The Sinfonia of London conducted by John Wilson present their second volume of works by Sir William Walton featuring Jonathan Aasgaard as soloist in the Cello Concerto. Walton’s First Symphony was universally acclaimed as an outstanding success, with John Ireland commenting: “unlike any other English symphony, this is in the real line of symphonic tradition. It is simply colossal, grand, …

The fifth volume of John Wilson’s series of orchestral works by his mentor and friend Sir Richard Rodney Bennett features three works composed between 1973 and 1989. The Concerto for Orchestra is an homage to Benjamin Britten, taking a twelve-note series used by Britten in his Cantata Academica as an abstract musical starting point. Bennett’s rarely performed cello concerto Sonnets …