With Donald Macleod.
In 1920 William Walton made his first visit to Italy to stay with the Sitwells in Amalfi, south of Naples, and later visited Florence, Venice, Naples and Sicily. Walton's musical imagination found stimulus through travelling and he frequently stayed with friends abroad while working on his music.
Donald Macleod looks at some of the works which were inspired by these European trips.

Siesta - London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the Composer

Viola Concerto (3rd mvt) - William Primrose Philharmonia, conducted by the Composer

Prelude and Venetian Idyll (Escape Me Never) (arr Christopher Palmer) - Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner

Symphony No 1 (3rd and 4th mvts) - BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Adrian Boult

Overture: Scapino - LPO, conductor Bryden Thomson