & 3 | Johann Sebastian Bach, Sir Neville Marriner, Paul Tortelier, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Salvatore Accardo, English Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra | 1990 | Album |
| Double Concerto In A Minor, Double Concerto | Johannes Brahms, Frederick Delius, Yehudi Menuhin, Paul Tortelier, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund, Meredith Davies | 1989 | Compil. |
| Double Concerto / Variations Sur Un Thème de Haydn | Johannes Brahms, Christian Ferras, Paul Tortelier, Paul Kletzki, Philharmonia Orchestra | 1989 | Album |
| Cello Concertos | Antonio Vivaldi - Paul Tortelier | 1989 | Album |
| Cello Sonatas - Sonates Pour Violoncelle | Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Frédéric Chopin, Paul Tortelier, Aldo Ciccolini | 1989 | Album |
| French Impressions | Paul Tortelier, English Chamber Orchestra, Claude Debussy, Erik Satie, Gabriel Fauré, Gabriel Pierné, Jules Massenet, Camille Saint-Saëns | 1988 | Album |
| Cello Concerto No.1 / Le Cygne / Allegro Appasionato / Caprice / Prélude, Le Déluge / Wedding Cake Caprice | Camille Saint-Saëns, Paul Tortelier, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Maria De La Pau Tortelier, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Louis Frémaux | 1988 | Album |
| Cello Concerto Etc | Paul Tortelier | 1988 | Compil. |
| Boccherini • C.Ph.E.Bach • Vivaldi • Tortelier | Paul Tortelier, Ensemble Jean-Walter Audoli, Jean-Walter Audoli, Luigi Boccherini • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach • Antonio Vivaldi | 1988 | Album |
| Dvořák Cello Concerto/Cellokonzert Tchaikovsky Variations On A Rococo Theme | Antonín Dvořák, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Paul Tortelier, The London Symphony Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia | 1987 | Compil. |
| Cello Suites - No.1 In G, No. 4 In E Flat, No. 5 In C Minor | Johann Sebastian Bach - Paul Tortelier | 1987 | Album |
| Cello Suites Nos. 2, 3 & 6 | Johann Sebastian Bach - Paul Tortelier | 1987 | Album |
| Suiten Für Violoncello Solo Nr.1-3 BWV 1007-09 | Johann Sebastian Bach, Paul Tortelier | 1985 | Album |
| Cello Concerto In B Minor / Variations On A Rococo Theme | Antonín Dvořák - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Paul Tortelier, The London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn, Northern Sinfonia, Yan Pascal Tortelier | 1985 | Album |
| Double Concerto | Johannes Brahms - Yehudi Menuhin, Paul Tortelier, The London Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund | 1985 | Album |
| Suites Pour Violoncelle Seul N°3 En Ut Majeur & N°4 En Mi Bémol Majeur | Johann Sebastian Bach - Paul Tortelier | 1983 | Album |
| Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto | Sir William Walton - Ida Haendel, Paul Tortelier, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund | 1983 | Album |
| The Six Cello Suites (= 6 Suiten Für Violoncello = Les Suites Pour Violoncelle Seul) | Johann Sebastian Bach · Paul Tortelier | 1983 | Album |
| Double Concerto / Overture Iphigénie En Aulide | Johannes Brahms, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Christian Ferras, Paul Tortelier | 1983 | Album |
| Paul Tortelier Plays | Paul Tortelier | 1983 | Compil. |
| Sonate "Arpeggione" / Sonata No3 Pour Violoncelle | Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven, Paul Tortelier, Maria De La Pau Tortelier | 1982 | Album |
| Cello Concertos - Cellokonzerte | Paul Tortelier - Joseph Haydn - Jörg Faerber - Württembergisches Kammerorchester | 1982 | Album |
| Casals Festivals at Prades, Vol. 1 | Pablo Casals, Marcel Tabuteau, Szymon Goldberg, Arthur Grumiaux, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Eugene Istomin, William Kapell, Yehudi Menuhin, Paul Tortelier | 1982 | Album |
| Sonate No.1 & 8 autres pieces pour violoncelle et piano | Camille Saint-Saëns, Paul Tortelier, Maria De La Pau Tortelier | 1981 | Album |
