Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra - Walton / Sinding (2017)
Artist: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Title: Walton / Sinding
Year Of Release: 2017
Label: Lawo Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 41:28 min
Total Size: 182 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Walton / Sinding
Year Of Release: 2017
Label: Lawo Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 41:28 min
Total Size: 182 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
01. Concerto for Viola and Orchestra: I. Andante comodo
02. Concerto for Viola and Orchestra: II. Vivo, e molto preciso
03. Concerto for Viola and Orchestra: III. Allegro moderato
04. Suite im alten Stil, Op. 10: I. Presto
05. Suite im alten Stil, Op. 10: II. Adagio
06. Suite im alten Stil, Op. 10: III. Tempo giusto
Predicting which musical currents would sweep the young William Walton along in the mid 1920s must have been tricky. The composer had already given birth to the acerbic, neo-classical take on texts by Edith Sitwell that was Façade (1922). Two years later he spent a season knocking out foxtrots for the Savoy Orpheus Band, and even started work on a concerto for two pianos, jazz band and orchestra. Four years after that, Walton hatched plans for his first orchestral concerto proper: a score that would take elements from both those pieces but would stand with at least one foot in the late Romantic tradition of Elgar, Bax and others. After being drawn to the viola as an instrument of depth, Walton decided that a Viola Concerto was viable. In the words of the composer's biographer Michael Kennedy, the 'dark and huskily passionate sound of the viola became the perfect medium for the [concerto's] prevailing mood of plaintive melancholy. Coupled with this work is Christian Sinding's Suite Im Alten Stil.