Walton
William Walton (1902-1983) was an English composer whose music combines rhythmic bite, lyrical intensity and brilliant orchestral colour. Born in Oldham, he first came to prominence through the Sitwell circle.
His works include Façade, the Viola Concerto, the First Symphony, Belshazzar’s Feast, the Violin Concerto, film scores and ceremonial music including Crown Imperial.
Walton’s style is sharp, dram...
BACH Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, “St. Anne”
BACH Toccata and Fugue in D minor
BENJAMIN Overture to an Italian Comedy
BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1
CHAUSSON Symphony in B-flat
DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
DVOŘÁK In Nature’s Realm
ELGAR Enigma Variations
GLAZUNOV The Seasons
GLINKA Ruslan and Ludmila - Overture
GOLDMARK Rustic Wedding Symphony
GRIEG Peer Gynt excerpts
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream excerpts
R. STRAUSS Also Sprach Zarathustra
R. STRAUSS Aus Italien - On the Shores of Sorrento
SAINT-SAËNS Danse macabre
SMETANA The Bartered Bride - Overture
STOCK Symphonic Waltz
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY Marche slave
WAGNER Siegfried - Forest Murmurs
WAGNER Die Meistersinger - Prelude
PLUS MUSIC BY: BIZET, CAREY, DOHNÁNYI, ENESCU, François Schubert, GLIÈRE, HANDEL, IPPOLITOV-IVANOV, J. Strauss II, Järnefelt, LIADOV, MACDOWELL, MEACHAM, MOZART, PAGANINI, Ponchielli, Rezniček, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schubert, Schumann, Sibelius, Simonetti, Suk, Suppé, Thomas, Toch, Volkmann, Walton, Weber and Wolf-Ferrari
Studio recordings, 1930-1941
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Frederick Stock