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Walton: Symphony No. 1 / Violin Concerto (Edward Gardner / Chandos)
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Originally posted by Alison View PostReviews have been mixed and some very positive. I enjoyed the concerto more than the symphony but if you have and love the Ida Haendel you're likely to find Tazza a shade one dimensional I think.
But she is not alone among the present generation of violin soloists in that respect and I have heard her play some concerti very well.
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Originally posted by antongould View PostI'll get told off by Rumpole of course for not reading the title.....but what is the recommended CD of Walton 2 which I have been listening to a lot on holiday......
For me, it defines the true William Walton and not the one written at the behest of his publishers and bank manager.
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Originally posted by antongould View PostI'll get told off by Rumpole of course for not reading the title.....but what is the recommended CD of Walton 2 which I have been listening to a lot on holiday......
... and at £1.27 including P&P for a "very good" second-hand copy, it's a real bargain (superb First Symphony, too).
Szell is splendid, too:
Less succesful at presenting the glow of the Music in the first two Movements, but (IMO) better at integrating the Finale into the whole scheme of things is Brabbins on a BBCMusMag (I don't know his Hyperion version) - but I'm happier being discontented with the last Movement in exchange for Mackerras' superb performance of the first two movements. This really does make clear that there is some of Walton's very best Music in this work - and my "second-best" (as children in Spennymoor used to say) recording of the First, too.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by Alison View PostReviews have been mixed and some very positive. I enjoyed the concerto more than the symphony but if you have and love the Ida Haendel you're likely to find Tazza a shade one dimensional I think.
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Previn had a flair for Walton's music that was evident also in his recording of the violin concerto with Kyung-wha Chung
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Originally posted by Barbirollians View PostExactly and indeed Walton when asked what he wanted for his 75th birthday concert asked for her to play the concerto[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostMy favourite recording of the first two (of the three) movements is Mackerras':
... and at £1.27 including P&P for a "very good" second-hand copy, it's a real bargain (superb First Symphony, too).
Szell is splendid, too:
Less succesful at presenting the glow of the Music in the first two Movements, but (IMO) better at integrating the Finale into the whole scheme of things is Brabbins on a BBCMusMag (I don't know his Hyperion version) - but I'm happier being discontented with the last Movement in exchange for Mackerras' superb performance of the first two movements. This really does make clear that there is some of Walton's very best Music in this work - and my "second-best" (as children in Spennymoor used to say) recording of the First, too.
I've just sampled the Gardner No. 1, and I find it a great disappointment. There just isn't any sense of power or menace, nothing snarls. Just listen to Previn, or Mackerras, or even Paul Daniel on Naxos. They all have the measure of the music and capacity to thrill. The Chandos recording is OK, rather too distant for my taste.
Much the same goes for Tasmin Little's performance of the Violin Concerto, it's not nearly as committed as Chung. One of my favourites, in spite of
the relatively poor sound, is Francescatti and the Philadelphia with Ormandy, Joshua Bell is good too.
I'm afraid the Gardner CD will be on its way to Oxfam shortly.
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Originally posted by Ferretfancy View Postor even Paul Daniel on Naxos.
I, too, would love to hear a recording of the premiere; in spite of your (understandable) nrevousness, do you remember anything about the performance, Ferretf?[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by reinerfan View PostI'm trying to remember if I was there, as I went to most of the Liverpool Phil's concerts at that time as a student. However, in the case of the Gardner disc , I'm with you all the way, although I don't have an Oxfam here on the Costa Blanca!Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
J S Bach 1685-1750
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post- that is from a very good series of recordings of (most of) Walton's orchestral works.
I, too, would love to hear a recording of the premiere; in spite of your (understandable) nrevousness, do you remember anything about the performance, Ferretf?
The Szell version is wonderful,coupled with the neglected Hindemith Variations. We should hear those more often
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