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Orchestral, Symphonies, Walton (composer)
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Special offer. Walton: Cello Concerto; Symphony No. 1
RecommendedJonathan Aasgaard (cello), Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Wilson is supreme in shading the orchestra to complement the cello line, both clear and expressive. In both cadenzas, Aasgaard draws a dramatically compelling narrative, again coupling precision... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th November 2025
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2025, Concerto Choice
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2025
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2025, Recording of the Month
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New. Walton: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Orb and Sceptre
RecommendedCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Kazuki Yamada
A thrilling performance, in short, of a powerful work [No. 2] that needs to get off the shelf and into our ears more often. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th March 2026
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2026, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. 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... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st April 2014
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2014, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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Building A Library, July 2022, Also Recommended
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One notoriously tricky passage after another…is brought off with top-flight panache and accuracy…Brilliant precision in the Scherzo, successful avoidance of over-emotive juice-extraction in... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Building A Library, July 2022, Also Recommended
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Special offer. 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... —
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Building a Library, May 2015, First Choice
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Special offer. British Music Collection - William Walton - The Centenary Edition
RecommendedRobert Cohen (cello), Tasmin Little (violin), Paul Neubauer (viola), Bryn Terfel (baritone)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton
Decca's four-disc Walton Edition offers consistently fine versions of all the composer's most important orchestral works, some of them unsurpassed, in full, brilliant sound. Andrew Litton, the... —
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Building a Library, March 2002, Budget Choice
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Building a Library, October 2013, First Choice
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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),...
the soundtrack album is positively jam-packed and as colourful as Bernstein’s story...The album is a real snapshot of the f ilm, arranged in sequences of music and dialogue; the latter element... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Film Music/Score of the Year
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Walton: Symphony No. 1 & Belshazzar's Feast
RecommendedThomas Hampson (baritone, tenor), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
This is a winning coupling, with Walton’s two searing masterpieces from the 1930s given electrifying performances…Rattle with players he knows so well combines expressive freedom with knife-edged... —
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Building A Library, July 2022, First Choice
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Special offer. Walton: Cello Concerto & Symphony No. 1
Robert Cohen (cello)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton
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Brabbins never lets [the First] off the tight rein it requires, so that it sounds all the more powerful as a result: the ferocious climaxes are built and sustained with control, while the Andante... —
