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[Anthony] Collins’ recording of Façade is a Gramophone classic. ... [Edith] Sitwell had one of the richest and most characterful speaking voices, and here she recites her early poems to the masterful, witty music of the youthful [William] Walton with glorious relish. Peter Pears is splendid too in the fast poems, rattling off the lines like the grande dame herself, to demonstrate how nearnonsence can be pure poetry.
— Gramophone
Alto ALC-1026
Number of Units: 1 CD
EAN: 894640001264
Alto brings together for the first time three landmark recordings of British composer William Walton: the famous Sitwell/Pears Façade, scenes from Henry V read by Laurence Olivier accompanied by Walton's stirring music for the eponymous film, and Sir Malcolm Sargent's recording of Orb and Sceptre.
| CD 1 | |||
| 1 | Façade | Fanfare | 00:37 |
| 2 | Façade | Hornpipe | 00:59 |
| 3 | Façade | En famille | 00:85 |
| 4 | Façade | Mariner Man | 00:85 |
| 5 | Façade | Long Steel Grass | 00:11 |
| 6 | Façade | Through Gilded Trellises | 00:37 |
| 7 | Façade | Tango - Pasadoble | 00:37 |
| 8 | Façade | Lullably for Jumbo | 00:81 |
| 9 | Façade | Black Mrs. Behemoth | 00:96 |
| 10 | Façade | Tarantella | 00:56 |
| 11 | Façade | A Man From A Far Countree | 00:44 |
| 12 | Façade | By The Lake | 00:78 |
| 13 | Façade | Country Dance | 00:15 |
| 14 | Façade | Polka | 00:44 |
| 15 | Façade | Four In The Morning | 00:85 |
| 16 | Façade | Something Lies Beyond The Scene | 00:96 |
| 17 | Façade | Valse | 00:85 |
| 18 | Façade | Jodelling Song | 00:26 |
| 19 | Façade | Scotch Rhapsody | 00:56 |
| 20 | Façade | Popular Song | 00:67 |
| 21 | Façade | Fox-trot: "Old Sir Faulk" | 00:11 |
| 22 | Façade | Sir Beelzebub | 00:59 |
| 23 | Scenes from Henry V: Act Three Scene 1 | Once More Into The Breach | 00:44 |
| 24 | Scenes from Henry V: Act Four Prologue | Now Enter Conjecture of a Time | 00:26 |
| 25 | Scenes from Henry V: Act Four Scene 1 | Upon the King! Let Us Our Lives, Our Souls….. | 00:22 |
| 26 | Scenes from Henry V: Act Four Scene 3 | This Day is Called the Feast of Crispian | 00:26 |
| 27 | Scenes from Henry V: Act Four Scene 3 | My Duty to You Both With Equal Love | 00:37 |
| 28 | Scenes from Henry V | Epilogue | 00:89 |
| 29 | Orb and Sceptre Coronation March | Orb & Sceptre (Coronation March) | 00:78 |
Produced by Tony Watts
Remastered by Hilton Grove London