JAVS Spring 2006

Music Sources: Recordings T here are many recordings of the Walron Vio la Concerto with the 1962 o rchestration. V io lists and violinists have been eager to record this work, includ ing Nobuko Imai, Yuri Bashmet, (Nigel) Kennedy, Yehudi Menuhin, etc. 1 have found only two ava ilable with the original orchestration: W illiam Walton: Vio la Concerto, Frederick Riddle, viola, William W:'llton, conductor. (1937, London Symphony Orchestra; Origi nal orchestration) Pavilion Records, Pearl GEM 0 17 1. William Walton: Viola Concerto, W illian1 Primrose, viola, William Walton, conductor. ( 1946, Philharmonia O rchestra; Origi nal orches n·ation) DoReMi DHR-7722.

Smith, Carolyn] . William Walton: A Bio Bibliography. Greenwood Press, 1988.

An incredibly useful tool for locati ng arch ival sou rces in all collections (current to 1988).

Terris, Lionel. My Viola and l. London: Elek Books Limited, 1974 . A classic "must have" for every vio list. An expand ed version of an ea rlier short autobiography: C inderella No More. London: Peter Neville, 1953. lt is filled with the inimitable flavor of his speech and the passion of a true believer in the beauty of the Viola! Tierney, Neil. William Walton: His Life and Music. London: Robert Hale Limited , 1984. A fi ne, exp ress ive biography, fill ed with detail and color. Walton, Susana. W illiam Walton: Behind the Fa<;ade. London: Oxford University Press, 1988. Lady Walton offers a chatty inside look at t he li fe of her famous husband . Informative and entertaining with frequent borrowings from other texts. Wel lington, C hristopher. "Hidden H armony. " The St rad. 11 2: 1334 (June 200 1): 618-62 1. It is in this article that Mr. Wellington first intro duces his newly edited Oxford edition of the complete works of Walton. William Walton Edition, Volume 12: Concerto for Viola and O rchestra. ed. C hris topher Wel lington. London: Oxford University Press, 2002. Th is is an outstandi ng resource and yet another "must have" for the serious violist. It is thorough ly researched, fully documented and annotated, with an excel lent foreword by editor Christopher Wel lington. I cannot recommend it highly enough .

Music Sources: Repertoire Paul Hindemith, Kammermusik No. 5, op. 36 no. 4 . Sergei Prokofiev, Viol in Concerto No. 1 in D , op. 19.

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