Walton: Symphony No. 1 & Partita for Orchestra

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Daniel is fierce, energetic, fast, and driven, particularly in I. — American Record Guide More…

Catalogue No: 8553180
Label: Naxos
Length: 63 minutes

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Walton: Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor

Work length46:16

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$14.15

English Northern Philharmonia
Paul Daniel
Recorded: 17-18 September 1994
Recording Venue: Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, England

I. Allegro assai

Track length15:13

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II. Presto con malizia

Track length6:26

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$1.30

III. Andante con malinconia

Track length11:21

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$3.85

IV. Maestoso - Brioso ed ardentemente - Vivacissimo - Maestoso

Track length13:16

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Walton: Partita for Orchestra

Work length17:25

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$3.90

English Northern Philharmonia
Paul Daniel
Recorded: 17-18 September 1994
Recording Venue: Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, England

I. Toccata: Brioso

Track length5:02

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$1.30

II. Pastorale Siciliana: Andante comodo

Track length6:58

$1.00

$1.30

III. Giga burlesca: Allegro giovale

Track length5:25

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Daniel is fierce, energetic, fast, and driven, particularly in I.

2010

Daniel demonstrates clearly here his natural affinity with Walton's music. In the sustained paragraphs of the First Symphony he knows unerringly how to build up tension to breaking point, before resolving it, and then building again – a quality vital above all in the first and third movements. He's freer than many in his use of rubato too, again often a question of building and resolving tension, as well as in the degree of elbow-room he allows for jazzy syncopations, always idiomatic. This symphony, with its heavy orchestration, would certainly have benefited from rather drier sound, but welljudged microphone balance allows ample detail through. Only occasionally do you feel a slight lack of body in high violin tone, a tiny reservation.
Daniel's reading of the Partita brings out above all the work's joyfulness. It may not be quite as crisp in its ensemble as that of the dedicatees (Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra), but the degree of wildness, with dissonances underlined, proves a positive advantage in conveying enjoyment. In the slow movement Daniel at a relatively slow speed is markedly more expressive than those brilliant models, again a point which makes the performance more endearing.
Irrespective of price, this is a version of the much-recorded symphony that competes with the finest ever, and outshines most.

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