| Piano Trio No.1 In D Minor, Op.49 / Piano Trio No.1 In D Minor, Op.63 | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / Robert Schumann : Kyung-Wha Chung, Paul Tortelier and André Previn | 1980 | Album |
| Piano Trio In A Minor / Piano Trio In F Op. 18 | Maurice Ravel, Camille Saint-Saëns, Maria De La Pau Tortelier, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Paul Tortelier | 1980 | Album |
| Sonates Pour Violoncelle & Piano: N°1 En Si Bémol Majeur, N°2 En Ré Majeur | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / Paul Tortelier, Maria De La Pau Tortelier | 1979 | Album |
| Cello Concerto / Symphonic Variations / Kol Nidrei | Paul Tortelier - Robert Schumann, Léon Boëllmann, Max Bruch, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier | 1979 | Album |
| Sonata For Solo Cello Op. 8 / Suite In D Minor For Solo Cello | Paul Tortelier, Zoltán Kodály | 1979 | Album |
| Concerto - Kol Nidrei | Paul Tortelier, Yan Pascal Tortelier, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Schumann, Max Bruch, Léon Boëllmann | 1979 | Album |
| Сонаты Для Виолончели И Фортепиано | Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Frédéric Chopin - Paul Tortelier, Aldo Ciccolini | 1978 | Album |
| Two Sonatas For Cello And Piano | Paul Tortelier ∙ Maria De La Pau Tortelier, Johannes Brahms | 1978 | Album |
| Paul Tortelier Maud Martin-Tortelier Play And Conduct Boccherini, Handel, Paganini, Vivaldi | Paul Tortelier, Maud Martin-Tortelier | 1977 | Album |
| Konzert Für Violoncello Und Orchester A-Moll Op. 129 / Konzert Für Klavier Und Orchester A-Moll Op. 54 | Hermann Abendroth, Robert Schumann - Paul Tortelier, Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig, Friedrich Wührer, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin | 1977 | Album |
| Suite N° 3 | Johann Sebastian Bach, François Couperin, Paul Tortelier, John Wilbraham, Roderick Brydon, Scottish Chamber Orchestra | 1977 | Compil. |
| Violin Concerto / Double Concerto For Violin, Cello & Orchestra | Frederick Delius - Yehudi Menuhin, Paul Tortelier, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Meredith Davies | 1977 | Album |
| Lalo Symphonie Espagnole Cello Concerto | City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Paul Tortelier, Édouard Lalo | 1976 | Album |
| Cello Concerto No.1 | Camille Saint-Saëns - Louis Frémaux - Paul Tortelier - Yan Pascal Tortelier - Maria De La Pau Tortelier - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | 1975 | Album |
| Sonates Nos 1 & 2 • Élégie • Sérénade • Papillon | Paul Tortelier - Eric Heidsieck, Gabriel Fauré | 1975 | Album |
| Plays And Conducts Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Elgar, Fauré, Grieg, Paganini, Rachmaninov, R, Strauss, Tortelier, Walton | Paul Tortelier | 1975 | Compil. |
| Rococo Variations / Holberg Suite, Two Elegiac Melodies | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Edvard Grieg, Paul Tortelier, Northern Sinfonia, Yan Pascal Tortelier | 1974 | Album |
| Don Quixote | Richard Strauss – Paul Tortelier, Max Rostal, Staatskapelle Dresden, Rudolf Kempe | 1974 | Album |
| Don Quixote | Richard Strauss – Paul Tortelier, Max Rostal, Staatskapelle Dresden, Rudolf Kempe | 1974 | Album |
| Variations Pour Violoncelle Et Piano | Ludwig van Beethoven, Paul Tortelier, Eric Heidsieck | 1973 | Album |
| Violin Concerto No. 1/Cello Concerto No. 1 | Dmitri Shostakovich / David Oistrach / Paul Tortelier | 1973 | Compil. |
| Elgar Cello Concerto, Introduction & Allegro For Strings, Serenade For Strings | Sir Edward Elgar, Paul Tortelier, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult | 1973 | Album |
| Cello Concerto / Cello Concerto No.1 | Sir William Walton / Dmitri Shostakovich : Paul Tortelier with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paavo Berglund | 1973 | Album |
| Cello & Piano | Paul Tortelier & Shuku Iwasaki | 1972 | Album |
