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Ash Walker
Aquamarine [ Night Time Stories / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] A heavyweight astral shower of rhythm and vibes, Ash Walker's third album 'Aquamarine' is set for release on 12th July via Night Time Stories. Ash's production output is similarly exploratory: his journeys have taken him far and wide, from tunnels... |
BOWEN / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / L. BERKELEY / BAX / FERGUSON
Shadow Dances: British Works for Flute and Piano Adam Walker (flute) Huw Watkins (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 5/May/2023 ] For his second album for Chandos, the flute virtuoso Adam Walker explores the music of British composers with pianist Huw Watkins. Vaughan Williams's Suite de ballet was commissioned by the French flute virtuoso Louis Fleury (who had given the... |
SAINT-SAENS / WIDOR / DURUFLE / FRANCK / BARRERE
French Works For Flute Adam Walker (flute), James Baillieu (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Apr/2021 ] "Walker's clear, cool, bright tone, effortless technique and finely nuanced expressiveness will win you over whether or not you naturally gravitate towards solo flute." - Gramophone, May 2021 |
HENRI DUTILLEUX
Dutilleux: Le Loup / Sonatine / Sonate / Sarabande et Cortège Adam Walker (flute) Juliana Koch (oboe) Jonathan Davies (bassoon) / Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jul/2021 ] "Wilson seizes on the opportunities to bring out the vivid colours of Dutilleux's score, with the brass blazing superbly and every rhythm alive with meaning. No less striking is the music's lyricism, phrased by Wilson with great tenderness." BBC |
KENNETH FUCHS
Fuchs: Orchestral Works, Vol.1 Adam Walker (flute) / Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chando SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Jul/2023 ] The Grammy-Award-winning Kenneth Fuchs (born 1956) is without doubt one of American music's leading orchestral composers. His orchestral output has grown and developed to encompass a wide range of genres, from overtures and tone poems to suites and... |
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FREDERICK DELIUS
The Delius Collection [7 CDs] Anthony Rolf Johnson, Felicity Lott, Sarah Walker, Thomas Allen, Julian Lloyd Webber, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Heritage / 7 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2012 ] "The present set, sumptuous in quantity and quality, is quite a coup for Heritage. The price is right and the content is classic...Classic Delius overwhelmingly in fruity early digital sound." (MusicWeb) |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Late Works Berit Norbakken (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo-soprano), Guy Cutting (tenor), Thomas Walker (tenor), Cappella Amsterdam [ Pentatone / CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] Cappella Amsterdam, its celebrated chief conductor Daniel Reuss, and the Noord Nederlands Orkest present a recording of Igor Stravinsky's late works, showcasing the composer's remarkable transformation. Embracing the twelve-tone technique in his... |
Dame Janet Baker, Christopher Booth-Jones, Sarah Walker, English National Opera
Handel - Julius Caesar (Scenes from the opera in English) [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 4/Oct/2002 ] Dame Janet Baker's famous interpretation |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Madrigals of Love and Loss James Gilchrist (tenor) Katherine Watson (soprano) & Anna Dennis (soprano) Thomas Walker (tenor) / Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] 'These are not easy pieces, but the opening ballet swings along with panache, and there is some excellent tenor solo singing in the first section … the two sopranos in the duet Ohimè, dov'è il mio ben show poise and taste' (BBC Music Magazine) |
PIERRE-CHARLES SANCAN
Sancan: A Musical Tribute Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Adam Walker (Flute) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 5/May/2023 ] "This tribute led by one of his many distinguished pupils, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, and Yan Pascal Tortelier, who fell under Sancan's influence at the Paris Conservatoire, is as authentic as it is valuable and rewarding." Gramophone Editor's Choice Aug |
WILLIAM MATHIAS
Mathias: Choral Music St John's Voices, The Gentlemen of St John's, Graham Walker [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2020 ] "The whole programme is thoughtfully chosen, superbly executed, beautifully recorded - and, best of all, hugely enjoyable." Choir & Organ |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 "Ode an die Freiheit" (LP) June Anderson, Sarah Walker, Klaus Konig, Jan-Hendrik Bootering / Various orchestras, Leonard Bernstein [ Deutsche Grammophon LP / 2 LP - released 27/Sep/2019 ] Bernstein's legendary Beethoven performance "Ode to Freedom" (Symphony No. 9) with a special orchestra formed by members from both German States and the four Occupation Powers, celebrating the fall of Berlin Wall. |
ROSS HARRIS
Harris: Symphony No. 4, "To the memory of Mahinārangi Tocker" / Cello Concerto Li-wei Qin (cello) / Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Brett Dean, Garry Walker [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2014 ] "There is no question that the Auckland Philharmonic are superbly in control as is Brett Dean, himself a violist and composer and just forging an extra career as a conductor. The recording is vivid and allows the music space although the quiet passag |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Tribute to David Oistrakh Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / Nicholas Walker (piano) / Marina Gusak-Grin (piano) / Clifford Benson (piano) / Julian Milford (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Oct/2010 ] David Oistrakh, one of the most famous violin virtuosos of the last century, made many recordings and was the dedicatee of numerous works for violin. Among the many violin virtuosi of the younger generation whom he inspired is Lydia Mordkovitch, one... |
KABALESKY / VOLKONSKY / KHANDOSHKIN / PROKOFIEV / STRAVINSKY
Russian works for violin and piano Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) with Julian Milford & Nicholas Walker (pianos) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 30/Jun/2009 ] Lydia Mordkovitch performs a personal selection of violin and viola works, chosen for their idiom which combines brilliant violin technique and strong expressivity and the theme of Russia. This album has been generously supported by the Royal Academy... |
IGOR MARKEVITCH
Orchestral Works Vol. 1: Partita / Le paradis perdu Martijn van den Hoek (piano) Lucy Shelton (soprano) Sarah Walker (mezzo) / Netherlands Concert Choir / Arnhem Philharmonic / Christopher Lyndon-Gee [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] This first volume of the Naxos Igor Markevitch Complete Orchestral Works Edition, to be followed by the seven volumes previously released on Marco Polo, brings together two relatively early compositions of astonishing technical and æsthetic... |
BUXTEHUDE / CORNET / LEBEGUE / DE GRIGNY / etc
Great European Organs Vol. 86: Walker-Downes organ of the London Oratory Matthew Martin (plays the 1954 Walker-Downes organ of the London Oratory) [ Priory / CD - released 20/Jun/2016 ] Matthew Martin plays the 1954 Walker-Downes organ of the London Oratory |
HAVERGAL BRIAN
Symphonies Nos 22 - 24 New Russia State Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Walker [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] "The New Russia State Symphony Orchestra under Alexander Walker evidently understand the turbulence of the writing. They play with an excellent vitality and strong character in which the climaxes are thrust home decisively." (MusicWeb Aug 2013) |
HAVERGAL BRIAN
Brian: Symphonies Nos 6, 28, 29 & 31 New Russia State Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Walker [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2015 ] "There's excellent sound quality with the disc being especially well balanced and with good clarity. This Naxos release is a prime recommendation, de rigueur for all Brian admirers and lovers of British music alike." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
On the Town (Original Cast Recording 1940-1956) Betty Comden, John Frank, Adolph Green, Nancy Walker, Leonard Bernstein & others [ Naxos Musicals / CD - released 5/Apr/2010 ] "We'll catch up some other time," sing the lovers in the touching finale to On the Town, but the irony is that this show, perhaps more than any other in musical comedy history couldn't have happened at any other time than exactly when it did. Not... |
