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MOZART / BEETHOVEN / LISZT
Piano Concertos Walter Gieseking (Piano) Berlin State Opera Orchestra / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Henry Wood (Conductor) Hans Rosbaud (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Recordings / CD - released 11/May/2006 ] 'Mr Gieseking's skill is great enough in some ways… and his pianissimo now and then becomes as nearly nothing as is possible to imagine…' |
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5 (Concerto Recordings Vol. 3) Walter Gieseking (Piano) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Karl Bohm (Conductor) / Bruno Walter (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] Recorded in a single day in January 1939, with the eight sides all issued from first or second takes, Gieseking’s account of the Piano Concerto No. 4 is one of moulded delicacy, the light-weight approach particularly apt for the outer movements. |
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BEETHOVEN / MOZART / SCHUMANN / GRIEG / DEBUSSY
Walter Gieseking (4 CD set, 20 page booklet) Walter Gieseking (piano) with various orchestras & conductors [ ArtOne / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2008 ] Gieseking will always remain as one of the best interpreters of French Impressionistic piano music, but as a pianist and musician his range and scope was far wider, and his repertoire more comprehensive. |
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W.A. MOZART
Piano Sonatas K309-311, K330 Walter Klien (piano) [ Regis Records / CD - released 17/May/2005 ] "..Klein is an outstanding Mozartian.. consistent freshness..exemplary taste.. phrasing is unfailingly musical and every detail beautifully placed.." - Penguin Guide Rosette |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 27 Walter Klien (Piano), Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Minnesota Orchestra [ Vox Classics / CD - released 17/Feb/2023 ] Mozart was at his consistent best in the piano concertos, in which he successfully combined elements of virtuosity and depth, chamber music and symphonic style, and regard for both his public audience and his personal expression. Pianist Walter Klien... |
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HAYDN
Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-62 (complete) Walter Olbertz (piano) [ Berlin Classics Basic / 9 CD - released 18/Aug/2010 ] Olbertz's recordings of all Haydn's Piano Sonatas enable the development of one of the most important "avant-garde composers" of Viennese Classicism to be followed in an exemplary way. The almost fifty works abound in surprises, and Olbertz... |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninoff: The Bells, Op. 35 / Isle of the Dead, Op. 29 (recorded 1980) Walter Plante (tenor), Marianna Christos (soprano), Arnold Voketaitis (bass-baritone) / Saint Louis Symphony Chorus, Leonard Slatkin [ MMG / CD - released 5/May/2018 ] LEONARD SLATKIN was music director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra from 1979-1996, though he had previously been assistant conductor of the orchestra in 1968. Maestro Slatkin has been considered one of the finest conductors of his generation,... |
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Walter Schumann
Exploring The Voices of Walter Schumann [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] |
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: The Trio Sonata Project Walter van Hauwe, recorders; Tripla Concordia (Lorenzo Cavasanti, recorders; Sergio Ciomei, harpsichord & organ; Caroline Boersma, violoncello; Manuel [ Arcana / CD - released 22/Mar/2019 ] Johann Sebastian Bach has always been considered one of the greatest music transcribers of all times. Many of his transcriptions (mostly the ones from Italian composers Vivaldi and Marcello) have become instant classics, and they are still viewed as... |
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W. A. MOZART / DUKAS / SMETANA / RACHMANINOV / PROKOFIEV / BARTOK / etc
Walter Weller - The Decca Legacy Walter Weller, Pascal Rogé, Mayumi Fujikawa, Pilar Lorengar [ Decca Eloquence / 20 CD Box Set - released 16/May/2025 ] A violinist-conductor who understood orchestras from the inside out: commanding power and Viennese warmth in the complete Decca symphonic recordings of the Austrian conductor Walter Weller. Includes complete cycles of the Rachmaninoff and.Prokofiev. |
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HEINRICH AUGUST MARSCHNER
Marschner: Overtures Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Kosice, Alfred Walter [ Marco Polo / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] |
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Wicke, Jenny Renate / Raffeiner, Walter / Klangforum Wien
Schönberg, Arnold - Schönberg und die Schrammelbrüder [ Col Legno / CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Cello Concerto / Silent Woods / Romance / etc Zara Nelsova (cello) Ruggiero Ricci (violin) / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Walter Susskind [ Vox Classics / CD - released 23/Feb/2024 ] Antonín Dvořák's Cello Concerto is considered the finest of his concertos, and arguably the greatest of all such works for the cello, with its majestic character, imposing themes and moods of intense drama and warm lyricism. |
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Astrud Gilberto & Walter Wanderley
A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness [ Verve Originals / CD - released 18/Aug/2008 ] |
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BARTOK / R. STRAUSS / PUCCINI / BEETHOVEN / WAGNER
Birgit Nilsson: The Great Live Recordings [1953-1976] Birgit Nilsson, with, Regina Resnik, Leonie Rysanek, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jon Vickers, Helen Donath, Walter Berry, etc [ Sony Classics / 31 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2018 ] "Many of these live recordings have been remastered, mostly very adequately, from radio broadcasts, and include samples at least of all her major roles...The casts for some of these performances are the stuff of legend now." The Guardian |
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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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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: St Matthew Passion [highlights] Elly Ameling, Julia Hamari, Helen Watts, Peter Pears, Fritz Wunderlich, Walter Berry, Tom Krause / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Munchinger [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] 'Many will be glad to hear Peter Pears's superb performance of the Evangelist' Gramophone, March 1965 |