Browse: Walton (composer), Sonatas

Little's style...[is] happily free of any hint of narcisstic self-regard, so that nothing stands in the way of her forthright and superb communication skills...Little's playing has ceaseless... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Violinist Matthew Jones and pianist Annabel Thwaite need all the finger fire at their command for the extravagantly ‘modern’ 1923 Toccata, the one work here with a limited outlet for the lyrically... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The coupling of the violin sonatas by Elgar and Walton is a most satisfying one, not unique on disc, and one which provides fascinating parallels. The Finzi Elegy is a very apt makeweight, the... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Ogden's playing oozes class, but always at the service of the music. He really does seem to be absolutely one of the very best of the new generation of guitarists, a real musician of style. The... — Classical Guitar Magazine, August 1996 More…

This excellent Hyperion issue brings together a wide-ranging group of Walton's chamber works, from his earliest major work, the Piano Quartet, originally written when he was 16, to his last instrumental... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Howick and her pianist Simon Callaghan knit [the first movement of the Walton] cogently together, neatly negotiating a myriad of mood switches which could easily seem juddering. Howick’s vibrato... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…