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Walton: The Centenary Edition [Box set]

~ Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (Artist), Andrew Litton (Artist)
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Track Listings

Disc: 1
1. Cello Concerto
2. Symphony No.1
Disc: 2
1. Scapino
2. Violin Concerto
3. Symphony No.2
Disc: 3
1. Façade Suites I & II
2. Viola Concerto
3. Hindemith Variations
Disc: 4
1. Crown Iperial
2. Belshazzar’s Feast
3. Coronation Te Deum
4. Henry V Suite
5. Orb And Sceptre

On this CD:
  1. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
    Composed by William Walton
    Performed by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    with Robert Cohen
    Conducted by Andrew Litton

  2. Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor
    Composed by William Walton
    Performed by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Andrew Litton

  3. Scapino
    Composed by William Walton
    Performed by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Andrew Litton

  4. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in B minor
    Composed by William Walton
    Performed by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    with Tasmin Little
    Conducted by Andrew Litton

  5. Symphony No. 2
    Composed by William Walton
    Performed by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Andrew Litton

  6. Façade
    Composed by William Walton
    Performed by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Andrew Litton

  7. Façade
    Composed by William Walton
    Performed by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Andrew Litton

  8. Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in A minor
    Composed by William Walton
    Performed by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    with Paul Neubauer
    Conducted by Andrew Litton

  9. Variations on a Theme by Hindemith
    Composed by William Walton
    Performed by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Andrew Litton

  10. Crown Imperial
    Composed by William Walton
    Performed by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Andrew Litton

  11. Belshazzar's Feast
    Composed by William Walton
    Performed by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Inviti, Waynflete Singers
    with Bryn Terfel
    Conducted by Andrew Litton

  12. Coronation Te Deum
    Composed by William Walton
    Performed by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Waynflete Singers
    with Timothy Byram-Wigfield
    Conducted by David Hill

  13. Henry V
    Composed by William Walton
    Performed by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Andrew Litton

  14. Orb and Sceptre
    Composed by William Walton
    Performed by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by David Hill


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Amazon.co.uk Review
Decca's contribution to the 2002 Walton Centenary is this four-disc boxed set which manages to include all the composer's major orchestral works except the opera Troilus and Cressida. Andrew Litton conducts the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Walton's two symphonies, the concertos for violin, viola and cello, both Façade suites, and the oratorio Belshazzar's Feast, plus other works in five recordings made between 1991 and 1996. The playing is uniformly excellent but the glory of the disc is undoubtedly the oratorio with the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Waynflete Singers and L'Inviti semi-chorus belting out the "Gold and Silver" chorus with inebriated pagan passion. Bryn Terfel is a quite magnificent Old Testament prophet growling sonorously at the docile Israelites or the lascivious Babylonians.

Litton delivers bright, urgent performances of both symphonies. The Con malizia movement in No.1 could have had more venom. Tasmin Little plays the Violin Concerto with the sheen of 20th-century chrome. Paul Neubauer makes bows a dark, poetic line in the Viola Concerto. Robert Cohen's Cello Concerto is the least successful of the three. His solo lacks the necessary egotistical prominence. Other works on the disc include the robust, brassy overture Scapino, which is typical of all Walton's occasional fanfaronic overtures; the Hindemith Variations, which demonstrate the thoroughness and profundity he sometimes approached in later life; the Henry V Suite, which is the best of all his film scores; and the two coronation marches Crown Imperial and Orb and Sceptre, which have an antique heroic feel. The one dud piece is the Coronation Te Deum but even this should come into its own with the 2002 Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations.--Rick Jones


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