SKU: OU.9780193683167
ISBN 9780193683167. 13 x 10 inches.
This volume contains newly edited versions of four important later orchestral works by 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; the last for the opening of the Royal Festival Hall in 1976.VoicingCappricio Burlesco - picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, ca, Ebcl, 2 cl, bcl, 2 bn, cbn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 2 tbn, btbn, tba, timp, 3 perc (SD, TD, BD, cast, w blk, cym, whip, xylo, tamb, bongo), hp, str Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin Britten - 3 fl (III+picc), 3 ob (III+ca), 3 cl (III+bcl), 3 bn (III+cbn), 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 3 perc (glock, xylo, clash cym, sus cym, BD, tamb, 3 bongos, SD, MD), hp, str Prologo e Fantasia - 3 fl, 3 ob (III+ca), 3 cl, 3 bn (IIII+cbn), 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3tbn, tba, timp, 4 perc (SD, cym, BD, xylo, clash cym), hp, pn, str Varii Capricci - 3 fl (III+picc), 2 ob, ca, 3 cl, 3 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 3 perc, cel, hp, str.
About William Walton Edition
In March 2014 Oxford University Press published the last volume in its magnificent William Walton Edition, the only complete critical edition of a 20th-century British composer's oeuvre. All 24 volumes are handsomely printed and bound. Walton's entire output is now available to scholars and performers in a definitive and fully practical edition, based on the form in which the composer ultimately wished his music to be performed. The general editor, David Lloyd-Jones - the eminent conductor, English music specialist, and founder of Opera North - invited a world-class expert to edit each volume. Carefully researched introductory essays place the works in their historical context and in the composer's oeuvre, and there are full critical notes.
