Two Pieces for strings from Henry V (Walton)
from Walton & Barber: Violin Concertos (SIGCD238)
1 Passacaglia: Death of Falstaff [3'08]
2 Touch her soft lips and part [1'28]
4 minutes 36 seconds 2 tracks
'Thomas Bowes, best known as an orchestral leader and founder member of the Maggini Quartet, shows his mettle as a formidable virtuoso in these deeply felt readings of two violin concertos that share ...
'The violin concertos by William Walton and Samuel Barber are almost exactly contemporary – the Walton received its first performance in 1939, two years before the Barber—and they share not only a fun ...