SACD, Walton (composer)
-
Walton: Symphony No. 1 & Violin Concerto
RecommendedTasmin Little (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Little's way with the virtuoso passages is a notch less headlong than [on her earlier recording], allowing the ear to savour her phenomenal accuracy, yet with no loss of fire...Gardner and the... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 21st April 2014
-
BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, Disc of the month
-
Gramophone Magazine, July 2014, Disc of the Month
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
-
Building A Library, July 2022, Also Recommended
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Walton: Symphony No. 2 & Cello Concerto
RecommendedPaul Watkins (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
If a new Walton release can finally put paid to the notion that his music somehow 'went off' after his move to the Italian island of Ischia in 1956, then this must be it. And the performances... — More…
Awards:
-
Building a Library, May 2015, First Choice
-
Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
-
Gramophone Magazine, May 2015, Editor's Choice
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Walton: Viola Concerto, Partita for Orchestra & Sonata for String Orchestra
RecommendedJames Ehnes (viola)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Ehnes, long established as one of the world’s leading violinists, doesn’t offer the same hefty, almost cello-like weight of tone on the viola as some of his specialist colleagues. Then again,... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, June 2018, Editor's Choice
-
Record Review, 28th April 2018, Recording of the Week
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
New,
Earth, Sea, Air: British Music For Cello and Orchestra Laura van der Heijden, Bbc Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ryan Wigglesworth
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
Offer,
The Contrast RecommendedEnglish Poetry in Song
Carolyn Sampson (piano), Joseph Middleton (piano)
Huw Watkins’s Larkin settings are the main reason to invest in this recital — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Editor's Choice, February 2020
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Sir Colin Davis Anthology
Limited Edition of 5000
Ben Heppner (Enée), Michelle DeYoung (Didon), Petra Lang (Cassandre), Sara Mingardo (Anna), Peter Mattei (Chorèbe), Stephen Milling (Narbal), Kenneth Tarver (Iopas), Toby Spence (Hylas), Alan Ewing (Priam)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
despite the film’s scrappy construction music and man emerge loud and clear. A “reluctant king” is Sir David Attenborough’s description. His baton, Mitsuko Uchida, the pianist, crisply says,... — More…
8 SACDs + CD + DVD Video
$39.00Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16 & Walton: Serenade for Strings
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Arrangements for string orchestra of works originally written for string quartet are not uncommon, especially in the cases of Beethoven and Schubert… But in the amazing scherzo, with its huge... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, March 2006, Disc of the Month
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
Heupel’s interpretation of [Penderecki’s Per Slava] is especially convincing, laying bare the music’s fissured surfaces while maintaining its overall formal shape…He also manages to capture... — More…
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
…Tatjana Masurenko… reading of Walton's masterpiece combines impressive technical acumen and no mean interpretative flair. The NDR Radiophilharmonie, too, respond with polish and keen vigour... — More…
