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Some live performances conducted by Walton were recorded and have been released on compact disc, including the Cello Concerto and the Coronation Te Deum. Almost all Walton's works have been recorded for commercial release.
Aug 13, 2002 · Walton: Cello Concerto; Coronation Te Deum by William Walton released in 2002. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
William Walton 's Cello Concerto (1957) is the third and last of the composer's concertos for string instruments, following his Viola Concerto (1929) and Violin Concerto (1939). It was written between February and October 1956, commissioned by and dedicated to the cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, the soloist at the premiere in Boston on 25 January 1957.
Walton's Cello Concerto: Guide and Best Recordings. Jo Talbot introduces Walton’s most beguiling yet underestimated scores for cello, and finds the recordings which do it justice. Here's our guide to Walton's Cello Concerto...
Aug 9, 2002 · The Coronation Te Deum was written for the Abbey, and is made all the more dramatic with antiphonal brass. Best is The Twelve, which in its usual form can sound bitty. Here, however, with...
The playing isn’t as polished as Walton’s 1951 EMI Philharmonia recording, but it’s edge-of-the-seat stuff, with controlled malice in the scherzo, a plangent slow movement, and a hell-for-leather finale.
