William Walton

Cello and piano reduction of Walton's Cello Concerto based on the edition published in the Walton Edition Violin and Cello Concertos volume. Dating from 1956 the work was commissioned by Gregor Piatigorsky and premiered by him the following year. Walton regarded this work as the best of his three solo concertos. Reduction for solo instrument and piano of a central concerto from the repertoire Derived from the new Walton Edition volume and fully consistent with that and the new hire material

Reduction for viola and piano-William Walton composed his Viola Concerto in 1928-9 and it was given its premiere at a Promenade Concert at Queen's Hall London on 3rd October 1929. In the beginning Viola players adjusted the solo line to fit their own ideas of the work's character and Walton was generally happy to accomodate this. However he came to regard one player's version above all the others for its discipline and balance - that of Frederick Riddle. Riddle's edition was originally published with a Piano reduction of the first Orchestration in 1938 and it is this that forms that basis for the solo line in this edition. This present Piano reduction was made by Geoffrey Pratleyand published in 1993.

Violin and piano reduction of Walton's Violin Concerto based on the edition published in the Walton Edition Violin and Cello Concertos volume. Commissioned by Jascha Heifetz the work was completed in 1939 and premiered by Heifetz later that year. Walton revised the concerto in 1943 and it is this version which is presented in the current edition.

For solo Cello.Published 1999.Commissioned by Steven Isserlis with funds from the John S Cohen Foundation.First performance: Steven Isserlis Aldeburgh Festival 10th June 2000.Score.