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12-16-2017, 11:27 AM
This is my own EAC rip. Full artwork, log & cue files included.
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Music Composed by
Sir William Walton
Played by the
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by
Sir Charles Groves
Tracks:
01. Spitfire Prelude & Fugue
02. Scapino - A Comedy Overture
03. Crown Imperial (Coronation March)
04. Orb and Sceptre (Coronation March)
05. Johannesburg Festival Overture
06. Capriccio burlesco
07. Funeral March from "Hamlet"
08. Prelude from "Richard III" (arr. Muir Mathieson)
09. Symphonic Suite from "Richard III" - 1. Fanfare. Music Plays ...
10. Symphonic Suite from "Richard III" - 2. The Princess in the Tower
11. Symphonic Suite from "Richard III" - 3. With Drum and Colours
12. Symphonic Suite from "Richard III" - 4. I Would I Knew My Heart
13. Symphonic Suite from "Richard III" - 5. Trumpets sound
Total Time: 68'56
Sir Charles Groves.
"Occupying an important historical position between his better-known colleagues Ralph Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten,
William Walton is seen by many as the first modern British composer to approach the brilliance and vitality which
characterized English music during Handel's day.
Born in northwest England during the first years of the twentieth century, Walton was the son of a choirmaster, and appropriately,
served as a chorister at Christ Church Cathedral at Oxford from 1912 to 1918. Studies at the university itself proved unsatisfying,
and William left Oxford without a degree in 1920, relying instead upon the patronage of the Sitwell family, who had befriended
the young composer. Through the influence of this affluent and well-known family, Walton was able to break into the London music
scene, and by 1922 his chamber piece Fa�ade had achieved some popularity with the concert-going public. A performance of his
comic overture Portsmouth Point in Zurich in 1926, and Paul Hindemith's championing of his Viola Concerto in 1929 helped introduce
Walton music into the European music scene. The famous Belshazzar's Feast for chorus and orchestra soon followed, and the
1930s brought with commissions from well-known musical figures, including Jascha Heifetz, who asked the composer to write
him a Violin Concerto in 1939.
Walton spent much of World War II composing music for films, including Next of Kin and The Foreman Went to France. In 1948,
he moved to Ischia, a small island off of Naples, and he was knighted in 1951. In 1954, after many years of effort, his grand opera
Troilus and Cressida was produced at Covent Garden; unfortunately, the work has not received the attention it deserves. Walton
composed prolifically until the end of his life, fulfilling commissions for such notables as George Szell, Gregor Piatigorsky and
Mstislav Rostropovich. In 1973, he conducted a fiftieth anniversary performance of Facade. While never again achieving the
degree of public and critical acclaim which he enjoyed before the World War II, he was nevertheless able to live comfortably
on Ischia, where he died in 1983.
Although he was overshadowed in the latter half of his career by Benjamin Britten, Walton was never the old-fashioned
reactionary (a frequent, but unjust, accusation). Much like his contemporaries Poulenc and Prokofiev, Walton was at heart an
expressive, lyric composer who refused to subjugate this natural ability to the "modernist" tendencies that the press berated
him for not embracing. His music is a sparkling synthesis of old and new, the greatest examples of which can be found in the
two Symphonies (1935 and 1960), and the Viola (1929), Violin (1939) and Cello (1956) Concertos."
Download Link - https://mega.nz/#!pehzSRgB!22bNKGD4vShSm6UqUkeuFR87QImBiqtcv9PX3zdv4Ro
Source: EMI CD, 1990
Format: FLAC(RAR), ADD/DDD Stereo
Ripped with: EAC, Accurate Rip
File Size: 346 MB (incl. artwork, booklet, log & cue)
This is my own EAC rip. Full artwork, log & cue files included.
FLAC link above. Please do not share further.
FLAC link below. Please do not share further.
Music Composed by
Sir William Walton
Played by the
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by
Sir Charles Groves
Tracks:
01. Spitfire Prelude & Fugue
02. Scapino - A Comedy Overture
03. Crown Imperial (Coronation March)
04. Orb and Sceptre (Coronation March)
05. Johannesburg Festival Overture
06. Capriccio burlesco
07. Funeral March from "Hamlet"
08. Prelude from "Richard III" (arr. Muir Mathieson)
09. Symphonic Suite from "Richard III" - 1. Fanfare. Music Plays ...
10. Symphonic Suite from "Richard III" - 2. The Princess in the Tower
11. Symphonic Suite from "Richard III" - 3. With Drum and Colours
12. Symphonic Suite from "Richard III" - 4. I Would I Knew My Heart
13. Symphonic Suite from "Richard III" - 5. Trumpets sound
Total Time: 68'56
Sir Charles Groves.
"Occupying an important historical position between his better-known colleagues Ralph Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten,
William Walton is seen by many as the first modern British composer to approach the brilliance and vitality which
characterized English music during Handel's day.
Born in northwest England during the first years of the twentieth century, Walton was the son of a choirmaster, and appropriately,
served as a chorister at Christ Church Cathedral at Oxford from 1912 to 1918. Studies at the university itself proved unsatisfying,
and William left Oxford without a degree in 1920, relying instead upon the patronage of the Sitwell family, who had befriended
the young composer. Through the influence of this affluent and well-known family, Walton was able to break into the London music
scene, and by 1922 his chamber piece Fa�ade had achieved some popularity with the concert-going public. A performance of his
comic overture Portsmouth Point in Zurich in 1926, and Paul Hindemith's championing of his Viola Concerto in 1929 helped introduce
Walton music into the European music scene. The famous Belshazzar's Feast for chorus and orchestra soon followed, and the
1930s brought with commissions from well-known musical figures, including Jascha Heifetz, who asked the composer to write
him a Violin Concerto in 1939.
Walton spent much of World War II composing music for films, including Next of Kin and The Foreman Went to France. In 1948,
he moved to Ischia, a small island off of Naples, and he was knighted in 1951. In 1954, after many years of effort, his grand opera
Troilus and Cressida was produced at Covent Garden; unfortunately, the work has not received the attention it deserves. Walton
composed prolifically until the end of his life, fulfilling commissions for such notables as George Szell, Gregor Piatigorsky and
Mstislav Rostropovich. In 1973, he conducted a fiftieth anniversary performance of Facade. While never again achieving the
degree of public and critical acclaim which he enjoyed before the World War II, he was nevertheless able to live comfortably
on Ischia, where he died in 1983.
Although he was overshadowed in the latter half of his career by Benjamin Britten, Walton was never the old-fashioned
reactionary (a frequent, but unjust, accusation). Much like his contemporaries Poulenc and Prokofiev, Walton was at heart an
expressive, lyric composer who refused to subjugate this natural ability to the "modernist" tendencies that the press berated
him for not embracing. His music is a sparkling synthesis of old and new, the greatest examples of which can be found in the
two Symphonies (1935 and 1960), and the Viola (1929), Violin (1939) and Cello (1956) Concertos."
Download Link - https://mega.nz/#!pehzSRgB!22bNKGD4vShSm6UqUkeuFR87QImBiqtcv9PX3zdv4Ro
Source: EMI CD, 1990
Format: FLAC(RAR), ADD/DDD Stereo
Ripped with: EAC, Accurate Rip
File Size: 346 MB (incl. artwork, booklet, log & cue)
This is my own EAC rip. Full artwork, log & cue files included.
FLAC link above. Please do not share further.