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Schumann and Dvorak Cello Concertos: Jamie Walton Vladimir Ashkenazy

Schumann Cello Concerto in A minor, op 129

Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor, op 104; Silent Woods, op 68

Jamie Walton
Philharmonic

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A Classic FM CD of the Week (David Mellor)

“Jamie Walton has been producing indispensable discs…with perceptive, persuasive interpretative sensibility. Walton’s interpretation of Silent Woods is sublime, its songful rapture sustained in a seamless stream of subtly inflected melody…The two concertos on either side confirm Walton as an artist with secure intuition in terms of style and with a manner of performing that speaks with natural fluency, eloquence and strength of purpose…There is the sense that Walton, while consistently true to the composer’s own voice, has a fresh, personal and thoroughly captivating way of expressing it.” Geoffrey Norris - Telegraph CD of the Week (March 2013)

“Jamie Walton and Vladimir Ashkenazy are as one. Their tempos are completely convincing and the work unfolds with a seamless flow of creativity that envelops the attentive listener. Walton himself demonstrably adores this work…What has impressed me so much with regard to this account of the Dvořák is the oneness of conception between soloist and conductor; they are fully integrated, so we hear the work as a totality…the result is a truly symphonic utterance, the tempos perfectly judged and everything placed at the service of the composer; here is music-making of rare quality.” Robert Matthew-Walker - International Record Review (March 2013)

Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor

Britten Cello Sonata in C major

Prokofiev Cello Sonata in C major

Jamie Walton
Daniel Grimwood

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Order code: SIGCD274
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Jamie Walton is a conviction cellist, playing the music he feels is most timely rather than what the industry demands…the Shostakovich sonatas is among the most affecting performances I have heard since Rostropovich died. Norman Lebrecht, 4****

Chopin Cello Sonata
Introduction & Polonaise

Saint-Saëns
Cello Sonata No.2

Jamie Walton
Daniel Grimwood

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Order code: SIGCD252
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David Mellor’s Connoisseurs Choice (Classic FM)

“Jamie Walton’s mature cello timbre and perceptiveness in matters of interpretation are winningly applied to this coupling of two 19th-century sonatas. His musical partnership with Daniel Grimwood brings special immediacy and finesse to these performances, in which Saint-Saëns’s Second Sonata asserts both lyrical sweep and dramatic tension, the more familiar Chopin Sonata sounding fresh, supple of phrasing and subtle in expressive nuance. Finely honed stylistic judgment here goes hand in hand with re-creative panache.” Telegraph 5*****, June 2011

Walton Cello Concerto
Shostakovich Cello Concerto No.1

Jamie Walton
Philharmonia Orchestra
Alexander Briger - conductor

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Order code: SIGCD220
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“Among its recent recordings, I certainly can’t think of a better one than this… Piatigorsky is essential in any Walton collection, but this new disc has earned a place there too.” Gramophone Magazine 2011

Sonatas
Brahms/Strauss/Thuille

Jamie Walton
Daniel Grimwood

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“A performance like this one is so good that it has you, for a moment, suspending disbelief” International Record Review

Rachmaninov Cello Sonata
Grieg Cello Sonata

Jamie Walton
Daniel Grimwood

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“This performance stands comparison with the very best.” BBC Music Magazine *****

Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 2
Britten Cello Symphony

Jamie Walton
Philharmonia Orchestra
Alexander Briger - conductor

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“This new version, I am convinced—after studying it in detail over several weeks—is, overall, the finest yet put on record.” International Record Review