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Nettle & Markham In England: Warsaw Concerto & 23 Contrasting Pieces for 2 Pianos

1 CD / Netmark / 2011-09-13

Works: Richard Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto; Percy Grainger: Country Gardens, folk song for 2 pianos (BFMS 22); A Lincolnshore Posy; The A Lincolnshore Posy; English Waltz, for 2 pianos; Handel in the Strand,...
Performers: Markham, Richard; Nettle, David
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Ensemble: Nettle & Markham

A kaleidoscopic range of short, popular English two-piano pieces plus Nettle & Markham's classic transcription of "Warsaw Concerto." This recording features contrasting tracks of two-piano...continue...

Shakespeare Inspired / Mezzo Michelle Breedt

1 CD / TwoPianists / 2011-05-31

Works: Edward Elgar: Pageant of Empire, songs (8) for voice (or chorus) & orchestra; Pleading, Op. 48; Thomas Arne: When Daisies pied and Violets blue, song; Mervyn Horder: When Daisies Pied, for voice & pi...
Performers: Breedt, Michelle; Schumann, Nina

South African-born Michelle Breedt, best known for her stellar performances of Wagner in particular, her versatility from the opera to the concert is remarkably captured...continue...
Recording information: Endler Hall, Stellenbosch University, South Africa (11/22/2010-11/28/2010)....continue...

British Composers: A Celebration / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: Edward Elgar: Wand of Youth Suite no 1, Op. 1a no 4; Symphony no 1 in A flat, Op. 55; Ave Maria, Op. 2 no 2; Quartet for Strings in E minor, Op. 83; Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 no 1; Falstaff; Dream Chil...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Bowen, John; Bramma, Harry; Brown, Wilfred; Dilkes, Neville; Donohoe, Pete...
Conductors: Collingwood, Lawrance; Willcocks, David; Boult, Adrian; Walton, William; Harding, Daniel; Robinson, Christopher; Wordsworth, Barry; Finzi, Christopher; Bliss, Sir Arthur; Goodall, Reginald; Davies, M...
Ensemble: ; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Britten String Quartet; London Music Group; The Band of the Royal Military School of Music Kne

Taking a panoramic view of British music between the ends of the 19th and 20th centuries, this fascinating collection features some 30 composers. From the...continue...

English Music for Viola / Matthew Jones

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-02-22

Works: Rebecca Clarke: Sonata for viola & piano; William Walton: Pieces (2) for violin & piano; Frank Bridge: Pieces (4), for viola & piano; Arnold Bax: Legend, for viola & piano; Arthur Bliss: Intermezzo, ...
Performers: Hampton, Michael; Jones, Matthew

Naxos presents Michael Hampton, as he performs English music for the viola. The works featured on this recording include Rebecca Clarke's Viola Sonata, which ranks...continue...

A Portrait of Kiri Te Kanawa

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2010-03-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Richard Strauss: Lieder (4), Op. 27; Ruhe...
Performers: Amner, Richard; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Maazel, Lorin; Davis, Andrew

Selections recorded 1979-83....continue...

Walton, Lambert: Complete Songs / Kenny, Malcolm

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: William Walton: Daphne, for voice & piano (from "Façades"); Through gilded trellises, for voice & piano (from "Façade"); Old Sir Faulk, for voice & piano (from "Façade"); Anon in Love,...
Performers: Kenny, Yvonne; Martineau, Malcolm

British Music for Piano, Four Hands

1 CD / XXI-21 Productions / 2009-08-11

Works: Paul & Linda McCartney: Appaloosa / Meditation, suite for orchestra; Paul McCartney: A Leaf; Singalong Junk (instrumental version of "Junk" by the composer); Ralph Vaughan Williams: The wasps; Willia...
Performers: Caron, Josee; Caron, Martin
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Ensemble: Duo Caron

Siblings Josee and Martin Caron studied piano at the Universite de Montreal, at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Sienna, Italy and at the Internationale Sommerakademie...continue...

Rodrigo: Aideas de Espana; Grieg, Houghton, Walton, etc / Joe Sakimoto, Fujie Sugata

1 CD / Camerata / 2009-06-09

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Por los campos de España; William Walton: Façade; Sergei Rachmaninov: Morceaux de fantaisies (5), Op. 3; Moritz Moszkowski: Spanish Dances (5) for Piano 4 hands,...
Performers: Sakimoto, Joe; Sugata, Fujie

This is a charming disc of light music given delightful performances by the virtuoso harmonica player, Joe Sakimoto....continue...

