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Bruno Walter Edition - Beethoven, Mendelssohn: Concertos

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Composer
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN MENDELS
Artist
Bruno, Walter
Format
CD
Label
Sony Masterworks
Released
Aug 05, 2010
Catalog #
SONY64459
UPC
074646445921

About

Having already enjoyed substantial reissue programmes devoted to Furtwangler, Klemperer and Toscanini, I was delighted to receive the initial instalment of Sony Classical's admirable "Bruno Walter: The Edition", doubly so in view of its superb presentation, exceptional technical quality (the best of Walter's stereo recordings were always remarkably lifelike) and its rich trawl of topdrawer repertory. This particular feast includes two violin concertos: the Beethoven with Szigeti, and the Mendelssohn with Milstein-interpretatively worlds apart but instructive in that Walter's accompaniments reflect (and respect) the very different styles of his two soloists. Then there is a two-CD Wagner compilation [ Sony 64459] that gathers together all the stereo Columbia Symphony material and adds a 45-minute Siegfried Idyll rehearsal, and a magnificent run of Mahler: the NYPO Dos Lied von der Erde (with Ernst Haefliger and Mildred Miller—and in my view one of the most profoundly inspired ever made, certainly in terms of the conducting and orchestral playing [ Sony 64455]), the NYPO Fourth and Fifth Symphonies (from 1945 and 1947, respectively), the Lieder und Gesfinge aus der Jugendzeit (with Desi Halban and Walter at the piano) and the stereo Mahler recordings—the First, Second and Ninth Symphonies (the latter appended with "A Talking Portrait" and "A Working Portrait"), and the Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with Mildred Miller.

-- Robert Cowan, Gramophone [2/1995]

Tracklist 6 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro ma non troppo 22:29
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    22:29
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Joseph Szigeti
    Ensemble
    New York Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Bruno Walter
  2. 2 II. Larghetto 09:47
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    09:47
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Joseph Szigeti
    Ensemble
    New York Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Bruno Walter
  3. 3 III. Rondo: Allegro 09:39
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    09:39
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Joseph Szigeti
    Ensemble
    New York Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Bruno Walter
  4. 4 I. Allegro molto appassionato 11:14
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro molto appassionato
    Duration
    11:14
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Nathan Milstein
    Ensemble
    New York Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Bruno Walter
  5. 5 II. Andante - 07:53
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Andante -
    Duration
    07:53
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Nathan Milstein
    Ensemble
    New York Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Bruno Walter
  6. 6 II. Allegretto non troppo - III. Allegro molto vivace 05:22
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Allegretto non troppo - III. Allegro molto vivace
    Duration
    05:22
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Nathan Milstein
    Ensemble
    New York Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Bruno Walter