BaL 9.05.15 - Walton: Cello Concerto

[frankwm]

According to the sleeve it is; also the 1983 reissue, on HMV Greensleeve (ESD 1077631 c/w Haendel's VC), the pic is of Walton's Ischia gardens, with its near tropical foliage.

[Pulcinella]

According to the sleeve it is; also the 1983 reissue, on HMV Greensleeve (ESD 1077631 c/w Haendel's VC), the pic is of Walton's Ischia gardens, with its near tropical foliage.

But that's this picture, surely?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Walton-Shostakovich-Cello-Concerto-Op-107/dp/B003Z3GKTY

Yes!
Here's the Greensleeves cover:

http://classicrecords.co.uk/product/emi-esd-1077631-walton-violin-concerto-cello-concerto-haendel-tortelier-berglund-bournemouth-so/

It's the credit for the ASD issue I was wondering about.

[frankwm]

In life there are few certainties - that's not one of them: the ESD pic is different...

** Maybe Alfred Hitchcock erected the tower for an 'alternate' Vertigo..

[Roehre]

Roehre: does the cover say where the place is that's pictured?
Doesn't look like Forio (where the Waltons -- no, not THOSE Waltons! -- lived) to me: I don't remember a castle tower there.

Pulcinella, at the end of the sleeve notes by Alan Frank, 1973, is stated:

Recorded in the Guildhall, Southampton.
Recording producer: John Modler
Balance Engineer: Stuart Eltham
Front cover: Forio, Isle of Ischia
photo by Colour Library International.

[Pulcinella]

Pulcinella, at the end of the sleeve notes by Alan Frank, 1973, is stated:

Recorded in the Guildhall, Southampton.
Recording producer: John Modler
Balance Engineer: Stuart Eltham
Front cover: Forio, Isle of Ischia
photo by Colour Library International.

Thanks!
I asssumed as much, and must just never have explored enough to find that spot/view, despite several holidays nearby (in Panza, a sort of extension of Forio).
Suggestions for an appropriate picture for the coupling, or is that too off topic?

[Nick Armstrong]

Yes - here it is if you want to go and stay! http://www.alberghi-ischia.it/forio_ischia_alberghi.htm - with an almost-identical angle on the scene

[Pulcinella]

Yes - here it is if you want to go and stay! http://www.alberghi-ischia.it/forio_ischia_alberghi.htm - with an almost-identical angle on the scene

Clearly time for another refreshing visit!
Our return journey last time was the day we saw the death notices for Lady Susana pasted up as we waited for the bus to the ferry.
The hotel we stayed at is not listed (well, it's not really Forio).

[Rolmill]

I have this twofer which is also v good value.

Yes, I have this and strongly recommend it - £5.69 (incl postage) for the Previn/LSO first symphony, Heifetz/Walton violin concerto and Piatigorsky/Munch cello concerto represents great value.

I also have the Hugh on Naxos, but prefer the Piatigorsky. It's not a piece that I return to very often, finding it rather discursive and directionless, so will try to listen (or Listen Again in this case) to see if the reviewer can show me the way in.

[Barbirollians]

Presto Classical's listing of the box Paul Tortelier the Great EMI Recordings appears to be wrong . according to the Warner site his recording of the Walton is on CD8 of that box and is available .

[Pulcinella]

Presto Classical's listing of the box Paul Tortelier the Great EMI Recordings appears to be wrong . according to the Warner site his recording of the Walton is on CD8 of that box and is available .

Presto are happy to be told of inaccuracies in their listings, so I have forwarded a link to this thread to them.
I wonder how much notice they get of the winner, so they can update their site?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Paul Watkins

[ardcarp]

Indeed. And it's not often I want to rush out (metaphorically) and buy the recommended CD. But it's going to be my very next click.
Personally, I've always rated the viola concerto the best of Walton's 3, but the Watkins/LSO sound has put this in a new light. BTW, don't like Walton's 'new' ending.

[visualnickmos]

BTW, don't like Walton's 'new' ending.

Strangely, I liked the 'new' ending - but not at the expensive of the original - just for variety!

[Sir Velo]

Paul Watkins

Where was the spoiler alert?

[LeMartinPecheur]

Where was the spoiler alert?

SV, if you mean you haven't yet heard the programme, two points to encourage you:
1) I thought it was an excellent BaL for learning more about the work and the differences between recordings;
2) There was a real blanket finish. Helen Wallace admitted that final choice between 4 or 5 versions was impossible, and not because they were all pretty similar in concept and standard of execution.

Very well worth your listening time I would suggest.