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Pieter Wispelwey

vc, *1962 NL, Haarlem
Musician of Classical

Pieter Wispelwey (born 25 September 1962) is a Dutch cellist. In 1992, he was the first cellist to receive the Netherlands Music Prize, a government-awarded prize given to the most promising young musician in the Netherlands. He has come to be regarded as one of the world's leading performers and interpreters of both baroque and modern cello works.He plays a 1760 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini cello and a 1710 Rombouts baroque cello.

     
Instruments
  • Violoncello
  • Piccolo
Popular Tracks   
Requiem for Cello Alone: IV. Lacrimosa on Hindemith, Sessions & Ligeti by Pieter Wispelwey
Requiem for Cello Alone: VI. Lux aeterna on Hindemith, Sessions & Ligeti by Pieter Wispelwey
Suite no.2 in D minor BWV 1008: Allemande on Bach: 6 Suites For Cello Solo by Johann Sebastian Bach & Pieter Wispelwey
Suite no.1 in G major BWV 1007: Prelude on Bach: 6 Suites For Cello Solo by Johann Sebastian Bach & Pieter Wispelwey
Suite no.1 in G major BWV 1007: Sarabande on Bach: 6 Suites For Cello Solo by Johann Sebastian Bach & Pieter Wispelwey
Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude on J.S. Bach: Suites for Cello Solo, Vol. 1 by Johann Sebastian Bach & Pieter Wispelwey
String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11, TH 111: II. Andante cantabile on Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Andante Cantabile - Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 - Bruch: Kol Nidrei by Pieter Wispelwey, Daniel Sepec & Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo on Bach: Sonatas for Viola Da Gamba & Riddle Preludes by Johann Sebastian Bach, Pieter Wispelwey, Richard Egarr & Daniel Yeadon
Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude on Bach: 6 Suites per violoncello basso senza basso by Johann Sebastian Bach & Pieter Wispelwey
Kol Nidrei, Op. 47: Adagio ma non troppo - Un poo più animato on Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Andante Cantabile - Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 - Bruch: Kol Nidrei by Pieter Wispelwey, Daniel Sepec & Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

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Discography


Title Artist Year Type
Motets & Piano TrioFelix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Vlaams Radio Koor, Hervé Niquet, Pekka Kuusisto, Pieter Wispelwey, Alasdair Beatson2017Album
Schubert - Brahms: The Complete Duos / Trockne BlumenPieter Wispelwey, Paolo Giacometti2015Album
Shostakovich - Concerto nr. 2, Britten 3rd SuitePieter Wispelwey2014Album
6 Suites For Cello SoloJohann Sebastian Bach, Pieter Wispelwey2012Album
Fantasy In C - Duo In A Arpeggione SonataPieter Wispelwey, Paolo Giacometti2009Album
Shostakovich - Concerto nr. 2, Britten 3rd SuitePieter Wispelwey2008Album
Brahms Sonantas Op.38 Op.78 Op.120 nr.1Pieter Wispelwey, Dejan Lazić2007Album
DvořákPieter Wispelwey, Ivan Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Antonín Dvořák2007Album
Complete Sonatas & VariationsLudwig van Beethoven / Pieter Wispelwey / Dejan Lazić2005Album
SonatasCésar Franck & Johannes Brahms - Paolo Giacometti, Pieter Wispelwey2002Album
Vivaldi Per AudiofiliAntonio Vivaldi, Ensemble Florilegium, Pieter Wispelwey2002Album
French Music, 18th CenturyFrançois Couperin • Charles Dieupart • Jacques Martin Hotteterre • Marin Marais - Marijke Miessen, Anner Bylsma, Pieter Wispelwey, Bob van Asperen2001Album
Variations On A Rococco Theme, Andante Cantabile / Cello Concerto No. 1 / Kol NidreiPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Camille Saint-Saëns / Max Bruch, Pieter Wispelwey, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen2001Album
Milestones: 6 Cello Concertos Spanning 200 Years: Haydn, Schumann, Dvořák, Elgar, LutoslawskiPieter Wispelwey2001Compil.
Three Suites For Violoncello SoloBenjamin Britten - Pieter Wispelwey2001Album
Dmitri Shostakovich - Zoltán KodályPieter Wispelwey, Zoltán Kodály, Dmitri Shostakovich2000Album
Chopin: Cello Waltzes, Vol. 1Pieter Wispelwey2000Album
Shostakovich: Concerto No. 1 for Cello and Orchestra; Kodály: Sonata for Cello Solo, Op. 8Dmitri Shostakovich, Zoltán Kodály, Pieter Wispelwey, Australian Chamber Orchestra2000Album
Pieter Wispelwey plays Elgar and LutoslawskiSir Edward Elgar, Witold Lutoslawski, Pieter Wispelwey, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Jac van Steen1999Album
Gamba Sonatas, Riddle Preludes, Baroque PerpetuaJohann Sebastian Bach - Pieter Wispelwey, Richard Egarr, Daniel Yeadon1999Album
6 Suites Per Violoncello Solo Senza BassoJohann Sebastian Bach, Pieter Wispelwey1998Album
Cello Concerto, Pieces for Cello and PianoRobert Schumann / Paul Hindemith - Pieter Wispelwey, Paolo Giacometti, Australian Chamber Orchestra1997Album
Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata, 3 Sonatinas opus 137Franz Schubert / Pieter Wispelwey, Paolo Giacometti1996Album
Vivaldi ConcertiAntonio Vivaldi - Pieter Wispelwey, Ensemble Florilegium1996Album
Three Suites For Cello Solo; Works For Cello And PianoMax Reger - Pieter Wispelwey, Paolo Giacometti1996Album
Hindemith, Sessions, Ligeti…Pieter Wispelwey1995Album
Beethoven: Variations For Violoncello And PianofortePieter Wispelwey1994Album
Joseph Haydn - Cello Concerto In C & D - Symphony No. 104Pieter Wispelwey, Ensemble Florilegium1994Album
6 Cello SonatasAntonio Vivaldi, Pieter Wispelwey & Ensemble Florilegium1994Album
String Quintet In C Major Opus 163Franz Schubert - Pieter Wispelwey, Orpheus String Quartet1994Album
Cello ConcertosWillem Pijper, Henriëtte Bosmans, Hans Kox, Leo Smit – Heinrich Schiff, Dmitri Ferschtman, Quirine Viersen, Pieter Wispelwey, Radio Kamerorkest / Ed Spanjaard1994Album
Sonata E Minor Op. 38 / Sonata F Major Op. 99Johannes Brahms, Pieter Wispelwey, Paul Komen1993Album
The Complete Sonatas For Pianoforte And CelloLudwig van Beethoven, Pieter Wispelwey, Paul Komen1992Album
The Three Suites For Cello SoloBenjamin Britten, Pieter Wispelwey1992Album
Suites For Cello SoloJohann Sebastian Bach - Pieter Wispelwey1990Album
Suites For Cello SoloJohann Sebastian Bach, Pieter Wispelwey1989Album
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