George Walker
Recent Audio Recordings
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44m
WALKER Antifonys
WALKER Sinfonia No. 4, “Threads”
WALKER Lilacs
WALKER Sinfonia No. 5, “Visions”
Featuring four works spanning half a century by pioneering American composer George Walker (1922–2018), this album demonstrates his wide-ranging musical vision and meticulously-crafted sound worlds. Franz Welser-Möst believes Walker’s music deserves more attention “because of the quality. ... It's tricky, it’s difficult, it’s demanding, it’s challenging, and there is an intensity and a real voice which I enjoy enormously.”
Recorded live in Mandel Concert Hall in October 2020, October 2021, and March 2022.
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Tchaikovsky 4
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F minor
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Prokofiev 6
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 6 in E-flat minor
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