Salvatore Accardo – Alto CD https://altocd.com Classical Music and Nostalgia CDs Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:46:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Elgar: Violin Concerto; Piano Concerto; Polonia Crown of India; Civic Fanfare https://altocd.com/product/elgar-violin-concerto-piano-concerto-polonia-crown-of-india-civic-fanfare/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:45:56 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=52379 Salvatore Accardo
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox
Munich Symphony Orchestra
Douglas Bostock

 

Catalogue Number: ALC 1423
Number of Discs: 1
Date/Runtime: Time: 78:27, DDD; 1991 / 2000
Barcode: 5055354419744

]]> “(Concerto): Hickox unfurls the opening tutti richly, nobley, purposefully … no lack of brilliance, the fireworks are dashingly, tastefully despatched … sudden flashes of Paganinian dazzle”
(others): “The slow movement of the Piano Concerto … with a sympathetic performance from Margaret Fingerhut. Douglas Bostock is persuasive with his Elgarian rubato, which is what matters most.” (Gramophone)
“Polonia is to my mind, one of the finest works Elgar wrote … The nail-biting martial music mixes with spine-tingling Polish themes to reach a gloriously romantic and bombastic conclusion … a splendid reading by Bostock. The disc receives one of Classico’s best recordings to date with painstaking preparation in evidence throughout as his Munich players play with true commitment and dedication” (MusicWeb)

Violin Concerto in B minor, Op.61 (1910) [46:47]
[1] I. Allegro 16:53
[2] II. Andante 11:36
[3] III. Allegro molto 18:17
[4] Piano Concerto, Op.90 (slow mvt) (transcr. P.Young 1956) 6:06
(Margaret Fingerhut, piano)
[5] Polonia, Op.76 (Symphonic Prelude) 1915 12:47
The Crown of India Op.66 (exc) 1912:
[6] March 4:26
[7] Hail Immemorial Ind ! 6:33
(Mette Christina Ostergaard, mezzo)
[8] Civic Fanfare (Hereford, Three Choirs Festival, 1927) 1:22
]]> Walton: Symphony No. 1 / Violin Concerto https://altocd.com/product/walton-symphony-no-1-violin-concerto/ https://altocd.com/product/walton-symphony-no-1-violin-concerto/#respond Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:37:19 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51024 Walton: Symphony No. 1 / Violin Concerto Louis Frémaux / Philharmonia Orchestra / Salvatore Accardo / Richard Hickox / London Symphony Orchestra Catalog Number: ALC 1130 Number of Discs: 1]]> “Hickox and Accardo take their time most satisfyingly in the dreamy ostinato in the middle movement making the zest and flitter of the presto sections all the more effective. In the finale seductive tenderness meets rapturous grandeur.”
– Rob Barnett, Musicweb International

Alto is pleased to return to the international catalogue two outstanding recordings of music by Sir Wqilliam Walton originally issued on the Collins Classics label.

Sir William Walton

Symphony No.1 in b-flat minor

  • I. Allegro assai 14:22
  • II. Scherzo: Presto con malizia 6:11
  • III. Andante con malinconia 10:31
  • IV. Maestoso – Allegro, brioso ed ardentemente – Vivacissimo – Maestoso 13:09

Violin Concerto in b minor

  • I. Andante tranquillo 11:14
  • II. Presto capriccioso alla napolitana 6:53
  • III. Finale: Vivace 12:39
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