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For a single-package introduction to the music of William Walton, it would be hard to do better than this two-disc set from EMI. Not only is the selection impeccable (including the First Symphony, Belshazzar's Feast, the violin and viola concertos, plus the Partita, for orchestra), but the performances, with the composer conducting, are, for all intents and purposes, definitive. Some of the later conductors to record these pieces were technically more accomplished than Walton, but none, not even the most dedicated, can match the composer's insights and commitment. Here, the First Symphony is endowed with enormous power and energy, Belshazzar's Feast imbued with radiant colors and inexorable drama, the two concertos suffused with marvelous verve and heartbreaking beauty, and the Partita filled with sly wit and deep affection. Yehudi Menuhin is the starry soloist in both concertos, and the Philharmonia Orchestra is the expert ensemble for all the works. Though recorded between 1951 (the symphony) and 1969 (the concertos), the sound here was consistently first-class in its day, and still sounds brilliant in this remastering.
© TiVo
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Walter Legge, Producer - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - William Walton, Composer, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir William Walton, MainArtist
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1953 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering (p) 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Walter Legge, Producer - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - William Walton, Composer, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir William Walton, MainArtist
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1953 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering (p) 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Walter Legge, Producer - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - William Walton, Composer, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir William Walton, MainArtist
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1953 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering (p) 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Walter Legge, Producer - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - William Walton, Composer, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir William Walton, MainArtist
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1953 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering (p) 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Donald Bell, Lead Vocals, Bass-Baritone, Bass-Baritone Vocals - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - Walter Jellinek, Producer - Philharmonia Chorus, Lead Vocals, Chorus - William Walton, Composer, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Wilhelm Pitz, Lead Vocals, Chorus - Donald Bell/Philharmonia Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir William Walton/Wilhelm Pitz, MainArtist
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1959 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering P 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Donald Bell, Lead Vocals, Bass-Baritone, Bass-Baritone Vocals - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - Walter Jellinek, Producer - Philharmonia Chorus, Lead Vocals, Chorus - William Walton, Composer, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Wilhelm Pitz, Lead Vocals, Chorus - Donald Bell/Philharmonia Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir William Walton/Wilhelm Pitz, MainArtist
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1959 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering P 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Donald Bell, Lead Vocals, Bass-Baritone, Bass-Baritone Vocals - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - Walter Jellinek, Producer - Philharmonia Chorus, Lead Vocals, Chorus - William Walton, Composer, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Wilhelm Pitz, Lead Vocals, Chorus - Donald Bell/Philharmonia Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir William Walton/Wilhelm Pitz, MainArtist
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1959 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering P 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Donald Bell, Lead Vocals, Bass-Baritone, Bass-Baritone Vocals - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - Walter Jellinek, Producer - Philharmonia Chorus, Lead Vocals, Chorus - William Walton, Composer, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Wilhelm Pitz, Lead Vocals, Chorus - Donald Bell/Philharmonia Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir William Walton/Wilhelm Pitz, MainArtist
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1959 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering P 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Donald Bell, Lead Vocals, Bass-Baritone, Bass-Baritone Vocals - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - Walter Jellinek, Producer - Philharmonia Chorus, Lead Vocals, Chorus - William Walton, Composer, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Wilhelm Pitz, Lead Vocals, Chorus - Donald Bell/Philharmonia Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir William Walton/Wilhelm Pitz, MainArtist
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1959 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering P 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Donald Bell, Lead Vocals, Bass-Baritone, Bass-Baritone Vocals - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - Walter Jellinek, Producer - Philharmonia Chorus, Lead Vocals, Chorus - William Walton, Composer, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Wilhelm Pitz, Lead Vocals, Chorus - Donald Bell/Philharmonia Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir William Walton/Wilhelm Pitz, MainArtist
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1959 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering P 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Donald Bell, Lead Vocals, Bass-Baritone, Bass-Baritone Vocals - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - Walter Jellinek, Producer - Philharmonia Chorus, Lead Vocals, Chorus - William Walton, Composer, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Wilhelm Pitz, Lead Vocals, Chorus - Donald Bell/Philharmonia Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir William Walton/Wilhelm Pitz, MainArtist
