Orchestral, Walton (composer)

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Jonathan Aasgaard (cello), Sinfonia of London, John Wilson

Presto Recording of the Week, 7th November 2025
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2025, Concerto Choice
The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2025
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Shortlisted - Concerto
Gramophone Magazine, November 2025, Recording of the Month

Special offer. Walton: Symphony No. 1 & Violin Concerto

Tasmin Little (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner

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

Special offer. Walton: Viola Concerto, Partita for Orchestra & Sonata for String Orchestra

James Ehnes (viola) BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner

Gramophone Magazine, June 2018, Editor's Choice
Record Review, 28th April 2018, Recording of the Week
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018

Special offer. Walton: Violin Concerto, Symphonic Suite from 'Troilus and Cressida', Portsmouth Point

Charlie Lovell-Jones (violin), Sinfonia of London, John Wilson

Presto Recording of the Week, 28th February 2025
Gramophone Magazine, April 2025, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2025 Shortlist, Concerto

Special offer. Walton: Symphony No. 2 & Cello Concerto

Paul Watkins (cello) BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner

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

Walton: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Orb and Sceptre

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Kazuki Yamada

Presto Recording of the Week, 6th March 2026
Gramophone Magazine, April 2026, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2026 Shortlist, Orchestral

Walton: Violin Concerto, Partita & Hindemith Variations

Anthony Marwood (violin) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

Presto Recording of the Week, 7th July 2017
Record Review, 1st July 2017, Recording of the Week

Michael Tippett: Piano Concerto; Benjamin Britten: Diversions; William Walton: Sinfonia Concertante

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Clare Hammond (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, George Vass

Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
Gramophone Awards, 2026 Shortlist, Concerto

SACD: $17.75

The British Project | Elgar - Britten - Walton - Vaughan Williams

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla

Presto Recording of the Week, 13th August 2021
Record Review, 7th August 2021, Record of the Week
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music

Special offer. Walton: Symphony No. 1 & Belshazzar's Feast

Thomas Hampson (baritone, tenor), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle

Building A Library, July 2022, First Choice

The Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla

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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - Technical Achievement
Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023, Technical Achievement

2 CDs: $17.50

Nigel Kennedy

Nigel Kennedy (violin, viola) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, André Previn, Simon Rattle

Building a Library, November 2007, Mid-Price Choice
Building a Library, March 2023, Also Recommended

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Walton - Chamber Music

John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Craig Ogden (guitar) The Nash Ensemble

Gramophone Magazine, November 2002, Editor's Choice

Walton: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits

Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
Building A Library, July 2022, Also Recommended

CD: $18.25

And the Bridge is Love | English Music for Strings

Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) English Chamber Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine, April 2015, Editor's Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015

Special offer. Overtures from the British Isles, Vol. 2

BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rumon Gamba

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British Music Collection - William Walton - The Centenary Edition

Robert Cohen (cello), Tasmin Little (violin), Paul Neubauer (viola), Bryn Terfel (baritone) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton

Building a Library, March 2002, Budget Choice
Building a Library, October 2013, First Choice

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Coming soon. Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings | Goossens - Ireland - Walton

Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Christopher Parkes (horn), Sinfonia of London, John Wilson

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Walton: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

Power of Life

Christopher Herrick (Metzler Organ of Poblet Monastery, Tarragona, Spain)

Boult conducts Coates

London Philharmonic Orchestra & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Building a Library, June 2011, Featured
Gramophone Magazine, May 2007, Editor's Choice

CD: $16.50

Holst: The Planets | Works By Vaughan Williams, Walton and Butterworth

Alan Harverson (soloist), Margaret Marshall (soloist), BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

2 CDs: $30.75

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Special offer. Royal Air Force 100th Anniversary

The Central Band of the RAF, The Band of the RAF College & The Band of the RAF Regiment, WG CDR Duncan Stubbs

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Special offer. Warsaw Concerto - Great Film Classics

Cristina Ortiz (piano), Wilhelm Davos (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Festival Orchestra, Mantovani & his orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Moshe Atzmon, Laszlo Tabor, Bernard Herrmann