| Petite Symphonie Concertante - Offrande - Sinfonietta Op. 52 (1934) | Frank Martin, Paul Tortelier, Albert Roussel, The London Chamber Orchestra | 1972 | Album |
| The Complete Cello Sonatas | Paul Tortelier ‧ Eric Heidsieck, Ludwig van Beethoven | 1972 | Album |
| Encores | Paul Tortelier With Shuku Iwasaki | 1972 | Album |
| Music Of Alexander Tcherepnin | Alexander Tcherepnin, Paul Tortelier, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Groupe Instrumental de Paris | 1972 | Album |
| Petite Symphonie Concertante / Offrande / Sinfonietta Op. 52 | Frank Martin / Paul Tortelier / Albert Roussel - The London Chamber Orchestra | 1971 | Album |
| Cello Concerto In A Major Wq. 172 / Cello Concerto In D Op. 101 | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Joseph Haydn, Paul Tortelier, The London Chamber Orchestra | 1970 | Album |
| Sonata In G Minor / Sonata In G Minor | Paul Tortelier, Aldo Ciccolini, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff / Frédéric Chopin | 1968 | Album |
| Vivaldi Sonatas For Cello And Harpsichord (Complete) | Paul Tortelier & Robert Veyron-Lacroix | 1965 | Album |
| The Essential - The Man And The Musician | Paul Tortelier | 1964 | Album |
| 3 Sonates Pour Violoncelle & Clavecin | Johann Sebastian Bach, Paul Tortelier, Robert Veyron-Lacroix | 1963 | Album |
| 3 Sonates / Danses Sacrée & Profane | Claude Debussy, Lily Laskine, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Paul Tortelier, Jean Hubeau, Pierre Pasquier, Charles Cyroulnik, Orchestre De Chambre Jean-François Paillard | 1962 | Album |
| Six Suites Pour Violoncelle Seul | Johann Sebastian Bach / Paul Tortelier | 1961 | Album |
| Piéces Pour Violoncelle | Paul Tortelier | 1959 | Album |
| Concerto En Si Mineur Pour Violoncelle Et Orchestre Opus 104 | Antonín Dvořák, Paul Tortelier, Orchester Der Tonhalle Zürich, Otto Ackermann | 1955 | Album |
| Casals Festival At Prades, Third Series (Quartet No. 3 In C Minor For Piano And Strings--Opus 60) | Johannes Brahms - Joseph Szigeti, Milton Katims, Paul Tortelier, Myra Hess | 1953 | Album |
| Casals Festival At Prades, Third Series: Quintet In C Major — opus 163 | Franz Schubert - Isaac Stern, Alexander Schneider, Milton Katims, Pablo Casals, Paul Tortelier | 1953 | Album |
| Brahms Double Concerto | Christian Ferras, Paul Tortelier, Paul Kletzki, Pierre Barbizet, Johannes Brahms | Album | |
| Tchaikowsky Variations Saint Saëns Cello Concerto Faure Elegie | Paul Tortelier | Album | |
| Casals Festival At Prades, Third Series (Quartet No. 3 In C Minor For Piano And Strings--Opus 60) | Johannes Brahms - Joseph Szigeti, Milton Katims, Paul Tortelier, Myra Hess | Album | |
| Casals Festival At Perpignan | Pablo Casals, Isaac Stern, Paul Tortelier, William Primrose, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Album | |
| Sonate Arpeggione / Sonate En La Mineur | Paul Tortelier, Robert Weisz, Franz Schubert / Edvard Grieg | Album | |
| Vivaldi VI Sonate Violoncello Solo col Basso | Paul Tortelier & Robert Veyron-Lacroix | Album | |
| Concerto For Violoncello And Orchestra (1940) / Concerto For Two 'Cellos / Tamborino - Gigue | Paul Hindemith / François Couperin, Felice Giardini, Paul Tortelier, Maud Martin-Tortelier, The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ančerl | Album | |
| Plays Encores | Paul Tortelier With Shuku Iwasaki | Album | |
| Suites Pour Violoncelle Seul N°5 En Ut Mineur, BWV. 1011 / N°6 En Ré Majeur, BWV. 1012 (Disque 3) | Johann Sebastian Bach - Paul Tortelier | Album | |
| Suites N° 3 En Ut Majeur, BWV 1009 - Suite N° 4 En Mi Bémol Majeur, BWV 1010 (Disque 2) | Johann Sebastian Bach, Paul Tortelier | Album | |
| Brahms: String Quintet No. 2 In G, Op. 111 / Schumann: Piano Quintet In E Flat, Op. 44 | Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, Isaac Stern, Paul Tortelier, Myra Hess, Alexander Schneider, Milton Katims, Milton Thomas | Album |
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