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1959 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering P 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Donald Bell, Lead Vocals, Bass-Baritone, Bass-Baritone Vocals - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - Walter Jellinek, Producer - Philharmonia Chorus, Lead Vocals, Chorus - William Walton, Composer, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Wilhelm Pitz, Lead Vocals, Chorus - Donald Bell/Philharmonia Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir William Walton/Wilhelm Pitz, MainArtist
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1959 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering P 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Donald Bell, Lead Vocals, Bass-Baritone, Bass-Baritone Vocals - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - Walter Jellinek, Producer - Philharmonia Chorus, Lead Vocals, Chorus - William Walton, Composer, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Wilhelm Pitz, Lead Vocals, Chorus - Donald Bell/Philharmonia Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir William Walton/Wilhelm Pitz, MainArtist
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1959 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering P 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Donald Bell, Lead Vocals, Bass-Baritone, Bass-Baritone Vocals - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - Walter Jellinek, Producer - Philharmonia Chorus, Lead Vocals, Chorus - William Walton, Composer, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Wilhelm Pitz, Lead Vocals, Chorus - Donald Bell/Philharmonia Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir William Walton/Wilhelm Pitz, MainArtist
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1959 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering P 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
DISC 2
London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), Orchestra - Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer, Produced by - Yehudi Menuhin, Violin, Lead Vocals, Musician - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, Vocals - Phil Chapman, Conductor, Lead Vocals - William Walton, Composer, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Martin Benge, Tonmeister - Sir William Walton/Yehudi Menuhin/London Symphony Orchestra, MainArtist
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1970, 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Yehudi Menuhin, Violin - Sir William Walton, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - William Walton, Composer
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1970 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 1994 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), Orchestra - Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer, Produced by - Yehudi Menuhin, Violin, Lead Vocals, Musician - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, Vocals - Phil Chapman, Conductor, Lead Vocals - William Walton, Composer, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Martin Benge, Tonmeister - Sir William Walton/Yehudi Menuhin/London Symphony Orchestra, MainArtist
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1970, 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer - Yehudi Menuhin, Lead Vocals, Musician - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - William Walton, Composer, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Sir William Walton/Yehudi Menuhin/New Philharmonia Orchestra, MainArtist
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1970 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering (p) 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer - Yehudi Menuhin, Lead Vocals, Musician - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - William Walton, Composer, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Sir William Walton/Yehudi Menuhin/New Philharmonia Orchestra, MainArtist
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1970 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering (p) 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer - Yehudi Menuhin, Lead Vocals, Musician - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - William Walton, Composer, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Sir William Walton/Yehudi Menuhin/New Philharmonia Orchestra, MainArtist
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1970 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering (p) 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Unknown, Producer - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Sir William Walton, MainArtist - William Walton, Composer, Conductor, Lead Vocals
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1959 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering (p) 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Unknown, Producer - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Sir William Walton, MainArtist - William Walton, Composer, Conductor, Lead Vocals
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1959 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering (p) 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Unknown, Producer - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Sir William Walton, MainArtist - William Walton, Composer, Conductor, Lead Vocals
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1959 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering (p) 1994 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Album review
For a single-package introduction to the music of William Walton, it would be hard to do better than this two-disc set from EMI. Not only is the selection impeccable (including the First Symphony, Belshazzar's Feast, the violin and viola concertos, plus the Partita, for orchestra), but the performances, with the composer conducting, are, for all intents and purposes, definitive. Some of the later conductors to record these pieces were technically more accomplished than Walton, but none, not even the most dedicated, can match the composer's insights and commitment. Here, the First Symphony is endowed with enormous power and energy, Belshazzar's Feast imbued with radiant colors and inexorable drama, the two concertos suffused with marvelous verve and heartbreaking beauty, and the Partita filled with sly wit and deep affection. Yehudi Menuhin is the starry soloist in both concertos, and the Philharmonia Orchestra is the expert ensemble for all the works. Though recorded between 1951 (the symphony) and 1969 (the concertos), the sound here was consistently first-class in its day, and still sounds brilliant in this remastering.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 23 track(s)
- Total length: 02:32:23
- Main artists: William Walton
- Composer: William Walton
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ This compilation (P) 2009 EMI Records Ltd.
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