Chamber, Quartets, Walton (composer)
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Special offer. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16 & Walton: Serenade for Strings
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Arrangements for string orchestra of works originally written for string quartet are not uncommon, especially in the cases of Beethoven and Schubert… But in the amazing scherzo, with its huge... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2006, Disc of the Month
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Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 2, Hindemith: String Quartet No. 4 & Walton: String Quartet
RecommendedHollywood String Quartet
Although many accounts of the Prokofiev have appeared over the years, none has approached, let alone surpassed, the Hollywood version of the Second Quartet. The same would no doubt apply to... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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This excellent Hyperion issue brings together a wide-ranging group of Walton's chamber works, from his earliest major work, the Piano Quartet, originally written when he was 16, to his last... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2002, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Walton: Piano Quartet (1921) & String Quartet (1947)
Peter Donohoe (piano)
Maggini Quartet
The Maggini Quartet give refined and powerful performances in this Naxos release. The opening of the 1947 String Quartet is presented in hushed intimacy, making the contrast all the greater... —
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Founded in 2016 and led by Tamsin Waley-Cohen, the Albion Quartet pace, phrase, point and colour Walton’s volatile textures and agile rhythms with all the sensitivity and energy they require.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2022, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
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Eloquent and sensitive performances of some of the finest British chamber works of our century —
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Special offer. William Walton: Piano Quartet, Violin Sonata & Toccata
Matthew Jones, Sarah-Jane Bradley, Tim Lowe, Annabel Thwaite
Violinist Matthew Jones and pianist Annabel Thwaite need all the finger fire at their command for the extravagantly ‘modern’ 1923 Toccata, the one work here with a limited outlet for the lyrically... —
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the early Quartet is a remarkable creation, with its searching chromaticism, huge technical strength, and formidable finale...The Doric Quartet play both works with an ultra-focused vividness... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Special offer. BBC Legends Volume 2
Great recordings from the archive
David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter, Artur Rubinstein, Claudio Arrau, Myra Hess, Andrés Segovia, Kirsten Flagstad, Géza Anda, Borodin Quartet, Victoria de los Angeles, Yehudi Menuhin, Pierre Fournier, Walter Gieseking
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Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra - The Columbia Stereo Collection
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Editorial Achievement of the Year
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