Sir William Walton

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Dry Brett Kavanaugh

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March 16, 2023, 02:52:45 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on March 16, 2023, 02:30:57 AMFrom WAYLTN thread:
Walton Symphony No.1
New Haven SO
Cond. William Boughton

A very successful account of this great work.
The oboe passage at the start has just the right fragile quality to it which is essential to my enjoyment of the work (the famous Previn version, while well played, is too 'matter-of-fact' for my liking - I never liked that performance).
Boult (PYE), Sargent, Walton, Harty and Thomson get it just right.




Nice recording! I think W. Walton conducted SY1 with New Zealand Orchestra as well. I forgot how it was.

Roasted Swan

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March 16, 2023, 03:52:06 AM
Quote from: Dry Brett Kavanaugh on March 16, 2023, 02:52:45 AMNice recording! I think W. Walton conducted SY1 with New Zealand Orchestra as well. I forgot how it was.

Re the Walton 1/New Zealand performance - one of the very few versions of that work I bought and SOLD!! (reach your own verdict!)  Memory is not a great performance and not a great recording......

vandermolen

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March 16, 2023, 04:04:01 AM
Quote from: Dry Brett Kavanaugh on March 16, 2023, 02:52:45 AMNice recording! I think W. Walton conducted SY1 with New Zealand Orchestra as well. I forgot how it was.
Here it is. I rather like all Walton's recordings of the work including the one from the Edinburgh Festival but his EMI studio recording remains my favourite:

"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).
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