Katalógové číslo:
8.574378
Interpreti:
Fred Child, Hila Plitmann, JoAnn Falletta, Kevin Deas, Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Orchestra
Dátum vydania: 9. 9. 2022
Façade 1
1. Fanfare
2. I. Hornpipe
3. II. En Famille
4. III. Mariner Man
5. IV. Long Steel Grass
6. V. Through Gilded Trellises
7. VI. Tango-Pasodoblé
8. VII. Lullaby for Jumbo
9. VIII. Black Mrs. Behemoth
10. IX. Tarantella
11. X. The Man from a Far Countree
12. XI. By the Lake
13. XII. Country Dance
14. XIII. Polka
15. XIV. Four in the Morning
16. XV. Something Lies Beyond the Scene
17. XVI. Valse
18. XVII. Jodelling Song
19. XVIII. Scotch Rhapsody
20. XIX. Popular Song
21. XX. Fox-Trot, "Old Sir Faulk"
22. XXI. Sir Beelzebub
Façade 2
23. I. Flourish - Came the Great Popinjay
24. II. Aubade
25. III. March
26. IV. Madame Mouse Trots
27. V. The Octogenarian
28. VI. Gardener Janus Catches a Naiad
29. VII. Water Party
30. VIII. Said King Pompey
Façade: Additional Numbers (1922, 1977)
31. I. Small Talk
32. II. Daphne
33. III. The White Owl
34. IV. The Last Galop
Edith Sitwell’s invitation to William Walton to collaborate on an innovative, revolutionary new work came at a critical moment in the young composer’s career, and Façade proved to be his first great success. The peerless combination of a peculiarly English dry wit, genuine pathos and superlative technical skill remains an extraordinary achievement. Sitwell’s verses conjure a satirical and poignant world of bourgeois late-Victorian England, while Walton’s settings unfailingly enhance and enrich the texts in a work in which words and music are unquestionably of equal importance. This release includes the first recording of Small Talk (1922) and three numbers first performed in 1977 but subsequently rejected by the composer.