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On sale -50%Edith Sitwell’s invitation to William Walton to collaborate on an innovative, revolutionary new work came at a critical moment in the young composer’s career, and Façade proved to be his first great success. The peerless combination of a peculiarly English dry wit, genuine pathos and superlative technical skill remains an extraordinary achievement. Sitwell’s verses conjure a satirical and poignant world of bourgeois late-Victorian England, while Walton’s settings unfailingly enhance and enrich the texts in a work in which words and music are unquestionably of equal importance.
This release includes the first recording of Small Talk (1922) and three numbers first performed in 1977 but subsequently rejected by the composer. © Naxos
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Façade 1, An Entertainment (William Walton)
William Walton, Composer - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
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William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Fred Child, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Hila Plitmann, Artist, MainArtist - Kevin Deas, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Hila Plitmann, Artist, MainArtist - Kevin Deas, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Fred Child, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Hila Plitmann, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Fred Child, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Kevin Deas, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Fred Child, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Hila Plitmann, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Kevin Deas, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Hila Plitmann, Artist, MainArtist - Kevin Deas, Artist, MainArtist - Fred Child, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Hila Plitmann, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Kevin Deas, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Hila Plitmann, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
Façade 1, An Entertainment, XV. Something Lies Beyond the Scene (William Walton)
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Fred Child, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
Façade 1, An Entertainment (William Walton)
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Hila Plitmann, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Kevin Deas, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Fred Child, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Hila Plitmann, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Fred Child, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Hila Plitmann, Artist, MainArtist - Kevin Deas, Artist, MainArtist - Fred Child, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
Façade 2, A Further Entertainment (William Walton)
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Kevin Deas, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Hila Plitmann, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Fred Child, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Hila Plitmann, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Kevin Deas, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Fred Child, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Hila Plitmann, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Kevin Deas, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
Façade, Additional Numbers (William Walton)
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Fred Child, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Hila Plitmann, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Kevin Deas, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
William Walton, Composer - Edith Sitwell, Lyricist - JoAnn Falletta, Conductor, MainArtist - Fred Child, Artist, MainArtist - Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
Album review
Edith Sitwell’s invitation to William Walton to collaborate on an innovative, revolutionary new work came at a critical moment in the young composer’s career, and Façade proved to be his first great success. The peerless combination of a peculiarly English dry wit, genuine pathos and superlative technical skill remains an extraordinary achievement. Sitwell’s verses conjure a satirical and poignant world of bourgeois late-Victorian England, while Walton’s settings unfailingly enhance and enrich the texts in a work in which words and music are unquestionably of equal importance.
This release includes the first recording of Small Talk (1922) and three numbers first performed in 1977 but subsequently rejected by the composer. © Naxos
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 34 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:37
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players Fred Child Kevin Deas Hila Plitmann JoAnn Falletta
- Composer: William Walton
- Label: Naxos
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music
(C) 2022 Naxos (P) 2022 Naxos
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