Special offer. Walton: Violin Concerto & Symphony No. 2

Tasmin Little (violin) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton

Sailing By - 25 British Light Classics

Iain Sutherland Concert Orchestra, Iain Sutherland

Maestro – Music by Leonard Bernstein

Victoria Ruggiero (piano), Nick Blaemire, Mallory Portnoy, Kate Eastman, Antonia Butler (vocalist), Michael Clarke (vocalist), Mark Brown (vocalist), Tony Yazbeck (vocalist), Clyde Alves (vocalist), Jay Armstrong Johnson (vocalist), Ruth Mense (piano), Dicky Tarrach (drumkit), Thissy Thiers (bassguitar), Bradley Cooper (speaker), Alex Lacamoire (piano), Malakai Bayoh (soprano), Ann De Renais (soprano), Philip John Sheffield (tenor), Samuel Oladeinde (baritone), Carey Mulligan, Zachary Booth, Rosa Feola (soprano), Isabel Leonard (mezzo-soprano), Shirley Ellis, London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Louis Armstrong Quintet, Lewisohn Stadium Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Philadelphia Symphonic Choir, London Symphony Chorus, The Orchestra Now, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Leonard Bernstein

Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Film Music/Score of the Year

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Special offer. Very Best of English Song

Dame Janet Baker (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison (piano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Craxton (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano), Robert Lloyd (bass), Nina Walker (piano), Frederick Harvey (baritone), Jack Byfield (piano), Sir Philip Ledger (piano), Robert Tear (tenor), André Previn (piano), Fenella Fielding, Michael Flanders, Alfred Deller (countertenor), Desmond Dupré (lute), Michael Chance (countertenor), Christopher Wilson (lute), Dame Emma Kirkby (soprano), Anthony Rooley (lute), Charles Daniels (tenor), David Miller (lute), Nancy Argenta (soprano), Nigel North (lute), John Toll (harpsichord), Paul Nicholson (harpsichord), Richard Boothby (lute), Owen Brannigan (bass), Ernest Lush (piano), Ian Wallace (bass-baritone), Donald Swann (piano), Michael Flanders & Donald Swann, Alan Civil (horn), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), Wilfred Brown (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (bass-baritone), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Pauline Lowbury (violin), John Noble (baritone) Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Fretwork, London Symphony Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, Choir of King's College Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir David Willcocks, Christopher Finzi, Norman Del Mar, Vernon Handley, Nicholas Cleobury, Sir Charles Groves, Bernard Haitink, George Weldon

Building a Library, June 2018, Also recommended
Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended orchestral version (Songs of Travel)

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Special offer. Walton

Ralph Kirshbaum (cello), Sherill Milnes (baritone) Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Chorus, Scottish Festival Brass Bands, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Alexander Gibson, David Willcocks

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Rule Britannia | and other music from Last Night of the Proms

English Northern Philharmonia, Leeds Festival Chorus, Paul Daniel

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Special offer. Bach Métamorphoses | Transcriptions

Alexander Weimann (harpsichord) Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, Yoav Talmi

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Vaughan Williams, Delius and Walton: Orchestral Works

Neil Black (oboe), Pinchas Zukerman (violin) English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim

Presto CD: $16.75

Walton & Vaughan Williams: O Clap Your Hands

Timothy Byram-Wigfield (organ), Peter Williams (treble), Lynda Russell (soprano) Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill

Presto CD: $16.75

Special offer. Walton: Cello Concerto & Symphony No. 1

Robert Cohen (cello) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton

Walton: Symphony No.1 in B-Flat Minor

André Previn

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16 & Walton: Serenade for Strings

Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson

Gramophone Magazine, March 2006, Disc of the Month

SACD: $23.50

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Special offer. British Composers: A Celebration

