William Walton

William Walton Edition vol. 5 Hardback-Choral music preoccupied Walton throughout his life and developed from his experience as a chorister at Christ Church Oxford. Alongside Belshazzar's Feast these four larger-scale works for chorus and orchestra stand testimony to his expertise in the field.

This arrangement has been made from the original orchestration for full orchestra and incorporates the cuts authorized by the composer in 1963. The piano duet part is optional unless no wind is available. The brass parts are fully cued in both string and woodwind parts. The minimum wind required is 1 flute 1 oboe and 2 clarinets. This has recently been re-typeset by Goodmusic so is clearer than the original OUP printing but no musical changes have been made and the new edition is fully compaible with the old one.Duration: 7 minutes Orchestration2 Flutes 2 Oboes 2 Clarinets in Bb Bassoon 2 Horns in F 2 Trumpets in Bb 3 Trombones Timpani Percussion (3 players - Cymbals Triangle Bass drum Tenor drum Glockenspiel Tubular bell in C Side drum Large gong) Strings (Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola Cello Bass) Piano duet (optional) (Part included in Pack)

This is the first publication of the definitive score of Troilus and Cressida. Following its premiere in 1954 Walton made substantial cuts and a version reflecting this was prepared for performance by Opera North in 1995. It is published here with full critical commentary. All material is available on hire.

Hardback-This volume contains newly edited versions of four important later orchestral works by William Walton: Capriccio Burlesco Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin Britten Prologo e Fantasia and Varii Capricci. The first three works were written for American orchestras: Capriccio Burlesco was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra for its 125th anniversary year in 1968; the Improvisations based on a theme from Britten's Piano Concerto No. 1 was written in 1969 and dedicated to the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra; Prologo e Fantasia was written in 1981-2 for the National SymphonyOrchestra of Washington DC. The last work Varii Capricci was a free transcription for orchestra by Walton of his Five Bagatelles for Guitar and written for the opening of the Royal Festival Hall in 1976.

William Walton Edition vol. 13 Hardback-A critical edition of Walton's Sinfonia Concertante for orchestra with piano. The edition includes the original 1927 version and the revised 1943 version which reduces the size of the orchestra and simplifies the piano part.

William Walton Edition vol. 17 Hardback-This volume presents newly engraved scores of all Walton's shorter orchestral pieces including for the first time on sale scores of the full orchestral version of Orb and Sceptre March: A History of the English-speaking Peoples and the Title Music for the BBC TV Shakespeare Series.

Hardback-This volume contains newly edited versions of two of Walton's mature works for orchestra: the Partita for Orchestra written in 1957 and one of ten works commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra and the Variations on a Theme by Hindemith a work of great colour from 1962-3 and taking as its inspiration a theme from his friend Paul Hindemith.

A critical edition of William Walton's Symphony No.2 from 1959-1960. The score has been entirely re-set and new orchestral parts on hire produced to match the new edition.