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Bruno Walter Edition - Brahms: Symphonies No 2 & 3

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Details

Composer
BRUCKNER, ANTON
Artist
Bruno Walter
Format
CD
Label
Sony Masterworks
Released
Oct 31, 1995
Catalog #
SMK64471
UPC
074646447123

About

The Columbia Symphony may not have been a first-class orchestra, but Bruno Walter trained to do the right things, and it responded with first-class accounts of the Brahms symphonies. While there are instances of less-than-crack ensemble, there is also some very fine first-desk playing, and the performances as a whole are marked by a natural feeling of movement, phrasing, and expression. Walter’s approach to the music is kindly, caring, wonderfully whole – sunny but not overly brilliant, warm but not overly heated, sincere but not overly impassioned. Anyone who thinks that means the conductor was slow, shapeless, or indulgent should listen. There is thrust here, and plenty of momentum. The recordings are closely miked and somewhat bass-heavy, but in Sony’s 20-bit remastering the sound is wonderfully alive and direct. – Ted Libbey, author of The NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro non troppo 15:10
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    15:10
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Ensemble
    Columbia Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Walter
  2. 2 II. Adagio non troppo - L'istesso tempo, ma grazioso 10:37
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio non troppo - L'istesso tempo, ma grazioso
    Duration
    10:37
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Ensemble
    Columbia Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Walter
  3. 3 III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino) - Presto ma non assai 05:33
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino) - Presto ma non assai
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Ensemble
    Columbia Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Walter
  4. 4 IV. Allegro con spirito 09:38
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro con spirito
    Duration
    09:38
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Ensemble
    Columbia Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Walter
  5. 5 I. Allegro con brio - Un poco sostenuto 10:01
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio - Un poco sostenuto
    Duration
    10:01
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Ensemble
    Columbia Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Walter
  6. 6 II. Andante 08:38
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    08:38
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Ensemble
    Columbia Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Walter
  7. 7 III. Poco allegretto 06:13
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Poco allegretto
    Duration
    06:13
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Ensemble
    Columbia Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Walter
  8. 8 IV. Allegro - Un poco sostenuto 08:17
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro - Un poco sostenuto
    Duration
    08:17
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Ensemble
    Columbia Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Walter