Jane Erb:

>I, a bona fide Waltonian for more years than I care to imagine, prefer
>most of all Andre Previn's recording with Benjamin Luxon.

I haven't heard all the versions, but I second Jane's choice.  Walton's
own version, AFAIK only available in a boxed set, has a bit more oomph
orchestrally in places, but Luxon swings the balance.

At one of the Hoffnung Festivals, Walton was introduced to conduct an
excerpt from Belshazzar's Feast.  Applause, anticipation, hushed audience.
Walton conducted the choir shouting the single word, "Slain!", and the
advertised excerpt was over.

Richard Pennycuick
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