Track Listings (4) - Disc #1| All Artists: William [composer] Walton, Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra Title: Walton: Symphony No. 1 Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Lso Live UK Original Release Date: 1/1/2006 Re-Release Date: 6/13/2006 Album Type: Import Genre: Classical Styles: Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 822231107620 |
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By the time he began working on his First Symphony, William Walton had already established himself as the most exciting young British composer of the day. The work proved to be one of the twentieth century's greatest symph... more » |
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Album Description By the time he began working on his First Symphony, William Walton had already established himself as the most exciting young British composer of the day. The work proved to be one of the twentieth century's greatest symphonies. Volcanic sentiments simmer beneath its surface and the music conveys the tensions of the 1930s whilst always remaining consistently timeless in its appeal. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsA mellow reading from Colin Davis, removing Walton's edge Santa Fe Listener | Santa Fe, NM USA | 07/12/2006 (4 out of 5 stars) "The Walton Sym. #1 sounds cinematic--by turns slinky, aggressive, gaudy, insinuating, and always playing for surface excitement--but in its day seventy years ago it was the height of British modernism. English critics tend to give the palm to an American conductor, Andre Previn, for the best recording of the work (1966, RCA), but the current Gramophone picked this new LSO Live recording under Colin Davis as one of its recordings of the month, calling it a 'scorching' reading. Strange. Compared to Previn, Davis plays down the motor rhythms and snarling raw chords that shocked earlier audiences. Even with some of the edges smoothed, this is aggressive music in the opening movement and finale. In the wrong hands it can sound crude and blatant, not for its modern idiom but in the composer's intentions--is he driving hard just for the sake of driving hard? We've heard a lot fiercer music since then, of course. The LSO plays with the kind of enthusiasm and extra flair one expects in concert. The engineers place us up close, and I'd say overall this new CD beats even Previn's remake on Telarc for natural, detailed sound. The absence of a filler, however, makes for a stingy timing of 45+ min. Davis hasn't ventured into Walton's music before this to my knowledge, and there are plenty of people who don't like this brash, unsettling work, but if you want to hear a committed, very musical reading in excellent sound, here it is. " Wow Biblibio | 04/11/2007 (5 out of 5 stars) "I wasn't exactly new to Walton when I first heard this CD, but this piece was new to me. It stunned me. I haven't heard other recordings of it, but this one honestly made me go "wow", and sit back in my seat. Walton's symphony is powerful and intense. I loved the beautiful moments, the hard moments, and the positively powerful moments. It's played well, and sounds well. I can't compare this to anything else or to previous recordings, but I know that I love it."
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