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20th Century Classics / Marriner

10 CD / Decca / 2011-05-24

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella, suite for orchestra; Apollon musagète, ballet in 2 scenes for string orchestra; Capriccio, for piano & orchestra; Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings,...
Performers: Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Connah, Trevor; Ellis, Osian; Heath, Kenneth [Cello]; Holland, James; Laird, Michael; Loveday, Alan; Nicklin, Celia; Ogdon, John; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Pritchard, Eric;...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville

Over a period of 40 years Marriner and The Academy made over 300 recordings but it is the association with DECCA / ARGO that was...continue...

Finzi: Dies Natilis; Walton / Spence, Morton, et al

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2008-03-04

Works: Gerald Finzi: Romance for String Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 11; Dies Natalis, cantata for soprano (or tenor) & string orchestra, Op. 8; William Walton: Sonata for Strings (transcription by Walton...
Performers: Spence, Toby
Conductors: Morton, Jonathan
Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble

Toby Spence was recently described by the Guardian as ‘British opera's blue-eyed boy, having scored big successes at this year's Edinburgh Festival production of Britten's...continue...

Beethoven: String Quartet Op 135; Walton / Thompson, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2006-02-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 16 in F major, Op. 135; William Walton: Sonata for Strings (transcription by Walton and M.Arnold of String Quartet in A minor)

The Amsterdam Sinfonietta is an ensemble with a repertoire extending from baroque to contemporary works. Walton's Sonata for Strings is a powerful composition, which gives...continue...

Walton: Viola Concerto, etc / Imai, Latham-Koenig, London PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1992-11-01

Works: William Walton: Concerto for Viola; Sonata for Strings (transcription by Walton and M.Arnold of String Quartet in A minor); Variations on A Theme by Hindemith, for orchestra
Performers: Blum, Norbert; Crehan, Dermot; Imai, Nobuko; Shaxson, Rhydian; Wright, Robert St. John [Violin]
Conductors: Latham-Koenig, Jan
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra