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,