It was only a matter of time before Jamie Walton recorded the Cello Concerto by his namesake, Sir William. To do so earlier might have smacked of opportunism, but he is already known as a musician of ...
(5 star) Edward Elgar, Cello Concerto, William Walton, Cello Concerto, performed by cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn conducting (CBS IM 39541): This record contains ...
Called “the fast rising star of conducting” Klaus Mäkelä returns to conduct a program highlighting the works of British conductors: Elgar’s much loved Cello Concerto, and Walton’s hugely sonic, ...
First on the Somm label and for several years now on Signum, Jamie Walton has been producing indispensable discs ranging through the familiar and not so familiar cello repertoire. He has explored with ...
British cellist Steven Isserlis seeks joy and beauty in everything he plays. His choice of William Walton’s Cello Concerto for this week’s National Symphony Orchestra concerts has all the elements ...
The crowd at Thursday night’s Boston Symphony Orchestra performance was notably sparse, probably because the evening’s inventory of household names was rather light: Grime, Walton, Duruflé, Guerrero, ...
Robert Cohen, cello; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor (London). William Walton’s First Symphony is one of the few 20th Century masterpieces of symphonic form, despite a fourth ...
When conductor Osmo Vänskä left his post as Minnesota Orchestra music director in June of 2022 after 19 years, he made clear that he was headed into something like retirement, as he was also leaving ...
"Gautier Capuçon plays the cello with the control and wisdom of a much older musician. The lightness of his touch and the consistent clarity of his bow strokes are quite admirable in themselves, but ...