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Bruno Walter Conducts Bruckner's 4th and 9th Symphonies / NBC (1940) & Philadelphia (1948) Orchestras

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2012-07-31

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"; Symphony no 9 in D minor, WAB 109; Recorded Sound: Applause; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: ; NBC Symphony Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra

In much the same way as he championed Mahler, conductor Bruno Walter was a tireless advocate for Bruckner during his American years. This period in...continue...

Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-02-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 violins, cello, strings & continuo in D minor ("L'estro armonico" no 11), Op. 3/11,; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Adoramus te Christe, motet for 4 voices (from Mo...
Performers: Rodzinski, Artur [Conductor]
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

Stokowski, the first major musician to recognize the potentialities of the sound recording as a significant factor in our musical life, actually resisted the idea...continue...