The 1st work for reciters, flute (doubling piccolo), clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), trumpet, violoncello and percussion, to poems by Edith Sitwell; the 2nd work for clarinet, trumpet, violoncello and percussion, for the play by Oscar Wilde. Eleanor Bron, Richard Stilgoe, reciters (1st work) ; The Nash Ensemble ; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor. Recorded Sept. 1-3, 2000, Henry Wood Hall, London. Compact disc. Durations: 37:40; 21:31. Program notes by David Lloyd-Jones with text of the 1st work in English (63 pages : portrait) inserted in container.
Contents:
Façade : an entertainment : the compete extant numbers / William Walton, Edith Sitwell (51:48) -- Suite from the incidental music to Salome / Constant Lambert (9:30)
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