Yehudi Menuhin - The Great EMI Recordings

51 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Concerto for 2 Violins in D mino...
Performers: Aronowitz, Cecil; Balsam, Artur; Barshai, Rudolf; Bennett, William; Cassadó, Gaspar; Cassad?, Gaspar; Civil, Alan; Cocker, Paul; Curzon, Clifford; de los Angeles, Victoria; Debost, Michel; Don...
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi; Enescu, George; Monteux, Pierre; Dorati, Antal; Boulez, Pierre; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Pritchard, John; Silvestri, Constantin; Kletzki, Paul; Boult, Adrian; Panufnik, Andrzej; Da...
Ensemble: ; Alan Clare Trio; Bath Festival Ensemble; Instrumental Ensemble

This 50-CD set features Sir Yehudi Menuhin's most celebrated EMI recordings, made during his extraordinary 70-year exclusive recording relationship with the company. Includes works by...continue...
Includes work(s) by Manuel de Falla....continue...

Epoch - Ireland: Piano Concerto; Walton: Sinfonia Concertante for Piano, etc / Handley, Stott, et al

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2009-04-14

Works: John Ireland: Concerto for Piano in E flat major; Frank Bridge: Phantasm, rhapsody for piano & orchestra, H. 182; William Walton: Sinfonia concertante, for orchestra with piano obbligato
Performers: Stott, Kathryn
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Dutton's tribute to the late Vernon Handley comes with this reissue of a program that was one of his triumphs from the 1980s, but has...continue...

Trails of Creativity / David Frühwirth, Henri Sigfridsson

2 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Hans Gál: Sonata for violin & piano no 2 in D major (1933); Karol Rathaus: Suite for violin & orchestra, Op. 27; Frederick Rosse: The Merchant of Venice, incidental music; Erich Wolfgang Korng...
Performers: Fruwirth, David; Sigfridsson, Henri

Elgar, Walton: Sonatas for Violin & Piano / McAslan, Blakely

1 CD / ASV / 2006-05-23

Works: Edward Elgar: Sonata for violin & piano in E minor, Op. 82; William Walton: Sonata for Violin & Piano
Performers: Blakely, John; McAslan, Lorraine

"McAslan displays beauty and artistry of the highest caliber. It is a performance not likely to be surpassed." -American Record Guide...continue...

English Song / Langridge, Lott, Keenleyside, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: A Soft Day, for voice & piano; A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster, for voice & piano, no 6, "Irish Skies" Op. 140/6; Liza Lehmann: Cherry Ripe (arr. of aria by Chas. Ed. Horn);...
Performers: Asti, Eugene; Bedford, Steuart; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Greevy, Bernadette [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Hancock-Child, Nik; H...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Duke Quartet

England boasts a long and distinctive tradition of song, equaled to that of any region in the world. This anthology offers a recent survey ranging...continue...

Walton: Suite from Henry V, etc; Rands / De Preist, et al

2 CD / Delos / 2005-01-01

Works: William Walton: Henry V; Concerto for Cello; Sonata for Violin & Piano; Bernard Rands: Tre Canzoni senza Parole, for orchestra
Performers: Greenberg, Herbert; Kosower, Mark; Schein, Ann
Conductors: DePreist, James
Ensemble: Oregon Symphony Orchestra

Delos International continues its stellar musical partnership with Maestro Extraordinaire James DePreist and the Oregon Symphony, with this exciting New Release featuring the music of...continue...

London Pride / Catherine Bott, David Owen Norris

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-04-01

Works: Lionel Monckton: Chalk Farm to Camberwell Green, song; Madeleine Dring: Betjeman songs (5) for voice & piano; Sandy Wilson: The Boy Friend, musical; George Gershwin: A Foggy Day (in London Town), son...
Performers: Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Norris, David Owen

'Sumptuous performances all.' (Sunday Times)

'Catherine Bott, totally unexpected in lighter twentieth century repertoire, divulges new facets of her talents ... Noel Coward's London Pride...continue...

Delius, Walton, Elgar: Violin Sonatas / Rostal, Horsley

1 CD / Testament / 2004-03-01

Works: Frederick Delius: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2; William Walton: Sonata for Violin & Piano; Edward Elgar: Sonata for violin & piano in E minor, Op. 82
Performers: Horsley, Colin; Rostal, Max

Violinist Max Rostal was the successor to his master Carl Flesch, as a teacher and a solid, serious soloist. Rostal won the Mendelssohn Prize in...continue...

Bedroom Adagios

2 CD / Decca / 2003-09-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1056; Partita for Lute in E major, BWV 1006a; Suite for Cello solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1009; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat un...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Ansermet, Ernest; BBC Concert Orchestra; Bennett, William; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Britten, Benjamin; Brown, Iona; Cleobury, Nicholas; Cleobury, Step...
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond; Marriner, Sir Neville; Previn, Andre; Sillito, Kenneth; Ansermet, Ernest; Wordsworth, Barry; Litton, Andrew; Cleobury, Nicholas; Britten, Benjamin; Guest, George; Malcolm, George; J...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Concert Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Suisse Romand...

