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BEETHOVEN / HONEGGER / MAHLER / PROKOFIEV / SIBELIUS / etc
Karajan & The Berliner Philharmoniker Gundula Janowitz, Walter Berry, etc / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Conductors & Orchestras / 8 CD Box Set - released 25/Jul/2017 ] "The performance is both grand and fiery, powerful and committed." - Records and Recording (on the Beethoven 9th) |
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MARTINU
Violin Concerto No. 2 / Symphony No. 1 Lorenzo Gatto (violin) / National Orchestra of Belgium, Walter Weller [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "Weller has a natural feel of the swaying gait of Martinu's individual rhythmic language and his conducting, allied to fine orchestral playing and exceptionally good sound, certainly makes an impact." (Gramophone) |
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Nellie Melba (soprano) with Enrico Caruso, tenor, Charles Gilibert, baritone, Studio Orchestra / Walter B. Rogers, conductor
Nellie Melba: American Recordings, Vol. 1 (1907) [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] "A representative collection of Melba is more of a necessity than a luxury and admirers should have these 1907 sessions in their collection." (MusicWeb March 2005) |
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MAHLER
Bruno Walter conducts Mahler [7 CD set] New York Philharmonic, Columbia Symphony, Bruno Walter [ Sony Classical Masters / 7 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2012 ] "This record comes to us so loaded with history and legend, and it carries its burden with such triumphant sure-footedness, that I have no hesitation in declaring it one of the greatest musical monuments of our time." (Gramophone on Symphony No 9) |
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Nishizaki/Rtbf Orch/Walter
De Beriot:violin Concs 1,8,9 [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jan/2003 ] |
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VARIOUS
Pablo Casals - Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. 4 (1916-1920) Pablo Casals, cello / Charles Albert Baker, piano / Walter Golde, piano [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 29/May/2005 ] |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Flute Trios Nos. 28-30 Patrick Cohen (pianoforte Anton Walter, Wien c.1790), Konrad Hünteler (flute) & Christophe Coin (cello C.A. Testore, 1758) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Jan/2014 ] "The 1994 recording has not aged; it still sounds good as new. There are two kinds of Haydn lover in the world: those who have this album already, and those who need to grab it soon" (MusicWeb Feb 2014) |
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Otto Nicol
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor Proebstl, Schmitt-Walter, Engen, Holm, Kuen, Wünzer, Kupper, Benningsen, Fölser [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 29/Apr/2010 ] |
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REINECKE
Symphony No.1 King Manfred (extracts) Rhenish Philarmonic Orchestra / Alfred Walter [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2001 ] A great introduction to this neglected composer |
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CARL REINECKE
Reinecke: Symphony No.1 Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfred Walter [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jul/2001 ] |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: The Piano Sonatas Robert Levin (fortepiano, Anton Walter, 1782) [ ECM New Series / 7 CD Box Set - released 2/Sep/2022 ] BBC Music AWARD NOMINATION 2023 - INSTRUMENTAL |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Forza Del Destino (complete) Stella Roman, Frederic Jagel, Lawrence Tibbett, Ezio Pinza / Metriopolitan Opera, Bruno Walter [ Naxos Immortal Performances / 3 CD ] Radio Broadcast January 1943 |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Piano Concerto / Eight Humoresques Rudolf Firkunsny (piano) / Saint-Louis Symphony Orchestra, walter Susskind [ Vox Prima / CD - released 27/Jun/1987 ] A rare performance of the Humoresques. Remastered from the original Dolby-encoded 4 channel recording |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Complete Concertos Rudolf Firkušný (piano) Ruggiero Ricci (violin) Zara Nelsova (cello) / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Walter Susskind [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 25/Feb/2015 ] "The Violin and Cello Concertos, superbly played, have long been audience favourites, but the rarely-heard Piano Concerto in G minor - eloquently played by its foremost champion - is the USP." (BBC Music) |
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Shines & Big Walter Horton
Johnny Shines With Big [ Testament / CD ] |
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JOHANN STRAUSS II
Edition Vol. 38 (incls 'Serben-Quadrille', 'Zehener-Polka, Op. 121' & 'Leitartikel, Walzer') Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra / Alfred Walter [ 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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LOUIS SPOHR
Spohr: Symphonies Nos 1 & 5 Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfred Walter [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] Virtuoso violinist, conductor and composer, Louis Spohr wrote ten completed symphonies. The first five demonstrate a remarkable creative growth inaugurated by Symphony No. 1 of 1811 which took the music of Spohr's idol, Mozart, as a model. Whilst... |
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LOUIS SPOHR
Spohr: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfred Walter [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Mar/2017 ] Louis Spohr's innovative approach to symphonic writing began with the programmatic Symphony No. 4 (8555398) and was further broadened by Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 121 which he subtitled 'The Earthly and Divine in Human Life'. Jettisoning... |
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LOUIS SPOHR
Spohr: Symphony No. 3, Op.78 in E Minor / Symphony No. 6 in G Major, Op. 116 ('Historical') Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfred Walter [ Naxos / CD - released 17/Oct/2016 ] Louis Spohr (1784-1859) was seen in his day as a worthy successor to Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, and completed his Third Symphony whilst at the apex of his personal and professional life. This is reflected in a forward-looking, confident and... |
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WALDTEUFEL
The Best of Vol 2 (Incls 'Dans les nuages, Waltz' & 'Les Bohemiens, Polka') Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice, Alfred Walter [ Marco Polo / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] "the approach of the Slovak Orchestra is refreshingly direct ....the playing throughout these performances has finesse as well as vigour" Gramophone |