℗ 2022 Naxos
Released | September 9, 2022 |
Duration | 53m 37s |
Record Label | Naxos |
Catalogue No. | 8.574378 |
Genre | Classical (Chamber) |
Walton: The Complete Façades
Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, JoAnn Falletta, Fred Child, Hila Plitmann, Kevin Deas
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
Façade 1, An Entertainment
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1.1
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Fanfare
William Walton; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
0:39 | |||
1.2
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I. Hornpipe
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Fred Child; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
1:18 | |||
1.3
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II. En famille
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Hila Plitmann; Kevin Deas; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
2:52 | |||
1.4
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III. Mariner Man
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Hila Plitmann; Kevin Deas; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
0:40 | |||
1.5
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IV. Long Steel Grass
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Fred Child; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
2:09 | |||
1.6
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V. Through Gilded Trellises
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Hila Plitmann; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
2:10 | |||
1.7
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VI. Tango-Pasodoblé
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Fred Child; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
1:55 | |||
1.8
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VII. Lullaby for Jumbo
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Kevin Deas; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
1:23 | |||
1.9
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VIII. Black Mrs. Behemoth
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Fred Child; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
0:54 | |||
1.10
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IX. Tarantella
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Hila Plitmann; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
1:22 | |||
1.11
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X. The Man from a Far Countree
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Kevin Deas; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
1:35 | |||
1.12
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XI. By the Lake
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Hila Plitmann; Fred Child; Kevin Deas; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
1:41 | |||
1.13
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XII. Country Dance
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Hila Plitmann; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
1:56 | |||
1.14
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XIII. Polka
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Kevin Deas; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
1:19 | |||
1.15
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XIV. Four in the Morning
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Hila Plitmann; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
2:01 | |||
1.16
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Façade 1, An Entertainment, XV. Something Lies Beyond the Scene
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Fred Child; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
1:01 | |||
1.17
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XVI. Valse
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Hila Plitmann; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
3:09 | |||
1.18
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XVII. Jodelling Song
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Kevin Deas; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
2:14 | |||
1.19
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XVIII. Scotch Rhapsody
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Fred Child; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
1:26 | |||
1.20
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XIX. Popular Song
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Hila Plitmann; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
2:00 | |||
1.21
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XX. Fox-Trot "Old Sir Faulk"
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Fred Child; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
2:12 | |||
1.22
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XXI. Sir Beelzebub
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Hila Plitmann; Fred Child; Kevin Deas; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
1:03 | |||
Façade 2, A Further Entertainment
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1.23
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I. Flourish - Came the Great Popinjay
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Kevin Deas; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
1:17 | |||
1.24
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II. Aubade
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Hila Plitmann; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
3:23 | |||
1.25
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III. March
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Fred Child; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