This selection contains both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Alexandre Lagoya, Steve Erquiaga, Eduardo Fernandez , Pepe Romero, Göran Söllscher (guitar); Mischa Maisky, Julian Lloy...continue...

Hidden Treasures

1 CD / Dynamic / 2003-04-05

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 1 in G minor, BWV 1001; Giovanni Battista Viotti: Duetto for solo violin; Ruggiero Ricci: Andante with variations from Rossini's Di tanti palpiti, for...
Performers: Neumann, Carsten; Ricci, Ruggiero; Shiozaki, Noriko

Fanfare! - A Whirlwind Tour of 30 World Famous Organs

1 CD / Priory / 2003-03-01

Works: Francis Jackson: Archbishop's Fanfare, Op 27; Edward Elgar: Salut d'amour, Op. 12; Eric Harding Thiman: Trumpet Tune and Air; Claude Debussy: Children's Corner; Vincenzo Petrali: Allegro brillante; H...
Performers: Archer, Malcolm; Barber, Graham; Benedetti, Luigi; Bertero, Roberto; Blatchly, Mark; Bowman, Calvin; Bowyer, Kevin; Briggs, David [Organ]; Brooks, Gerard; Cleobury, Stephen; Gough, Rupert; Gower, Rob...

Not only does Priory want this collection to appeal to organ buffs, but also to music-lovers who may have shunned the organ as a box...continue...

The English Song Series 1 - Walton / Lott, Hill, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: William Walton: The Winds, for voice & piano; Tritons, for voice & piano; Beatriz's Song, for voice and guitar or strings (from radio music for "Christopher Columbus"); Under the Greenwood Tree, for ...
Performers: Hill, Martyn; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]

"Waltonites will be pleased to know that the music is served well. Martyn Hill is sometimes thrown by the tricky intonation and declamation of 'Anon...continue...

Walton: Violin Sonata, Piano Quartet, etc / Ainsley, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2002-10-01

Works: William Walton: Quartet for Piano and Strings; Anon in Love, song cycle for tenor & guitar or orchestra; Valse from "Façade", for piano; Passacaglia, for cello solo; Sonata for Violin & Piano
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Power, Lawrence; Thorsen, Marianne; Watkins, Paul [Cello, Conductor]
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Ensemble: Nash Ensemble

"The Nash Ensemble's contribution on disc to the Walton centenary celebrations is planned with characteristic imagination and generosity. The two main works are the Piano...continue...

Favourite English Songs / Felicity Lott, Graham Johnson

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-08-27

Works: Maude Valérie White: So We'll Go No More A-roving, for voice & piano; Edward Elgar: Queen Mary's Song, for voice & piano; Thomas Dunhill: The Wind among the Reeds, song cycle for voice & orchest...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

Felicity Lott is joined by Graham Johnson in this recital disc entitled "Favorite English Songs" which combines some of the best-known songsin the British repertoire...continue...

Red Seal - Walton - Collected Works

2 CD / RCA Import / 2002-05-21

Works: William Walton: Symphony no 1 in B flat minor; Concerto for Violin; Concerto for Cello; Concerto for Viola; Sinfonia concertante, for orchestra with piano obbligato
Performers: Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Heifetz, Jascha; Piatigorsky, Gregor; Stott, Kathryn
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Walton, William; Munch, Charles; Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

British Composers - Britten, Walton: Chamber Music

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2001-06-05

Works: Benjamin Britten: Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 6; Elegy for Viola solo; Sonata for cello & piano in C major, Op. 65; Metamorphoses (6) after Ovid, for oboe solo, Op. 49; William Walton: Quartet fo...
Performers: Alley, John [Piano]; Barantschik, Alexander; Carter, Roy [Oboe]; Graham, Janice; Kerstens, Tom; Lenehan, John [Piano]; Margalit, Israela; Silverthorne, Paul; Welsh, Moray

Elgar, Walton: Sonatas for Violin and Piano; Finzi: Elegy

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2001-03-06

Works: Edward Elgar: Sonata for violin & piano in E minor, Op. 82; Gerald Finzi: Elegy for violin & piano in F major, Op 22; William Walton: Sonata for Violin & Piano
Performers: Hope, Daniel [Violin]; Mulligan, Simon

"...Hope delivers this piece [Elgar's Sonata] with a clear yet rich tone--nothing is allowed to be immersed in an indulgent excess of bloom--and, helped by...continue...

