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Available as. Digital. Featured artists: Thomas Hampson. Listen & Buy. Here come more digital premieres from the vast archive Simon Rattle with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: the two most famous pieces of William Walton (the first symphony and the striking cantata Belshazzar’s Feast, featuring Thomas Hampson).
Walton, Thomas Hampson, Simon Rattle, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City Of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus – Belshazzar's Feast, Symphony No. 1 (1998, CD) - Discogs.
Discover Walton: Belshazzar's Feast; Symphony No. 1 by Simon Rattle released in 1998. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Walton: Symphony No. 1 & Belshazzar's Feast. Warner Classics: 5565922. Buy Presto CD or download online. Thomas Hampson (tenor, baritone) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
Belshazzar's Feast is a cantata by the English composer William Walton. It was first performed at the Leeds Festival on 8 October 1931, with the baritone Dennis Noble, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Leeds Festival Chorus, conducted by Malcolm Sargent. The work has remained one of Walton's most celebrated compositions.
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The Symphony No. 1 in B ♭ minor is one of two symphonies by the English composer William Walton. The composer had difficulty in completing the work, and its first public performance was given without the finale, in 1934. The complete four-movement work was premiered the following year.
