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Suffice to say this was a career highlight. Walton’s magnificent (and daunting) cello concerto, a packed Royal Albert Hall, the Sinfonia of London and the extraordinary John Wilson. Five star reviews in the Guardian and the Times; the former wrote: ‘Jonathan Aasgaard was the generous-toned soloist, articulate and technically immaculate, yet refreshingly undemonstrative’ and the latter: ‘Aasgaard played it without exaggeration or histrionics, but with revelatory subtlety and

On November 25, Chandos released my recording of Walton’s cello concerto with John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London. At the time I felt slightly ambivalent towards how the recording would be received by the public and the press. John, the orchestra and I knew what this recording meant to us. Very few stones had been left unturned in the process of preparing and recording this extraordinary work. The reception was nevertheless overwhelming; five star reviews in the Guardian,

Cellist Jonathan Aasgaard is featured as the soloist in the highly acclaimed 2025 Chandos recording of William Walton’s Cello Concerto , released late in the year to widespread praise. Partnered with conductor John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London , Aasgaard’s interpretation has been hailed for its emotional depth and technical brilliance, with critics lauding his compelling engagement with the work’s most demanding passages — particularly the extended cadenzas. The album