Concertos, Walton (composer)

Little's way with the virtuoso passages is a notch less headlong than [on her earlier recording], allowing the ear to savour her phenomenal accuracy, yet with no loss of fire...Gardner and the... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This mesmerising meditation couldn't be in better hands — BBC Music Magazine, March 2016 More…

If a new Walton release can finally put paid to the notion that his music somehow 'went off' after his move to the Italian island of Ischia in 1956, then this must be it. And the performances... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Ehnes, long established as one of the world’s leading violinists, doesn’t offer the same hefty, almost cello-like weight of tone on the viola as some of his specialist colleagues. Then again,... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It's an inspired coupling, as well as a generous one, to have these three high-romantic concertos together. James Ehnes gives superb performances, bringing out their full emotional thrust without... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

…Lawrence Power's… playing is stunningly precise, crisply articulated and beautifully projected, with no hint of the little scrambles and occasionally pinched tone that beset even quite famous... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Anthony Marwood’s un-flashy individualism seems to be operating at an opposite pole to the Heifetz way, and generates memorable results of its own. While Marwood has all the virtuosity that... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Liya Petrova’s new recording of Walton’s Violin Concerto grips you from the outset. Her phrasing of the opening material ideally combines singing tone with subtle inflections of pulse and dynamic,... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Kennedy is in his element, while Previn captures the lushness of the colourful score. — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008 More…