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Glazunov, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky
Sergei Prokofiev, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Jamie Walton and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Glazunov, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky

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Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212040720
Catnr: SIGCD 407
Release date: 03 July 2015
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Signum Classics
UPC
0635212040720
Catalogue number
SIGCD 407
Release date
03 July 2015
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About the album

Star British cellist Jamie Walton returns to Signum with a program of Russian repertoire by Glazunov, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky. Joined by the Royal Philharmonic under Okko Kamu, the disc includes the original version of Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme. “This is probably the best performance of the Elgar Cello Concerto that I have heard. [Jamie] Walton cannot be beaten. I shall treasure this recording – literally: I shall hoard it against a musically rainy day.” (The Elgar Society Journal – Signum: Elgar & Myaskovsky (SIGCD116))

Stercellist Jamie Walton voert 19e- en 20e-eeuwse Russische muziek uit op expressieve en virtuoze wijze
De buitengewone Britse stercellist Jamie Walton, die bekend staat om zijn vlekkeloze lyriek en glorieuze toon, keert terug met een Russisch programma bestaande uit meesterwerken van Glazunov, Prokofiev en Tchaikovsky. Op dit album wordt Walton vergezeld door het Royal Philharmonic Orchestra onder leiding van Okko Kamu. Gezamenlijk voeren zij onder andere de originele versie van Tchaikovsky's Variation on a Rococo Theme uit.


Artist(s)

Jamie Walton (cello)

Jamie Walton was born in Germany before moving back to the UK at an early age. Noted for his rich, powerful sound with purity of tone and emotionally engaging performances he was one of the great William Pleeth’s last students who said of him: “He is a cellist of outstanding performance ability. Combining warmth of tone with a technical command that reaches dazzling proportions, he leaves little doubt as to the success that lies ahead of him - he is a musician of great integrity whose performance give great pleasure” and has already been compared by some reviewers to great cellists of past times with his distinctive sound and clean interpretations marking him out as a true individualist. Jamie plays...
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Jamie Walton was born in Germany before moving back to the UK at an early age. Noted for his rich, powerful sound with purity of tone and emotionally engaging performances he was one of the great William Pleeth’s last students who said of him: “He is a cellist of outstanding performance ability. Combining warmth of tone with a technical command that reaches dazzling proportions, he leaves little doubt as to the success that lies ahead of him - he is a musician of great integrity whose performance give great pleasure” and has already been compared by some reviewers to great cellists of past times with his distinctive sound and clean interpretations marking him out as a true individualist. Jamie plays on a Guarneri instrument dated 1712.
In the UK Jamie Walton has performed concertos with London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic and Philharmonia Orchestras. He gave his BBC National Orchestra of Wales debut with a Radio 3 broadcast of the Elgar concerto and has appeared throughout much of Europe, the USA, New Zealand, Australia and the UK performing concertos, recitals and giving broadcasts in some of the world’s most eminent © Wolf Marloh venues and festivals. He recently performed the Lutosławski concerto in Poland and made his Finnish debut with Bloch’s Schelomo alongside Bach and Britten Suites at the Riihimäki Summer Concerts Festival before returning for a series of Walton concertos with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra/Damian Iorio at the Sibelius Hall. As a recording artist for Signum Records he has recorded ten concertos with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, including those of Dvořák and Schumann with Vladimir Ashkenazy. He has also recorded much of the sonata repertoire for Signum to significant critical acclaim, as well as the solo suites by Benjamin Britten which he also made into a film with Paul Joyce, released on DVD through Signum Vision and premiered on Sky Arts.
Jamie Walton is as passionate about chamber music as he is with concerto work and has performed in many of the world’s great concert halls in both capacities, including Lorin Maazel’s Chateuaville Foundation in Virginia through personal invitation. The Washington Post review by Robert Battey after his debut with Finghin Collins at The Phillips Collection said: “Walton is a major cello talent. He sports a particularly strong left hand – dead-center intonation and a wonderful, lithe vibrato that’s alive in every register. Though relatively young, he plays with the dignity and reserve of a wellseasoned artist.” His activities as a player are accompanied by his role as Founder and Artistic Director of the North York Moors Chamber Music Festival which he started in 2009. The festival has exceeded all expectations in selling out every year and is now established as an annual event during the last two weeks of August with its artistic excellence reflected when, in summer 2011, being shortlisted by the Royal Philharmonic Society in the festival category of its ‘Concert Series and Festivals’ award. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, its patron, wrote a work specifically for the festival (for cello, baritone and string quartet), given its world premiere at the 2015 festival. Jamie is also setting up a record label affiliated with the festival, launched late in 2015.
Jamie Walton won a scholarship to Wells Cathedral School in a period which he says remains at the soul of his music making and where his first inspirational cello teacher was Margaret Moncrieff before continuing his studies with William Pleeth. He is a member of the Worshipful Company of Musicians and has been elected to the Freedom of the City of London. Jamie was awarded a Foundation Fellowship by Wells Cathedral School for his outstanding contribution to music.

