专辑简介:
One readilly sees Walton's muisc as a narative,untransplantable growth,but here is a French orchestra relishing his symphonies,admittedly conducted by a Welshman.Hughes is an old hand with British music,and secures persuasive accounts of both the brooding,restlessly driven,neo -Romantic First Symphony and the almost insolently airy,12-tone-guying,but still Romantic(much later) Second. *** --Sunday Times,08/09/10
It may seem a bizzare combination having a Welsh conductor with a french orchestra in this very British music but it works wondefuly well.The French players seem perfectly drilled in the intricate rhythmic complexities of Walton's often jagged writing in these highly enjoyable performances,which also bring out the lyrical warmth of Walton's endlessly memorable melodies,a perfect combination of the jazzy vigour and warm romanticism that lies at the heart of Walton's music. --Gramophone awards issue,2010 曲目列表:
1. Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor: 1. Allegro assai
2. Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor: 2. Presto con malizia
3. Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor: 3. Andante con malinconia
4. Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor: 4. Maestoso - Allegro, brioso ed ardentemente
5. Symphony No. 2: 1. Allegro molto
6. Symphony No. 2: 2. Lento assai
7. Symphony No. 2: 3. Passacaglia 试听: