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Orchestra of the Swan, Bruce O'Neil - Sir William Walton: A Centenary Celebration (2022) [Hi-Res]

Orchestra of the Swan, Bruce O'Neil - Sir William Walton: A Centenary Celebration (2022) [Hi-Res]
  • Title: Sir William Walton: A Centenary Celebration
  • Year Of Release: 2022
  • Label: SOMM Recordings
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: flac lossless (tracks) / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +Booklet
  • Total Time: 01:20:56
  • Total Size: 372 / 523 mb
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Tracklist

01. Façade: Fanfare
02. Façade: No. 1, Hornpipe
03. Façade: No. 2, En famille
04. Façade: No. 3, Mariner Man
05. Façade: No. 4, Long Steel Grass
06. Façade: No. 5, Through Gilded Trellises
07. Façade: No. 6, Tango-Pasodoblé
08. Façade: No. 7, Lullaby for Jumbo
09. Façade: No. 8, Black Mrs. Behemoth
10. Façade: No. 9, Tarantella
11. Façade: No. 10, The Man from a Far Countree
12. Façade: No. 11, By the Lake
13. Façade: No. 12, Country Dance
14. Façade: No. 13, Polka
15. Façade: No. 14, Four in the Morning
16. Façade: No. 15, Something Lies Beyond the Scene
17. Façade: No. 16, Valse
18. Façade: No. 17, Yodelling Song
19. Façade: No. 18, Scotch Rhapsody
20. Façade: No. 19, Popular Song
21. Façade: No. 20, Fox-Trot (Old Sir Faulk)
22. Façade: No. 21, Sir Beelzebub
23. Prologue. Fanfare - March - O for a Muse of Fire (From "Henry V") [Arr. E. Watson for Orchestra & Narrator]
24. Slower - Suppose Within the Girdle (From "Henry V") [Arr. E. Watson for Orchestra & Narrator]
25. Brightly (From "Henry V") [Arr. E. Watson for Orchestra] [1]
26. Poco meno - March. Vivo (From "Henry V") [Arr. E. Watson for Orchestra]
27. Interlude at the Boar's Head - Scherzando. Allegretto giocoso - Falstaff, He Is Sick (From "Henry V") [Arr. E. Watson for Orchestra & Narrator]
28. Falstaff Rejection - God Save Thy Grace, King Hal! (From "Henry V") [Arr. E. Watson for Orchestra & Narrator]
29. Touch Her Soft Lips and Art - Slow, Tenderly - Fanfare - Suppose That You Have Seen (From "Henry V") [Arr. E. Watson for Orchestra & Narrator]
30. Harfleur (From "Henry V") [Arr. E. Watson for Orchestra & Narrator]
31. The Night Watch (From "Henry V") [Arr. E. Watson for Orchestra & Narrator]
32. Agincourt (From "Henry V") [Arr. E. Watson for Orchestra & Narrator]
33. Interlude at the French Court (From "Henry V") [Arr. E. Watson for Orchestra & Narrator]
34. Bailero. Lento tranquillo - Alas, She Hath from France (From "Henry V") [Arr. E. Watson for Orchestra & Narrator]
35. Andante pastorale - You Have Witchcraft in Your Lips, Kate (From "Henry V") [Arr. E. Watson for Orchestra & Narrator]
36. Maestoso festoso - March. Vivo (From "Henry V") [Arr. E. Watson for Orchestra]
37. Epilogue (From "Henry V") [Arr. E. Watson for Orchestra & Narrator]
38. Brightly (From "Henry V") [Arr. E. Watson for Orchestra] [2]

Orchestra of the Swan, Bruce O'Neil - Sir William Walton: A Centenary Celebration (2022) [Hi-Res]


SOMM Recordings’ Sir William Walton – A Centenary Celebration marks the 100th anniversary of the first performance of Edith Sitwell’s era-defining “entertainment” Façade, coupled with its composer’s thrilling score for Laurence Olivier’s iconic 1944 film version of Shakespeare’s Henry V, on the 600th anniversary of the medieval warrior-king’s death. Baritone and SOMM artist Roderick Williams pairs with mezzo-soprano Tamsin Dalley for a joyful partnership in Façade, while star of television’s Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Inspector Morse and Lewis, Kevin Whately is the bracing Narrator for Henry V. The Stratford-based Orchestra of The Swan is conducted by the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Head of Music, Bruce O’Neil. First performed in private for a select audience of London’s glitterati in January 1922, Walton adorned Sitwell’s “experiments in sound” Façade with music of originality and vitality to match the absurdist-leaning poetry. Within a generation, the exhilarating distractions of the Jazz Era had given way to the bleak horror of the Second World War. With Britain at its lowest ebb, Laurence Olivier’s morale-boosting 1944 film version of Henry V was enhanced by one of Walton’s finest, most colorful, dramatic and emotion-laden scores. It is thrillingly realized here in Edward Watson’s chamber version for 11 players. Arranging the work for this relatively small ensemble, Watson creates a remarkable sound brimming with cinematic impact that has been much admired for its blending of the concert platform and theatrical stage. SOMM’s previous Walton releases include his widely admired Symphony No.1 and Belshazzar’s Feast with Adrian Boult conducting the LPO (SOMMCD 094), and the pairing of Walton with his lifelong friend Constant Lambert, Façades (SOMMCD 0614), hailed by The Telegraph as “an album that brings the Roaring Twenties to life”, and MusicWeb International as “an absolute gem of a disc in every regard”.




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