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Okko Kamu (conductor)

Composer(s)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky is considered as one of the most talented Russian composers of the 19th century. Unlike many other Russian composers of his time, he studied at a conservatory and made the western music theory his own. So, he was not as distrustful of western music as the group of nationalistic composers surrounding Balakirev. Yet, Tchaikovsky sought to express the typical Russian mentality just as much and used many Russian folk songs in his music.  He had a good relationship with Balakirev, who helped him with constructive feedback on his first masterpiece, the overture of Romeo and Juliet. At times, Tchaikovsky was emotionally unstable, which has often been attributed to struggles with his homosexuality. His decision to marry proved to be disastrous...
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Tchaikovsky is considered as one of the most talented Russian composers of the 19th century. Unlike many other Russian composers of his time, he studied at a conservatory and made the western music theory his own. So, he was not as distrustful of western music as the group of nationalistic composers surrounding Balakirev. Yet, Tchaikovsky sought to express the typical Russian mentality just as much and used many Russian folk songs in his music. He had a good relationship with Balakirev, who helped him with constructive feedback on his first masterpiece, the overture of Romeo and Juliet. At times, Tchaikovsky was emotionally unstable, which has often been attributed to struggles with his homosexuality. His decision to marry proved to be disastrous and plunged him into a deep crisis. Yet, the passionate letters of his fiance, even though they barely knew each other, did inspire him to compose his succesful opera Evgenij Onegin. Tchaikovsky had the wonderful gift of composing the most beautiful, lyric melodies. He had a feeling for creating a certain atmosphere in his music and mastered the art of orchestration. Moreover, he excelled in dance music, which made him the ideal composer for ballet. With his ballets The Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker he brought the genre to a higher level. During his life, he was already a celebrity. He often did tours to conduct his music and in the USA he was welcomed as a star. He died unexpectedly, nine days after the premiere of his incredibly gloomy Sixth Symphony, probably of cholera. Some other highlights of his body of works are his First Piano Concerto, his Violin Concerto and the Rococo-variations.
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Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei Prokofiev was born in the countryside of Ukraine. He studied from 1903 at the conservatory of St Petersburg, under Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Anatoli Liadov among others. He was educated as a composer, pianist and conductor. Initially, he made a name for himself as a pianist. In 1918, he left the Soviet Union for the USA, but wasn't able to succeed, and he decided to move to Paris in 1920. His concert tours brought him back to the Soviet Union in 1927, who lured him back for good in 1936. Prokofiev died in march 1953, on the same day as Joseph Stalin. Prokofiev is considered as one of the greatest Russian composers of the twentieth century, even though he wasn't a...
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Sergei Prokofiev was born in the countryside of Ukraine. He studied from 1903 at the conservatory of St Petersburg, under Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Anatoli Liadov among others. He was educated as a composer, pianist and conductor. Initially, he made a name for himself as a pianist. In 1918, he left the Soviet Union for the USA, but wasn't able to succeed, and he decided to move to Paris in 1920. His concert tours brought him back to the Soviet Union in 1927, who lured him back for good in 1936. Prokofiev died in march 1953, on the same day as Joseph Stalin.
Prokofiev is considered as one of the greatest Russian composers of the twentieth century, even though he wasn't a great innovator. He generally applied the strict classical forms and structures to his works and focused on a classical tonality, with a few exceptions of expressive dissonants and incidental bitonality. Yet, he is only explicitly neoclassicistic in his popular 'Classical Symphony', his first symphony composed in 1917. Many of his works show his humour, while his later works presented his darker, more serious side. One of his best known works is the musical fairytale Peter and the Wolf, which is popular among children all over the world.
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01.
Concerto Ballata, Op. 108
20:44
(Alexander Glazunov) Jamie Walton, Jamie Walton And Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
02.
Chant du menestrel, Op. 71
03:39
(Alexander Glazunov) Jamie Walton, Jamie Walton And Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
03.
Melodie, Op. 20, No. 1
07:15
(Alexander Glazunov) Jamie Walton, Jamie Walton And Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
04.
Concertino, Op. 132 : I. Andante mosso
08:32
(Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Alexander Glazunov, Sergej Prokofiev) Jamie Walton, Jamie Walton And Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
05.
Concertino, Op. 132 : II. Andante
05:55
(Sergej Prokofiev) Jamie Walton, Jamie Walton And Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Concertino, Op. 132 : III. Allegretto
04:47
(Sergej Prokofiev) Jamie Walton, Jamie Walton And Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Nocturne, Op. 19, No. 4
04:57
(Sergej Prokofiev) Jamie Walton, Jamie Walton And Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
08.
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33: Moderato assai quasi andante
00:55
(Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) Jamie Walton, Jamie Walton And Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33: Theme
00:58
(Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) Jamie Walton, Jamie Walton And Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33: Variation I
00:52
(Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) Jamie Walton, Jamie Walton And Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33: Variation II
02:19
(Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) Jamie Walton And Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jamie Walton, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33: Variation III
02:10
(Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) Jamie Walton And Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jamie Walton, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33: Variation IV
01:19
(Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) Jamie Walton And Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jamie Walton, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33: Variation V
01:55
(Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) Jamie Walton And Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jamie Walton, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33: Variation VI
01:46
(Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) Jamie Walton And Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jamie Walton, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33: Variation VII
03:39
(Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) Jamie Walton And Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jamie Walton, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33: Variation VIII Coda
01:58
(Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) Jamie Walton And Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jamie Walton, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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