COMPOSERS: Walton
LABELS: EMI Eminence
WORKS: Belshazzar’s Feast; In Honour of the City of London
PERFORMER: David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), LSO & Chorus/ Richard Hickox
CATALOGUE NO: CDEMX 2225 DDD (1988/84)
This is a wonderfully exciting performance of Belshazzar’s Feast from Richard Hickox and the LSO in spectacular sound. David Wilson-Johnson is a splendidly dark-toned Herald of Doom. A little quibble – the feast scene, in parts, might have been a shade tighter, thus boosting the voltage even more. The chorus is magnificent, especially in the lusty, vigorous and relentlessly fast-paced In Honour of the City of London, celebrating the capital’s glory in Elizabethan days. Ian Lace
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast; In Honour of the City of London
This is a wonderfully exciting performance of Belshazzar’s Feast from Richard Hickox and the LSO in spectacular sound. David Wilson-Johnson is a splendidly dark-toned Herald of Doom. A little quibble – the feast scene, in parts, might have been a shade tighter, thus boosting the voltage even more. The chorus is magnificent, especially in the lusty, vigorous and relentlessly fast-paced In Honour of the City of London, celebrating the capital’s glory in Elizabethan days. Ian Lace
Our rating
5
Published: January 20, 2012 at 2:33 pm