0:57 | |||
1.26
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IV. Madame Mouse Trots
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Hila Plitmann; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
0:43 | |||
1.27
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V. The Octogenarian
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Kevin Deas; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
1:17 | |||
1.28
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VI. Gardener Janus Catches a Naiad
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Fred Child; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
0:57 | |||
1.29
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VII. Water Party
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Hila Plitmann; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
1:08 | |||
1.30
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VIII. Said King Pompey
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Kevin Deas; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
0:45 | |||
Façade, Additional Numbers
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1.31
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I. Small Talk
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Fred Child; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
1:38 | |||
1.32
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II. Daphne
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Hila Plitmann; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
1:44 | |||
1.33
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III. The White Owl
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Kevin Deas; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
1:08 | |||
1.34
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IV. The Last Galop
Edith Sitwell; William Walton; Fred Child; Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; JoAnn Falletta |
1:41 | |||
Digital Booklet
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Edith Sitwell’s invitation to William Walton to collaborate on an innovative, revolutionary new work came at a critical moment in the young composer’s career, and Façade proved to be his first great success. The peerless combination of a peculiarly English dry wit, genuine pathos and superlative technical skill remains an extraordinary achievement. Sitwell’s verses conjure a satirical and poignant world of bourgeois late-Victorian England, while Walton’s settings unfailingly enhance and enrich the texts in a work in which words and music are unquestionably of equal importance. This release includes the first recording of Small Talk (1922) and three numbers first performed in 1977 but subsequently rejected by the composer. This recording includes not only the refined and polished Façade – An Entertainment as it was left by its creators, but also includes the verses and settings that were re-worked for Façade 2 – A Further Entertainment in the 1970s and other numbers originally conceived for the work and later substituted for other verses, making this recording as complete an edition of the whole piece as anyone could desire. The team of narrators for this recording is a particularly strong one. Hila Plitmann is a two-time GRAMMY Award-winning soprano and actress, while Kevin Deas has gained international renown as one of America’s leading bass-baritones. Fred Child is the host of APM’s Performance Today, the most-listened-to classical music radio show in the USA.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Naxos Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -2.85 -14.55 to -0.10 | -23.29 -32.27 to -18.22 | -19.27 -28.60 to -14.10 | 13 10 to 16 | |
1 | Fanfare | -0.59 | -20.78 | -15.2 | 11 |
2 | I. Hornpipe | -0.60 | -20.68 | -17.1 | 14 |
3 | II. En famille | -0.60 | -25.26 | -21.7 | 16 |
4 | III. Mariner Man | -1.63 | -22.78 | -18.2 | 13 |
5 | IV. Long Steel Grass | -0.60 | -21.99 | -18.4 | 14 |
6 | V. Through Gilded Trellises | -0.57 | -23.72 | -19.5 | 15 |
7 | VI. Tango-Pasodoblé | -0.58 | -21.72 | -18.4 | 14 |
8 | VII. Lullaby for Jumbo | -4.40 | -25.44 | -21.2 | 13 |
9 | VIII. Black Mrs. Behemoth | -0.61 | -23.13 | -19.2 | 14 |
10 | IX. Tarantella | -0.58 | -20.56 | -16.9 | 13 |
11 | X. The Man from a Far Countree | -8.29 | -27.35 | -24.3 | 11 |
12 | XI. By the Lake | -8.13 | -26.70 | -23.5 | 11 |
13 | XII. Country Dance | -4.41 | -24.56 | -21.0 | 14 |
14 | XIII. Polka | -0.56 | -19.31 | -15.4 | 13 |
15 | XIV. Four in the Morning | -8.27 | -25.61 | -22.3 | 10 |
16 | Façade 1, An Entertainment, XV. Something Lies Beyond the Scene | -0.57 | -18.22 | -14.1 | 12 |
17 | XVI. Valse | -0.57 | -20.06 | -16.6 | 13 |
18 | XVII. Jodelling Song | -5.76 | -24.44 | -21.0 | 12 |
19 | XVIII. Scotch Rhapsody | -0.58 | -18.75 | -15.1 | 13 |
20 | XIX. Popular Song | -2.98 | -22.91 | -19.5 | 14 |
21 | XX. Fox-Trot "Old Sir Faulk" | -2.63 | -22.46 | -18.8 | 14 |
22 | XXI. Sir Beelzebub | -0.60 | -19.45 | -15.3 | 13 |
23 | I. Flourish - Came the Great Popinjay | -0.60 | -22.82 | -16.4 | 14 |
24 | II. Aubade | -14.55 | -32.27 | -28.6 | 10 |
25 | III. March | -0.61 | -21.33 | -17.3 | 15 |
26 | IV. Madame Mouse Trots | -0.10 | -25.38 | -17.9 | 14 |
27 | V. The Octogenarian | -4.66 | -27.27 | -23.3 | 12 |
28 | VI. Gardener Janus Catches a Naiad | -0.61 | -23.71 | -18.6 | 15 |
29 | VII. Water Party | -0.73 | -23.67 | -19.6 | 13 |
30 | VIII. Said King Pompey | -1.40 | -21.10 | -16.5 | 14 |
31 | I. Small Talk | -9.46 | -31.20 | -28.0 | 12 |
32 | II. Daphne | -7.56 | -25.26 | -22.1 | 11 |
33 | III. The White Owl | -1.97 | -23.59 | -19.4 | 15 |
34 | IV. The Last Galop | -0.59 | -18.52 | -14.7 | 11 |