Cello Concertos 1 & 2

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Label
CPO
Release Date
October 3, 2025
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Henriette Bosmans
    • PERFORMER
      BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Raphael Wallfisch
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 03, 2025
    • UPC
      761203569427
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555694-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Poème for Cello and Orchestra

      Composer: Henriëtte Bosmans

      Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch

      Conductor: Ed Spanjaard

    2. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Henriëtte Bosmans

      Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch

      Conductor: Ed Spanjaard

    3. II. Presto

      Composer: Henriëtte Bosmans

      Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch

      Conductor: Ed Spanjaard

    4. III. Lento - Moderato

      Composer: Henriëtte Bosmans

      Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch

      Conductor: Ed Spanjaard

    5. I. Andante molto moderato - Allegro vivace

      Composer: Henriëtte Bosmans

      Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch

      Conductor: Ed Spanjaard

    6. II. Scherzo: Allegro

      Composer: Henriëtte Bosmans

      Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch

      Conductor: Ed Spanjaard

    7. III. Lento - Allegro molto

      Composer: Henriëtte Bosmans

      Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch

      Conductor: Ed Spanjaard


Henriette Bosmans' mother was a pianist and her father played principal cello in Amsterdam's Concertgebouw Orchestra, so it is no wonder that both of these instruments were lasting influences on her musical thinking and sensibilities. Her friendship with cellists Marix Loevensohn and Frieda Belinfante did the rest to guide this Dutch composer's imagination towards the expressive possibilities of the "little violone". In addition to various pieces of chamber music, the somewhat Iberian-spiced Poeme as well as two concertos were written in the early 1920s. Despite their relative proximity in time, Henriette Bosmans succeeded in not repeating herself. The works are marked by imaginative forms, wildly varied tasks demanded of the soloist and a sophisticated treatment of the orchestra. Despite these works' success, they had disappeared into the annals of history for far too long.