William Walton

British composer and conductor, United Kingdom, 1902 to 1983

Albums

Year Title Average Ratings
1947 Henry V: Scenes from the film
1960 Walton: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Lalo: Symphonie espagnole
1963 Twentieth Century Church Music
1965 Violin Concertos
1967 Symphony no. 1 (1935)
1972 Belshazzar’s Feast / Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin Britten
1973 Walton: Violin Concerto / Stravinsky: Violin Concerto
1974 Walton: Symphony no. 2 / Portsmouth Point & Scapino Overtures / Lambert: The Rio Grande
1983 Music for Organ and Brass Band
1984 Symphony no. 1 in B‐flat minor
1985 Elgar: Cello Concerto, op. 85 / Walton: Cello Concerto
1985 Violin Concertos
151 more releases
1985 William Walton: Façade - An Instrumental Suite In The Original Scoring
1986 Belshazzar's Feast / Suite From Henry V
1986 Cello Concertos
1987 Make We Joy: Christmas Music by Holst and Walton
1987 Viola Concerto / Violin Concerto
1987 Symphony no. 1 / Orb & Sceptre / Crown Imperial
1987 Bridge: Cello Sonata / Delius: Cello Sonata / Bax: Rhapsodic Ballad / Walton: Passacaglia
1988 Walton: Symphony no. 1 / Vaughan Williams: The Wasps Overture
1988 Symphony no. 1 / Portsmouth Point Overture
1989 Symphony no. 1 / Symphony no. 2
1989 Symphony no. 1 / Variations on a Theme by Hindemith
1989 Walton: Cello Concerto / Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no. 1
1989 Belshazzar's Feast / Chichester Psalms / Missa Brevis
1989 Walton: Façade / Stravinsky: Renard
1989 William Walton: Sinfonia Concertante / John Ireland: Piano Concerto / Frank Bridge: Phantasm for Piano and Orchestra
1989 Belshazzar's Feast / Coronation Te Deum / Gloria
1990 Symphony no. 2 / Suite "Troilus & Cressida"
1990 Façade 1 & 2
1990 'Spitfire' Prelude and Fugue / Crown Imperial / Orb and Sceptre etc.
1990 Film Music, Volume 2: Battle of Britain Suite / A Wartime Sketchbook / "Spitfire" Prelude and Fugue / Escape Me Never / The Three Sisters
1990 Film Music, Vol. 1: Hamlet / As You Like It
1990 Henry V
1990 Façade
1990 The Quest (complete ballet) / The Wise Virgins (ballet suite)
1991 In Honour of the City of London / Fanfares and Marches / Jubilate Deo / Antiphon / 4 Christmas Carols / Where Does the Uttered Music Go?
1991 Cello Concerto / Partita / Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin Britten / Passacaglia for solo cello
1991 Film Music, Vol. 4: Richard III / Macbeth / Major Barbara
1991 Piano Quartet / Sonata for Violin and Piano
1991 Symphony No. 1 / Varii Capricci
1992 Orchestral Favourites, Volume II: Respighi's "Ancient Airs and Dances Suite no. 3"
1992 Violin Sonatas
1992 Kreutzer Sonata for Strings / Adagio for Strings / Sonata for Strings
1992 Belshazzar's Feast / Coronation Te Deum / Cello Concerto
1992 Symphony no. 1 / Cello Concerto
1993 Elgar: String Quartet / Bridge: Three Idylls / Walton: String Quartet
1993 Choral Works
1993 Walton: String Quartet / Bridge: String Quartet no. 3
1993 Façade
1993 Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasia para un gentihombre / Five Bagatelles for Guitar and Orchestra
1993 Symphonies 1 & 2
1994 Prokofiev: String Quartet no. 2 / Hindemith: String Quartet no. 3 / Walton: String Quartet
1994 Ballets
1994 The World of British Classics VIII: Belshazzar's Feast / Violin Concerto / Te Deum
1995 Walton: Crown Imperial / Grainger: Molly on the Shore / Smetana: Vlatava / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances / Arnold: Concerto for Harmonica