Gramophone Sampler 2000

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-10-01

Works: William Walton: Concerto for Cello; Quartet for Piano and Strings; Arnold Bax: Symphony no 3; Samuel Barber: Symphony no 1, Op. 9; Benjamin Britten: Te Deum in C major; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio,...
Performers: Donohoe, Peter; Goldring, William; Hugh, Timothy; Moll, Kurt; Nielsen, Inga
Conductors: Daniel, Paul; Lloyd-Jones, David; ; Alsop, Marin; Robinson, Christopher; Halász, Michael
Ensemble: ; Maggini Quartet

Walton: Piano Quartet, String Quartet / Donohoe, Maggini

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-05-01

Works: William Walton: Quartet for Strings no 2 in A minor; Quartet for Piano and Strings
Performers: Donohoe, Peter

"...Walton's...String Quartet of 1947...brilliantly encapsulates the essence of Walton, the terse craftsman and the sensual melancholic...[The] Maggini's performance is hugely persuasive. Its view of ...continue...

Elgar, Walton, R. Strauss: Violin Sonatas / Weiss Duo

1 CD / Crystal Records / 1999-05-25

Works: Edward Elgar: Sonata for violin & piano in E minor, Op. 82; William Walton: Sonata for Violin & Piano; Richard Strauss: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E flat major, Op. 18
Performers: Duo, Weiss

A Walton and Finzi Organ Album / Robert Gower

1 CD / Priory / 1999-05-01

Works: William Walton: Coronation March "Crown Imperial"; Henry V; Gerald Finzi: Bagatelles (5) for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 23
Performers: Gower, Robert

Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue, etc / Daniel, Donohue

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-03-09

Works: William Walton: Prelude and Fugue "Spitfire"; Sinfonia concertante, for orchestra with piano obbligato; Variations on A Theme by Hindemith, for orchestra; March
Performers: Donohoe, Peter
Conductors: Daniel, Paul
Ensemble: English Northern Orchestra; English Northern Philharmonia

The popular Spitfire Prelude and Fugue was drawn from one of Walton's first film scores. The magnificent Variations on a Theme by Hindemith, which is...continue...

Mystery Classics

1 CD / Delos / 1996-01-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Tone-Pictures (3), arranged for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 violins, viola, cello, doubl...
Performers: Bae, Ik-Hwan; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Britton, David; Doppmann, William; Frank, Pamela; Kavafian, Ani; Lash, Warren; Li, Honggang; Li, Wei-Gang; Neubauer, Paul; Noehren, Robert; Rockmore,...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; ; de Carvalho, Eleazar
Ensemble: ; Sequoia String Quartet; Shanghai Quartet

English Music for Piano Duet / Peter Lawson, Alan MacLean

1 CD / Albany Records / 1995-05-01

Works: Lord: Fantaisie Espagnole for Orchestra; Valses Bourgeoises (3); Pieces (3) for Orchestra; Constant Lambert: Trois pièces nègres pour les touches blanches; Overture; Alan Rawsthorne: Th...
Performers: Lawson, Peter [piano]; MacLean, Alan

Walton: Anon in Love, etc / Ainsley, Sillito, Bonell, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1994-07-01

Works: William Walton: Toccata for violin & piano in A minor; Duets for Children, for piano, 4 hands; Valse from "Façade", for piano; Pieces (2) for violin & piano; Songs (2) for tenor & piano; Bagatel...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Dowdeswell, Gretel; Milne, Hamish; Sillito, Kenneth

España! / Ann Murray, Graham Johnson, Songwriters' Almanac

1 CD / Hyperion / 1993-11-11

Works: Enriqué Granados: Colección (7) de canciones amatorias; Joaquín Turina: Corazon de mujer; Hector Berlioz: Zaïde, boléro for voice, castsnets & piano or orchestra, Op. 19/1;...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Murray, Ann; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Walton: Façade Suites 1-3, etc / Latham-Koenig, London PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1993-04-01

Works: William Walton: Façade, Suite no 1, for orchestra; Façade, Suite no 2, for orchestra; Façade, Suite no 3, for orchestra (arranged by Christopher Palmer); Siesta; Sinfonia concertante, ...
Performers: Parkin, Eric
Conductors: Latham-Koenig, Jan; Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, etc; Walton / Parkening

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1993-01-23

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Fantasía para un gentilhombre; William Walton: Bagatelles (5) for guitar
Performers: Browne, Geoffrey; Parkening, Christopher; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors: Litton, Andrew
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Personnel: Christopher Parkening (guitar); Geoffrey Browne (English horn).

Recording information: Blackheath Concert Hall, London, England (1992)....continue...