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Sir William WALTON Spitfire Prelude and
Fugue (The First of the Few) etc
 Peter Donohoe (piano)
English Northern Orchestra conducted by Paul Daniel
NAXOS 8.553869
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This new recording follows quickly upon the heels of the Naxos recording of Walton's Hamlet and As You Like It scores that was reviewed on this site in April. This is a splendid and thrilling account of the 'Spitfire Prelude and Fugue' which was used in the film The First of the Few. Daniel's reading has plenty of attack and he adopts a faster tempo than most competing conductors. The sound is up to the best from Naxos. It has to be admitted that film music makes up only a fraction of this enterprisingdisc but lovers of Walton's music will be rewarded by first class renditions of the Sinfonia Concertante with its powerful, astringent figures and its syncopations and the colourful Hindemith Variations. Adventurous students of film music may also be seduced into wanting to discover more Walton. Reviewer Ian Lace
Note: A fuller review of this release will appear on Classical Music on the Web later this month |
Reviewer Ian Lace
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