Façade discography

Façade – an entertainment comprising poems by Edith Sitwell read to instrumental accompaniments composed by William Walton – was first recorded, by its creators, in 1929. Over the next two decades Sitwell and Walton added numbers to the entertainment and removed others. A definitive edition was published in 1951. In 1977, after Sitwell's death, Walton released a set of eight poems and accompaniments not included in the 1951 score, titling it Façade Revived. After further revision the second work was published as Façade 2 in 1979. Most recorded sets of Façade made since then have included the 1970s additions, and some have also included a selection of Sitwell's poems for which no music is known to exist.

Reciters	Players	Conductor	Label	Released	OCLC No	Notes
Edith Sitwell, Constant Lambert	instrumental ensemble	William Walton	Decca	1929	800336494
Edith Sitwell, David Horner	instrumental ensemble	Frederik Prausnitz	Columbia	1949	48076333
Edith Sitwell, Peter Pears	English Opera Group Ensemble	Anthony Collins	Decca	1954	10193372
Vera Zorina	Philadelphia Orchestra	Eugene Ormandy	Columbia	1961	36977103
Hermione Gingold, Russell Oberlin	instrumental ensemble	Thomas Dunn	Decca	1964	624435318
Cleo Laine, Annie Ross	instrumental ensemble	John Dankworth	Fontana	1967	9308920
Fenella Fielding, Michael Flanders	Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields	Neville Marriner	EMI	1972	8531185
Peggy Ashcroft, Paul Scofield	London Sinfonietta	Sir William Walton	Decca	1972	527843
Tony Randall	Columbia Chamber Ensemble	Arthur Fiedler	Columbia	1976	3133078
Cathy Berberian, Robert Tear	instrumental ensemble	Steuart Bedford	Oxford University Press	1980	6803647	Including premiere recording of Façade 2
Nancie Kennedy	instrumental ensemble	David Zinman	Rochester Chamber Music Society	1982	85265137
Prunella Scales, Timothy West	London Mozart Players	Jane Glover	ASV	1989	552191508	Includes 15 Sitwell poems without music
Peggy Ashcroft, Jeremy Irons	London Sinfonietta	Riccardo Chailly	Decca	1989	748713715	Including Façade 2
Susana Walton, Richard Baker	City of London Sinfonia	Richard Hickox	Chandos	1990	259591306	Including Façade 2
Pamela Hunter	Melologos Ensemble	Silveer van den Broeck	Discover	1993	32516631	42 numbers including nine without music
Lynn Redgrave	Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center	Joseph Silverstein	Arabesque	1997	38740330	Including Façade 2 and also 11 Sitwell poems without music
Eleanor Bron, Richard Stilgoe	Nash Ensemble	David Lloyd-Jones	Hyperion	2001	673092949	The complete extant numbers