Walton: Façade; Lambert: Rio Grande; Bliss: Things to Come; Warlock: The Curlew; etc.

William [composer] Walton (Composer), Constant Lambert (Composer), Arthur Bliss (Composer), Peter Warlock (Composer), Lord Berners (Composer), William Walton (Conductor), Constant Lambert (Conductor, Performer), Arthur Bliss (Conductor), Leslie Woodgate (Conductor), John Ansell (Conductor), Muir Mathieson (Conductor), St. Michaelis-Chor (Performer), International String Quartet (Performer), Hallé (Orchestra), London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Hamilton Harty (Performer), John Armstrong (Performer), Peter Pears (Performer), Edith Sitwell (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Constant Lambert, St. Michaelis-Chor, International String Quartet, Hamilton Harty, John Armstrong, et al.
• Orchestra: Hallé, London Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: William Walton, Constant Lambert, Arthur Bliss, Leslie Woodgate, John Ansell, et al.
• Composer: William [composer] Walton, Constant Lambert, Arthur Bliss, Peter Warlock, Lord Berners
• Audio CD (September 16, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Symposium
• ASIN: B000001XX0
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #589,421 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Facade: Black Mrs. Behemoth

2. Facade: Jodelling Song

3. Facade: Scothch Rhapsody

4. Facade: Polka

5. Facade: Fox-Trot

6. Facade: Tango

7. Facade: Long Steel Grass

8. Facade: A Man From A Far Countree

9. Facade: Tarantella

10. Facade: Valse

11. Facade: Popular Song

12. The Rio Grande

13. Things To Come - Incidental Music To H.G. Wells' Film: Ballet For Children

14. Things To Come - Incidental Music To H.G. Wells' Film: Melodrama: Pestilence

15. Things To Come - Incidental Music To H.G. Wells' Film: Melodrama: Attack

16. Things To Come - Incidental Music To H.G. Wells' Film: The World In Ruins

17. Things To Come - Incidental Music To H.G. Wells' Film: March

18. Things To Come - Incidental Music To H.G. Wells' Film: Epilogue

19. The Curlew: He Reproves The Curlew

20. The Curlew: The Lover Mourns For The Loss Of Love

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Walton, Lambert, etc, June 9, 2005

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J. Gordon Holt - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Walton: Façade; Lambert: Rio Grande; Bliss: Things to Come; Warlock: The Curlew; etc. (Audio CD)

Most of these are superb performances, but the recordings are from 1930s-vintage 78-rpm discs. The sound ranges from nasty to startlingly good, considering, and of course, they're all in MONO. As in, NO STEREO. (It could be worse; they could be in faked stereo.) If you can forgive the primitive audio, this is an enjoyable recording. "Facade" is spectacularly weird; a gas!