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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0730099486927
Label: Naxos
Manufacturer: Naxos
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Naxos
Release Date: June 01, 1999
Sales Rank: 216955
Studio: Naxos
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I have had this disc for a few years and never gotten around to reviewing it. This is a nice collection of William Walton's music, starting off with the Spitfire Prelude and Fugue of 1942. The music began life as part of a film score and was then introduced to the concert hall. The music depicts the entire process of flight from the building of planes to their flight
The Sinfonia concertante is a lively work that really resembles a piano concerto and was written in 1927 as a ballet for ... Read More
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I've been listening a lot to Walton concertos these days, and I'm convinced his concerted music is finer than Britten's. That said, none of the works on the current Naxos disk are from Walton's top drawer, but the Variations show the composer's usual meticulous craftsmanship and dazzling orchestration to good advantage, and Peter Donohoe is a very able spokesman for both concerted works. And then Naxos throws in that great rable-rowser the Spitfire Overture for good measure. Pretty irresistible stuff. ... Read More
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William Walton (1902-1983) came on strong in the 1920s with his "Façade," a cheeky Stravinskian suite to nonsense poems by Edith Sitwell. He soon developed into a rather slow-working master of large traditional forms such as concerto and symphony; he also worked in the motion picture industry in Great Britain and provided music for cinematic adaptations of Shakespeare. Naxos has committed to issuing the complete orchestral music and much has already come into the catalogue, including the two symphonies ... Read More
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William Walton was one of the most gifted composers of twentieth century Britain. He knew the musical consciousness of this country, particularly as it developed over the years, and his style was thus wide-ranging and all-accomodating, as in the Sinfonia Concertante which has all the elements of full-blooded nobility you would expect from him- with more than a few surprises along the way. Peter Donohoe plays with fire and finesse throughout, but especially in the Sinfonia, and Paul Daniel (conductor of ... Read More
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William Walton's music on 8.553869 does not depend on extra-musical elements. His Spitfire Prelude and Fugue, Sinfonia Concertante, Hindemith Variations, and March are played with style by pianist Peter Donohoe and the English Northern Philharmonia under Paul Daniel. I find the Variations the gem of this collection; but then again I am very fond of the variation-style of development. Be sure also to check into Walton's music for Olivier's "Hamlet," "Henry V" and "As You Like It," also on Naxos label.
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