Walton reviews
The Walton Viola Concerto: a guide to his viola masterpiece and its best recordings
Magnificat, Vol. 2
And Love Said...
Walton: Piano Quartet, etc
Organ Prom
Motherland: Works by Bartók, Dvořák, Shor & Walton
Walton: Viola Concerto (1961 version); Sonata for String Orchestra (arr. Walton/Arnold); Partita
The Gluepot Connection: Works by Ireland, Rawsthorne, Warlock et al
British Violin Sonatas
The Contrast: English Poetry in Song
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1; Walton: Viola Concerto; Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Kirill Karabits conducts Walton's Symphonies Nos 1 & 2
Walton’s First Symphony is no longer considered the kind of severe technical challenge to an orchestra that it used to be. Even so, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s delivery of the score is a tribute to the standard that can be taken for granted from today’s players: one notoriously tricky passage after another (eg for violas at 2:18 in the first movement) is brought off with top-flight panache and accuracy.
Nils Mönkemeyer explores works for viola by Bruch, Pärt and Walton
Walton’s vibrant Viola Concerto is best heard in his final, pared-down 1961 scoring. That’s the choice of viola player Nils Mönkemeyer and conductor Markus Poschner, whose wonderfully clear account is gilded by the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra’s spangled brass and refined winds. The German virtuoso lavishes affection on the opening Andante commodo, bringing out all its sensuous melancholy in one, long-breathed utterance.
Kirill Karabits conducts Walton's 'notoriously tricky' Symphonies Nos 1 & 2
Walton’s First Symphony is no longer considered the kind of severe technical challenge to an orchestra that it used to be. Even so, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s delivery of the score is a tribute to the standard that can be taken for granted from today’s players: one notoriously tricky passage after another (eg for violas at 2:18 in the first movement) is brought off with top-flight panache and accuracy.