Bruno Walter - The Edition - Box Set 39CDs

Label : Sony
Format : Flac track
Cover : Yes

39 CD-box with recordings of Bruno Walter’s later years in a high quality LP-sized box.

32 page LP-sized booklet with elaborate liner notes in German and English.

This box set contains the complete symphonies of Beethoven and Brahms, the later symphonies of Mozart, symphonies of Mahler and Bruckner, CDs with rehearsals and many more.

The German born conductor Bruno Walter (1876-1962) was known primarily for his interpretations of the Viennese school. Though out of step with 20th century trends he was such a fine musician that he became a major figure - filling the wide gulf between the extremes of his day - Arturo Toscanini and Wilhelm Furtwängler.

He was an associate of Gustav Mahler and a long and faithful proponent and interpreter of Mahler's music.

He conducted the world premieres of “Das Lied von der Erde” (1911) and the “Symphony No. 9” (1912).

In 1925, he helped institute the Salzburg Festival and was named musical director of the Berlin Staatsoper. In 1929, Walter had a falling out with the Berlin opera management and departed to succeed Wilhelm Furtwängler at the Leipzig Gewandhaus.

In 1933 he left Germany when the Nazis came to power and went to Austria and from there in 1938 to France. Walter finally left Europe in 1939 and settled in the United States where he already had a strong following. He built up a reputation as a respected conductor under whom musicians enjoyed working. Amongst other orchestras, he frequently conducted the New York Philharmonic.

In 1957 a West Coast recording ensemble named Columbia Symphony Orchestra was specially put together for Walter to produce new recordings of famous works by Bruckner and Mahler in stereo.

Tracklist :

Samuel Barber
Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphonies Nos. 1-9
Columbia Symphony Orchestra & Westminster Choir, Bruno Walter

Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor'
Rudolf Serkin - piano
New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
Joseph Szigeti - violin
New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C major, Op. 56
Walter Hendl - piano, McClure - violin, Leonard Rose - cello
New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

Egmont Overture, Op. 84

Johannes Brahms
Symphonies Nos. 1-4

Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102
Zino Francescatti - violin, Pierre Fournier - cello
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter

Variations on a theme by Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a 'St Anthony Variations'
Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter

Schicksalslied, Op. 54
Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Occidental College Concert Choir, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major 'Romantic'
Symphony No. 7 in E Major
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
Te Deum in C major, WAB 45
Westminster Choir, New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C Major, Op. 46 No. 1
New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 88 in G major
Symphony No. 100 in G major 'Military'
Symphony No. 102 in B flat major
Symphony No. 96 in D major 'Miracle'
New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D major 'Titan'
Symphony No. 4 in G major
Halban
Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection'
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter

Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

Symphony No. 9 in D major
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter

Das Lied von der Erde
Mildred Miller, Ernst Haefliger
New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Nathan Milstein - violin
New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K183
Symphony No. 28 in C major, K200
Symphony No. 29 in A major, K201
Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385 'Haffner'
Symphony No. 36 in C major, K425 'Linz'
Symphony No. 38 in D major, K504 'Prague'
Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'
New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K216
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K218
Zino Francescatti - violin

Serenade No. 13 in G major, K525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter

Requiem in D minor, K626
Westminster Choir, New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D485
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'
Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 'The Great'
Incidental music to Rosamunde, D797
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter

Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Eugene Istomin - piano
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter

Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 'Rhenish'

Richard Strauss
Don Juan, Op. 20
Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24
New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

Richard Wagner
Siegfried-Idyll
Preludes and overtures
Occidental College Concert Choir, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter