Search - William [composer] Walton, Adrian Leaper, Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra :: William Walton: Symphony No. 1; Scapino; Siesta

"This new issue of Walton?s First Symphony may be on a super-budget label, and the orchestra may not be familiar, but it competes very well with almost any version currently available ? a disc to recommend to seasoned Waltonians and newcomers alike." - Gramophone William Walton (1902-1983), although universally acknowledged as one of England?s finest twentieth-century composers, is controversial in that unlike most other musicians he started out as a radical and gradually became more conservative. This anomaly appears in his Symphony No. 1, the last movement of which was composed long after the first and does not make quite a perfect fit. Nevertheless, the music of each movement is so good that the work is always singled out as one of the finest symphonies by a modern composer. It secured Walton?s international fame. Rounding out this album are two shorter Walton orchestral works, the gay Scapino overture and the less familiar Siesta for small orchestra.