1995 Belshazzar's Feast / Crown Imperial / Henry V Suite
1995 Symphony No. 2 / Violin Concerto / Scapino
1995 Cello Concerto / Symphony no. 1
1995 Walton: Orb & Sceptre / Coronation March / Arnold: Four Cornish Dances / Farnon: Westminster Waltz / Coates: Dam Busters March / Farnon: Colditz March
1995 Troilus and Cressida
1995 BBC Music, Volume 4, Number 3: Sibelius: Symphony no. 2 / Walton: Symphony no. 2
1996 Britten: Spring Symphony, op. 44 / Walton: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in A minor
1996 Symphony no. 1 / Variations on a Theme by Hindemith
1996 Belshazzar's Feast / The Wise Virgins / Siesta
1996 Scenes From Shakespeare
1996 Symphony no. 2 / Viola Concerto / Johannesburg Festival Overture
1997 English Guitar Music
1997 Viola Concertos
1997 Symphony No. 1 / Partita
1997 Barber: Violin Concerto / Walton: Violin Concerto / Bloch: Baal Shem
1997 Elgar, Walton: Cello Concertos / Delius: Caprice & Elegy
1997 The English Song Series, Volume 2: A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table
1997 Britten: Cello Symphony / Walton: Cello Concerto
1998 Bruch: Double Concerto / Walton: Viola Concerto
1998 Belshazzar's Feast / Symphony no. 1
1998 Henry V
1999 Violin Concerto / Sonata for Violin & Orchestra / Two Pieces for Violin & Orchestra
1999 Hamlet / As You Like It
1999 Sweet Is the Guitar
1999 Spitfire Prelude and Fugue / Sinfonia Concertante / Hindemith Variations
1999 Elgar: In the South / Walton: Partita / Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Sinfonia da Requiem
1999 BBC Music, Volume 7, Number 11: Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast / Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
1999 Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto
2000 Violin Concerto / Viola Concerto / Partita for Orchestra
2000 Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending / Walton: Facade (Excerpts)
2000 Piano Quartet / String Quartet
2000 Guitar Recital
2001 The Passionate Englishman
2001 English Guitar Concertos
2002 Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 ‧ Siesta
2002 The Quest (Complete Ballet) / The Wise Virgins (Suite from the Ballet)
2002 The Twelve / Coronation Te Deum / Missa Brevis / Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis
2002 Coronation Te Deum and other choral music
2002 The English Song Series, Volume 1: Anon in Love / Façade Settings / A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table
2003 Violin Concertos
2003 Walton Conducts Walton: The 1964 New Zealand Tour
2003 Britten: Violin Concerto / Walton: Viola Concerto
2004 Belshazzar's Feast / Crown Imperial
2005 Christopher Columbus & Hamlet and Ophelia
2006 Violin Concertos
2006 Beethoven: String Quartet, op. 135 / Walton: Sonata for Strings
2006 Cello Concertos
2007 BBC Legends: Silvestri: Walton: Partita / Debussy: La Mer / Rachmaninov: Symphony no. 2 / Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks Suite / Beethoven: Symphony no. 8 / Delius: Paris / Strauss: Don Juan
2007 Elgar: Piano Quintet / Walton: Piano Quartet
2007 Belshazzar's Feast
2007 Walton: Viola Concerto / Rubbra: Viola Concerto / Meditations on a Byzantine Hymn
2007 O Clap Your Hands
2008 BBC Music, Volume 16, Number 12: Great Proms Premieres
2010 Walton: Concerto for Violin / Vieuxtemps: Concerto no. 5
2010 Walton: Facade / Siesta / Scapino / Portsmouth Point / Orb and Sceptre / Bax: Coronation March 1953 / Bliss: Welcome the Queen
