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BRUCKNER
Symphony No.7 (with Gluck - Iphigénie en Aulide: Overture) New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter [ Testament / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] Throughout his later decades, Bruno Walter (1876-1962) was considered to be one of the world's most noteworthy Brucknerians. Among his valedictory recordings his most prized are arguably those of Bruckner's Fourth, Seventh and Ninth Symphonies with... |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6 / Overtures (rec 1930-1938) Bruno Walter (Conductor) / London Symphony Orchestra / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 5/Aug/2006 ] "Overall a fine, enlightening performance which it is a privilege to have on the shelves" (MusicWeb April 2007) |
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Ludwig van
Egmont-Ouvertüre, Symphonie No. 4 Bruno Walter, Irmgard Seefried, Wiener Philharmoniker [ ORFEO / CD - released 10/Aug/2010 ] |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 29/Apr/2002 ] 50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME (No 49) - BBC MUSIC "Recorded live in concert just weeks before the Anschluss in 1938, it was known that both Bruno Walter himself and the many Jewish players in the orchestra would soon be forced to leave." BBC |
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JOSEF STRAUSS
Edition Vol. 1 (incls Etiquette, Polka francaise, & Wiegenlieder, Walzer) Budapest Strauss Symphony Orchestra / Alfred Walter (conductor) [ Marco Polo / CD - released 28/May/2006 ] "The Moulinet-Polka has just the right combination of charm and forward momentum." - Gramophone |
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MAHLER / BRUCKNER / WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruno Walter: The Original Jacket Collection Columbia Symphony Orchestra, New York philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter, with Mildred Miller (sop) Ernst Haefliger (ten) Maureen Forrester (contral [ Sony Classical / 13 CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] To those reared on his recordings, Bruno Walter was a living link to a bygone age. Born in 1876, when Wagner was still alive and Bruckner had yet to write his last and greatest symphonies, Walter was arguably the most old-world of the many long-lived... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphony No.4 & Symphony No.6 'Pastorale' Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter [ Sony Bruno Walter The Edition / CD - released 19/May/1995 ] "The Sixth is a lovely, expansive, relaxed affair..with Walter's unerring command of rhythm coming to the fore." MusicWeb |
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MAHLER / BRUCKNER / WAGNER / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / etc
Bruno Walter: The Complete Columbia Album Collection Columbia Symphony, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter, with Rudolf Serkin, Ernst Haefliger, Maureen Forrester, Lily Pons, etc [ Sony Classical / 77 CD Box Set - released 25/Nov/2019 ] Walter was arguably the most old-world of the many long-lived conductors who were born in the latter part of the 19th century. Indeed, few maestros of any era were so big-hearted and warmly expressive, yet without undo sentimentality. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
German Romantic Overtures CSR Symphony Orchhestra (Bratislava), Alfred Walter [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] |
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EMILE WALDTEUFEL
Waldteufel: The Best of Vol 1 (Incls 'Les Patineurs' & 'Estudiantina Waltz') Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alfred Walter [ Marco Polo / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] Emile Waldteufel was born in Strasbourg on 9 December 1837, just seven weeks after the elder Johann Strauss gave his first concert on French soil in that very city. |
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JOHANN STRAUSS JR
Edition Vol. 20 (incls Aurora Ball Tanze Waltz, Flugschriften Waltzer, & Kaiser-Jager Marsch) Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra / Alfred Walter (conductor) [ Marco Polo / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] The Marco Polo Strauss Edition is a milestone in recording history, presenting, for the first time ever, the entire orchestral output of the 'Waltz King'. Despite their supremely high standard of musical invention, the majority of the compositions... |
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JOHANN STRAUSS JR
Edition Vol. 23 (incls Deutschmeister-Jubilaumsmarsch, Wien, mein Sinn!, Walzer, & Die Pariserin, Polka francaise) Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra / Alfred Walter (conductor) [ Marco Polo / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] |
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JOHANN STRAUSS JR
Edition Vol. 24 (incls Idyllen, Walzer, Lockvogel, Walzer, & So angstlich sind wir nicht!, Polka schnell) Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra / Alfred Walter (conductor) [ Marco Polo / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] |
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Phyllida Lloyd's all female Shakespeare: Julius Caesar / Henry IV / The Tempest (recorded 2012-2016) Dame Harriet Walter, and full cast [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Prospero, Duke of Milan, usurped and exiled by his own brother, holds sway over an enchanted island. He is comforted by his daughter Miranda and served by his spirit Ariel and his deformed slave Caliban. When Prospero raises a storm to wreck this... |
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Mozart, Wo
Symphonie g-moll KV 183, Requiem KV 626 della Casa, Malaniuk, Dermota, Siepi, Wiener Staatsopernchor; Wiener Philharmoniker, Walter [ ORFEO / CD - released 26/Jun/1996 ] |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Art Of Alfred Deller: Classic Vanguard Recordings Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupre (lute), Walter Bergman (harpsichord), Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord) / Deller Consort [ ALTO / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "Alfred Deller's singing is beguiling and timeless. ... Music for a while [is] from a number of songs which exhibit his essential mastery: everything from accuracy of pitching and magical floating phrases to subtlety of colour and expressive... |
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W. A. MOZART
4 Horn Concertos / Piano and Wind Quintet (rec 1953, 1955) Dennis Brain (horn) / Walter Gieseking (piano) / Philharmonia Wind Ensemble / Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 6/Feb/2007 ] "This disc is pure joy. At the price, it is almost a crime not to snap it up." Bargain of the Month MusicWeb May 2007 |
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Desi Halban & Bruno Walter
Mahler: Symphony No 5 [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 31/Jan/2005 ] |
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MAHLER
Symphony No 5 / Lieder und Gesange aus der Jugendzeit (Rec 1947) Desi Halban (soprano) Bruno Walter (piano) / New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra / Bruno Walter, conductor [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 16/Jun/2005 ] "Another fantastic addition to the Naxos Historical Great Conductors series, joining Walter's versions of Mahler 9 and Das Lied von der Erde." (MusicWeb March 2005) |
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JOSEPH MARTIN KRAUS
Complete Chamber Music with Keyboard Despres, Jacques / Friesen, John / Schwede, Walter [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792), proclaimed by Joseph Haydn one of the two most talented composers of the eighteenth century (along with Mozart). |