William Walton was an English composer and conductor, one of the major British musical figures of the twentieth century.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears as conductor of his own music, including Belshazzar’s Feast, Troilus and Cressida and the Partita for Orchestra.

Composer-conducted Walton recordings are valuable because they preserve rhythmic edge, dramatic weight and orchestral character from close to the source.

His artist page belongs beside his composer entry. Walton at the podium gives the British shelf a direct authorial crackle: brass, bite and theatrical nerve.