British cellist Steven Isserlis seeks joy and beauty in everything he plays. His choice of William Walton’s Cello Concerto for this week’s National Symphony Orchestra concerts has all the elements ...
It was only a matter of time before Jamie Walton recorded the Cello Concerto by his namesake, Sir William. To do so earlier might have smacked of opportunism, but he is already known as a musician of ...
Back in 2004, when he was visiting this country, Steven Isserlis told me categorically that Elgar and Walton had written two of the finest cello concertos of the 20th century. How pleasing it is to ...
Michael Berkeley's guest is actress Dame Joan Plowright. Her choices include Nimrod from Elgar's Enigma Variations, Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and Walton's Cello Concerto. Show more As BBC Radio ...
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Colin Matthews: No Man's Land, Crossing the Alps, Aftertones Hallé Orchestra, Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir/Nicholas Collon and Richard Wilberforce, with Ian Bostridge (tenor) and Roderick Williams ...