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Walton: Violin Concerto, Partita & Hindemith Variations

Anthony Marwood (violin)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

Walton: Violin Concerto, Partita & Hindemith Variations

Awards:

Anthony Marwood’s un-flashy individualism seems to be operating at an opposite pole to the Heifetz way, and generates memorable results of its own. While Marwood has all the virtuosity that...

Walton: Violin Concerto, Partita & Hindemith Variations

Anthony Marwood (violin)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

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Anthony Marwood’s un-flashy individualism seems to be operating at an opposite pole to the Heifetz way, and generates memorable results of its own. While Marwood has all the virtuosity that...

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Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra follow up their definitive account of the symphonies (on CDA67794) with another outstanding album of Walton. From the sunlit Mediterranean lyricism of the Violin Concerto to the rousing Spitfire Prelude and Fugue, this is the composer at the height of his power.

Contents and tracklist

I. Andante tranquillo
Track length11:25
II. Presto capriccioso alla napolitana – Trio: Canzonetta – Tempo I
Track length6:44
III. Vivace
Track length13:19
I. Toccata: Brioso
Track length5:06
II. Pastorale siciliana: Andante comodo
Track length7:13
III. Giga burlesca: Allegro giovale
Track length5:26
I. Tema: Andante con moto
Track length2:00
II. Variation I: Vivace
Track length1:52
III. Variation II: Allegramente
Track length1:51
IV. Variation III: Larghetto
Track length2:25
V. Variation IV: Moto perpetuo (Con slancio)
Track length0:52
VI. Variation V: Andante con moto
Track length2:50
VII. Variation VI: Scherzando
Track length1:25
VIII. Variation VII: Lento molto
Track length3:50
IX. Variation VIII: Vivacissimo
Track length0:46
X. Variation IX: Maestoso
Track length0:45
XI. Finale: Allegro molto –
Track length3:02
XII. Coda: A tempo primo, ma meno mosso
Track length3:00

Spotlight on this release

Awards and reviews

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

July 2017

Anthony Marwood’s un-flashy individualism seems to be operating at an opposite pole to the Heifetz way, and generates memorable results of its own. While Marwood has all the virtuosity that the music demands, nothing is rushed…[and] the design here hangs together quite naturally. He searches out remarkable colours, too…alert accompanying by the orchestra sets a benchmark for the musical riches that follow

July 2017

Proceedings are launched in fine style with a supremely affectionate and agreeably lithe account of the immensely personable concerto that Walton conceived for the great Jascha Heifetz. Anthony Marwood proves an enviably secure and articulate soloist...their consistently absorbing performance will unquestionably give lasting pleasure.

July 2017

Hyperion becomes not only my overall choice for the coupling but a very strong contender in all the individual works.

7th July 2017

Marwood gently entwines himself with the orchestral texture. He's never flashy for its own sake, and yet his virtuosity and absolute command come across at every moment. Both he and the orchestra respond wonderfully to the concerto's changing moods...A fascinating disc that's well worth investigating, especially if you're tempted to explore some of Walton's lesser-known works.

2nd July 2017

an engrossing sequence. Marwood is a thrilling, virtuosic soloist in the ever-seductive concerto, and the orchestra matches his power.

9th July 2017

Marwood is the incisive, poetic soloist in Walton’s Violin Concerto...Brabbins and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra relish the showpiece Partita.

July 2017

Anthony Marwood has the technique to encompass the dazzling finger work designed with Heifetz in mind. An unqualified success.

classicalsource.com July 2017

Walton’s musical and scoring virtuosity is to the fore in this wide-ranging and substantial piece that is done handsome service to by the BBCSSO and Brabbins, whether intimately expressive, fleet and spectral (Walton often with a twinkle in the eye), or grandiose.

29th July 2017

[a highlight is] Anthony Marwood’s intelligent reading of the sultry Violin Concerto. The work usually leaves me cold, but this taut performance is a keeper, especially in the long closing movement where the reprise of music from the concerto's opening is devastatingly effective. The coda’s fireworks are sensational.
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