2010 The Symphonies
2011 String Quartets
2011 Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast / Coronation Te Deum / Parry: I Was Glad / Jerusalem
2011 BBC Music, Volume 20, Number 3: In dulci jubilo: Beautiful Christmas choral music by Walton, Poulenc, Howells and more...
2012 Troilus and Cressida
2013 Piano Quartets
2013 British Violin Sonatas, Volume One
2013 Nocturnal
2014 Cello Concertos / Four Sea Interludes
2014 Works for Violin and Piano
2014 Symphony no. 1 / Violin Concerto
2014 Canticles from St Paul’s Cathedral, London
2014 Cello Concertos
2015 Symphony no. 2 / Cello Concerto / Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin Britten
2016 Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending / Oboe Concerto / Delius: 2 Pieces for Small Orchestra / Intermezzo / Walton: 2 Pieces for Strings from "Henry V"
2016 Cello Concertos
2017 The Argo Organ Recordings: Simon Preston at Westminster Abbey
2017 William Walton / Max Bruch / Arvo Pärt
2017 Façade / Mamzelle Angot
2017 Violin Concerto / Variations on Theme by Hindemith / Partita for Orchestra / Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
2017 Walton / Sinding
2017 Symphonies 1 & 2
2018 Motherland
2018 Viola Concerto / Partita for Orchestra / Sonata for String Orchestra
2018 Prokofiev: Violin Concerto no. 1 / Walton: Viola Concerto / Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
2020 Piano Quartet / Violin Sonata / Toccata
2021 The British Project - Walton: Troilus & Cressida
2021 English Guitar Music Of The 20th Century
2021 The British Project: Elgar / Britten / Walton / Vaughan Williams
2021 British Solo Cello Music
2022 William Walton: A Centenary Celebration
2022 BBC Music, Volume 30, Number 13: Symphony no. 2 / Spitfire Prelude & Fugue
2022 The Complete Façades
2023 Momentum 1
2023 Walton: Cello Concerto (arranged for viola) / Molinelli: Viola Concerto 'Lady Walton’s Garden'
2024 Bridge: Oration / Frances Hoad: Earth, Sea, Air / Walton: Cello Concerto
2024 Façade: An Entertainment
2024 Walton / Martinů
2024 Cello Concertos
2025 Violin Concerto / Symphonic Suite from 'Troilus and Cressida' / Portsmouth Point
2025 BBC Music, Volume 33, Number 8: Spring Symphony
2025 Orchestral Anthems
2025 Tippett: Piano Concerto / Britten: Diversions / Walton: Sinfonia concertante
2025 Cello Concerto / Symphony no. 1 / Scapino
2026 Centenary of HM Queen Elizabeth II: 100 songs for 100 years
Belshazzar's Feast / In Honour of the City of London
Piano Quartet / Violin Sonata / Five Bagatelles
Gloria / Te Deum / Façade Suites / Crown Imperial / Orb and Sceptre
Henry V / Hamlet / Richard II / Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
Elgar: String Quartet in E minor, Op. 83 / Walton: String Quartet in A minor
Belshazzar’s Feast / Partita / Henry V: Two Pieces
British Band Classics: Works by Walton, Holst and Jacob

Live

Year Title Average Ratings
1990 Ashkenazy in Moscow 2: The English Works
1994 BBC Music, Volume 2, Number 11: Live From The Proms: Walton: Symphony no. 1 / Takemitsu: From Me Flows What You Call Time
1995 BBC Music, Volume 3, Number 11: Stravinsky: Rite of Spring / Britten: Four Sea Interludes
2002 Cello Concerto / Coronation Te Deum / The Twelve / Variations on a Theme by Hindemith / Excerpts from Façade Suites
2002 Belshazzar's Feast / Symphony no. 1
2006 Symphony no. 1

Soundtracks

Year Title Average Ratings
1999 Battle of Britain