Presto CD, Walton (composer)
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British Music Collection - Britten & Walton
RecommendedPeter Pears (tenor), Dennis Brain (horn), Edith Sitwell (narrator)
Boyd Neel String Orchestra, English Opera Group Ensemble, Benjamin Britten, Anthony Collins
This disc includes one of the great highlights of the whole Britten discography, that first magical recording of the Serenade, with Pears in fresh, youthful voice and Dennis Brain's marvellous... —
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Building a Library, November 1999, Historic Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Walton: Symphony No. 1 & Belshazzar's Feast
RecommendedThomas Hampson (baritone, tenor), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
This is a winning coupling, with Walton’s two searing masterpieces from the 1930s given electrifying performances…Rattle with players he knows so well combines expressive freedom with knife-edged... —
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Building A Library, July 2022, First Choice
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Vaughan Williams, Delius and Walton: Orchestral Works
Neil Black (oboe), Pinchas Zukerman (violin)
English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
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Fabulous Marches For Orchestra
Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestra, Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell
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it would be hard to imagine a more satisfying interpreter than Julian Lloyd Webber —
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The Guns of Navarone - Music from World War II Films
The London Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Stanley Black
