Composer: William Turner Walton
Performer: Krystal Tunnicliffe, Siân Dicker, Saki Kato
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Delphian
Catalogue: DCD34328
Release: 2024
Size: 908 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table
01. I. The Lord Mayor’s Table
02. II. Glide Gently
03. III. Wapping Old Stairs
04. IV. Holy Thursday
05. V. The Contrast
06. VI. Rhyme
Anon in Love
07. I. Fain Would I Change That Note
08. II. O Stay, Sweet Love
09. III. Lady, When I Behold the Roses
10. IV. My Love in her Attire
11. V. I Gave Her Cakes and I Gave Her Ale
12. VI. To Couple is a Custom
Four Early Songs
13. I. Child’s Song
14. II. Song
15. III. A Lyke-Wake Song
16. IV. The Winds
17. Tritons
18. Under the Greenwood Tree
19. Christopher Columbus: Beatriz’ Song (Arranged for Voice and Piano by Christopher Palmer)
Three ‘Façade’ Settings
20. I. Daphne
21. II. Through Gilded Trelises
22. III. Old Sir Faulk
‘These Walton songs are really terrific,’ wrote the great accompanist Gerald Moore; ‘everything WW does is impressive – why the devil doesn’t he write more songs?’ From early experiments, via Edith Sitwell settings that build on the success of Facade, to music for the silver screen and two well-loved cycles heard here in their original intimate versions with piano and guitar, the complete collection fits on a single album. But what an album! Four decades after Walton’s death, three imaginative young artists bring fresh voices to the feast, revelling with infectious enjoyment in the composer’s endlessly beguiling inventiveness and sparkling wit.