Richard Rodney Bennett (piano), Ian Hare (piano), Robert Tear (vocals), Sir Andrew Davis (piano), Bruce Russell (vocals), Richard Lewis (vocals), Monica Sinclair (vocals), Lewis Thomas (vocals), Geoffrey Walls (baritone), John Hauxwell (bass-baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Wilfred Brown (vocals), Tom Culbert (vocals), Peter Pears (vocals), Herbert Dawson (organ), Joan Cross (soprano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Ian Partridge (vocals), Wesley Warren (trumpet), Philip Langridge (vocals), Richard Suart (vocals), John Tomlinson (vocals), Peter Hall (vocals), Michael George (vocals), David Wilson-Johnson (vocals), Elise Ross (vocals), Felicity Palmer (vocals), Men's voices of the Liverpool Philharmonic Choir (vocals), David Atherton (vocals), Paul Robinson (bass-baritone), Michael Pearce (bass-baritone), Christopher Hughes (organ), Leonard Pearcey (vocals), Louis Kentner (piano), Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Phyllis Sellick (piano), Cyril Smith (piano), Chilingirian Quartet (string quartet), Jennifer Partridge (piano), Baccholian Singers of London (vocal ensemble), David Bell (organ), Thomas Allen (bass-baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Ronald Thomas (director), Neville Dilkes (harpsichord), Harry Bramma (organ), David Willison (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (vocals), Lisa Saffer (soprano), Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano), Sir Adrian Boult (director), Laurence Olivier (vocals), Thomas Hemsley (bass-baritone), Ernest Lush (piano), Soloists of the Plymouth Series, Howard Shelley (piano), Ulrich Heinen (cello), Neil Mackie (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano), Richard Farnes (organ), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Bach Choir (vocals), Peter Donohoe (piano), Janet Craxton (cor anglais), Hugh Bean (violin), Frances Mason (violin), David Butt (flute), Eileen Croxford (cello), Christopher Wellington (viola), Graham Johnson (piano), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus (vocals), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Cambridge Girls' Choir, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Choir of King's College Cambridge, Britten Quartet, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Worcester Cathedral Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Sinfonia of London, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, BBC Theatre Chorus, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Children's Chorus, London Madrigal Singers, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Music Group Of London, Northern Sinfonia, London Symphony Orchestra, English Sinfonia, Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center, Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series, Minnesota, Chorus of the Plymouth Music Series, New Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Studio 2 Concert Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Band of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Lawrance Collingwood, Sir David Willcocks, Sir William Walton, Daniel Harding, Christopher Robinson, Barry Wordsworth, Christopher Finzi, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Arthur Bliss, Sir Reginald Goodall, Meredith Davies, Christopher Bishop, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Neville Marriner, Stephen Cleobury, Robert Irving, Richard Hickox, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Malcolm Arnold, Malcolm Arnold, Oliver Knussen, Philip Brunelle, Sir Edward Elgar, Reginald Kilbey, André Previn, Sir Charles Groves, Philip Ledger

Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended

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Themes & Variations | Three sets of variations - two previously unrecorded - with contributions from 19 British composers ranging from William Walton to Judith Weir

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jac van Steen

Special offer. Walton: Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor

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London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

Gramophone Magazine, August 2006, Editor's Choice

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Walton: Selected Orchestral Works

Peter Donohoe (piano) English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel

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Walton - Symphony in B flat minor & Belshazzar’s Feast

Dennis Noble (baritone) London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Sir Adrian Boult

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Trails of Creativity: Music from Between the Wars 1918 – 1938

David Frühwirth (violin), Henri Sigfridsson (piano)

Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Editor's Choice

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Walton: Belshazzar's Feast

Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis

Building a Library, November 2011, First Choice

Walton: The Twelve, Coronation Te Deum, Missa Brevis, Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis

St. John's College Choir, Cambridge, Christopher Robinson

CD: $12.75

Walton: The Quest, Siesta & The Wise Virgins

English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones

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The 1956 Nixa-Westminster stereo recordings Volume 1

Sir Adrian Boult (narration) London Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine, September 2010, Re-issue of the Month

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Special offer. Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast & Symphony No. 1

Peter Coleman-Wright (baritone) London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sir Colin Davis

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Special offer. 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

8 SACDs + CD + DVD Video: $33.25

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William Walton | Legendary Recordings

Peter Pears and Edith Sitwell, Sir Laurence Olivier The English Opera Group Ensemble, Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Collins, Sir William Walton, Sir Malcolm Sargent

Very Best of Military Bands

Royal Marines Band, Coldstream Guards Band, Life Guards and Royal Horse Guards Band, Scots Guards, Band of the Welsh Guards, Grenadier Guards Band

William Walton London Concert | Live from the Royal Festival Hall, London, 1982

Kyung-Wha Chung (violin), Thomas Allen (baritone) Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Andre Previn

DVD Video: $24.50

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Album | Royal Music from Westminster Abbey

Martin Baker & Iain Simcock (organ) Westminster Abbey Choir, London Brass & English Chamber Orchestra, Martin Neary (director)

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Made in Britain

James Clark (violin) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson

British Music for Piano Duet

Alan Maclean, Peter Lawson, Gavin Sutherland (piano)

CD: $19.00

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Walton: Symphony No. 1 & Violin Concerto

Salvatore Accardo (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Louis Frémaux, Richard Hickox

Special offer. The Lark Ascending Collection

Sir John Barbirolli, Hugh Bean, Sir Adrian Boult, Neville Dilkes, Vernon Handley, Sir Neville Marriner, André Previn & Sir David Willcocks

Special offer. Walton: Symphony No. 2, etc.

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson

The Last Night of the Proms Collection

Della Jones & Robert Ferriman BBC Concert Orchestra, Royal Choral Society, Barry Wordsworth

Special offer. Walton: Richard III: A Shakespeare Scenario arranged Palmer, etc.

Sir John Gielgud (narrator), Ian Watson (organ) Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner