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Belshazzar's Feast is a cantata by the English composer William Walton. It was first performed at the Leeds Festival on 8 October 1931, with the baritone Dennis Noble, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Leeds Festival Chorus, conducted by Malcolm Sargent. The work has remained one of Walton's most celebrated compositions.
This is a winning coupling, with Walton’s two searing masterpieces from the 1930s given electrifying performances…Rattle with players he knows so well combines expressive freedom with knife-edged precision of ensemble [Symphony No.1] and it is the same in Belshazzar’s Feast.
Belshazzar’s Feast, a superbly crafted oratorio, vividly depicts the story of Babylon’s excesses and subsequent downfall, brilliantly coloured by the orchestral forces, including two brass bands. Similarly effervescent, volcanic sentiments simmer beneath the surface of the First Symphony, the music conveying the tensions of the 1930s ...
In the middle of all this activity, or perhaps because of it, the young William Walton, already established as a big name by his Viola Concerto (1929) and epic short oratorio Belshazzar’s Feast (1930–31), produced one of the most dramatic symphonic scores of his time.
8 lug 2022 · Here come more digital premieres from the vast archive Simon Rattle with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: the two most famous pieces of William Walton (the first symphony and the striking cantata Belshazzar’s Feast, featuring Thomas Hampson).
8 mar 2011 · Walton: Belshazzar's Feast; Symphony No. 1 by Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra released in 2011. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, aw...
Discover Walton: Belshazzar's Feast; Symphony No. 1 by Simon Rattle released in 1998. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
