Walton: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

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Walton: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2Opis:Product DescriptionThe BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Martyn Brabbins gives invigorating and authoritative performances of William Waltons masterful symphonies. The musicians balance stunning control with breathtaking energy and character. Following the resounding success of Belshazzars Feast, Walton spent three years perfecting his dramatic first symphony. The immensely virtuosic work displays an astounding range of colours and emotional volatility, reflecting the turbulence of Waltons private life. Despite its fraught gestationthe first performance in 1934 by the London Symphony Orchestra was missing the finalethis work met with an ecstatic critical reception and has remained popular ever since. The second symphony, premiered by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in 1960, is more concise and refined. Somewhat out of kilter with the austerity of its time, this masterpiece was slow to emerge from the shadow of its predecessor. Also included is the intimate orchestral work Siesta, from 1926.

ReviewAndré Previn's famous 1967 recording of Walton's First Symphony with the LSO has effectively seen off all subsequent versions. Nobody since has managed to match that performance's combination of snarling menace and orchestral brilliance on disc, and it's a real achievement that Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Scottish Symphony come as close as they do to emulating it. Brabbins's account is a reminder that for all its derivative elements and bombast, Walton One is a powerful musical statement in its own right; the first movement is worked to a massive grinding climax on this recording, the scherzo is wonderfully deft, if not quite with the edge that the "con malizia" marking in the score implies, and the remaining movements are steered faultlessly to the noisy conclusion. The three-movement Second Symphony belongs to a very different emotional world, though flashes of the First's irascibility occasionally surface. Brabbins extracts all of the necessary orchestral glitter and swagger from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, even if some of the solo passages don't have quite the smoochy lilt they ideally need; as a neat pairing of Walton's two symphonies on a single disc, this really can't be bettered.**** --Guardian 23/06/11The dazzling brilliance and menacing darkness in Walton s First Symphony are astutely caught here by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Martyn Brabbins. The sensible coupling is the Second Symphony, not so warmly received when it was new but here attesting to its originality and emotional power. Walton s instrumentation was always one of his assets, as was his way with cross-cutting rhythm, both of which Brabbins taps excitingly here.**** --Daily Telegraph,07/07/11It is,quite simply,the sound of the orchestra in your living room-with nothing in between. IRR OUTSTANDING --IRR,July/Aug'11Why don't we hear Walton's Second Symphony more often?

This disc-for many more than just English music junkies-is an excellent chance to get to know it. **** --Classic fm Magazine,Sept'11The playing -featuring what must be the finest trumpet section in these islands-is top flight,and so is the recording sound. Peformance ***(**) Recording ****(*) --BBC Music Magazine,Sept'11The whole disc is a credit not only to the conductor but also to the quality of the BBC Scotish Symphony Orchestra,which can stand comparison with any rival,not least in the quality of the woodwind solos. --Gramophone,Oct'11Critics Choice 2011 --Gramophone,Dec'11Autor:Martyn Brabbins: BBC Scottish Symphony OrchestraNośnik:Audio CDPłyt:Język: English: Published; English: Original Language; EnglishData wydania: 2011-07-01Waga: 0.22 gramWysokość: 0.4 cmSzerokość: 4.9 cmDługość: 5.6 cmNew Store StockUWAGA: Kupując produkt na tej aukcji zgadzasz się na wydłużony termin realizacji wysyłki (10-14 dni roboczych). Podany towar pochodzi z zagranicznego magazynu, stąd wydłużony czas realizacji który podany jest obok.