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Mahler: Symphony no 2 / Walter, Forrester, Stader, et al

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2010-12-14

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Performers: Stader, Maria
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

This is the first release of Walter's farewell concert as regular guest conductor of the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra. While similar to the CBS/Sony studio recording of...continue...

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll; Bruckner: Symphony no 9 / Bruno Walter, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2008-08-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll; Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 9 in D minor, WAB 109
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Captured here in excellent sound is Walter's penultimate concert with the Philharmonic before he retired as its guest conductor (Carnegie Hall, 10 February, 1957). The...continue...

The Art of Dimitri Mitropoulos Vol. 1 - Berg, Beethoven, Vaughan Williams, et al

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2008-08-12

Works: Alban Berg: Concerto for Violin; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Ernest Chausson: Symphony in B flat ma...
Performers: Casadesus, Jean; Petri, Egon; Szigeti, Joseph [Violin]
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Few great conductors can be classified by just a few characteristics. Although this cautionary remark applies to Dimitri Mitropoulos, it seems safe to say that,...continue...

The Art of Dimitri Mitropoulos Vol. 2 - Broadcast Performances 1945-1955 - Mahler, Bach, et al

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2008-08-12

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 6 in A minor "Tragic"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C major, Op. 26; Concerto for Pia...
Performers: Coppola, Carmine; Dow, Dorothy; Francescatti, Zino; koff, Mischa; Mitropoulos, Dimitri [Conductor/Piano]; Scarpini, Pietro; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Few great conductors can be classified by just a few characteristics. Although this cautionary remark applies to Dimitri Mitropoulos, it seems safe to say that,...continue...

Charles Munch in New York - Debussy, Ravel, Roussel

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-11-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Ibéria, for orchestra, L. 122/2; Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin; Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2; Albert Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane, Suite no 2
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

The Alsatian-born Munch was in his fifth season as Music Director of the Boston Symphony at the time he gave this concert - his sole...continue...

Mendelssohn, Brahms: Violin Concertos / Szigeti, et al

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-05-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Spoken Word: Announcement; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77
Performers: Szigeti, Joseph [Violin]
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Szigeti (1892-1973) was an artist of rare intellect and integrity; he eschewed the role of the virtuoso, placing himself totally at the service of the...continue...

Arthur Schnabel plays Mozart

5 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-02-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 22 in E flat major, K 482; Sonata for Piano no 8 in A minor, K 310 (300d); Concerto for 2 Pianos in E flat major, K 365 (316a); Quartet for Piano and St...
Performers: Maas, Robert; Onnou, Alphonse; Prevost, Germain; Schnabel, Artur
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Boult, Adrian; Barbirolli, John; Susskind, Walter; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Rodzinski, Artur; Stiedry, Fritz
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; New Friends of Music Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Artur Schnabel once wrote: "Children are given Mozart because of the small quantity of the notes; grown-ups avoid him because of the great quality of...continue...

Adolf Busch plays Bach and Beethoven in Wartime New York

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-05-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40; Romance for Vi...
Performers: Busch, Adolf
Conductors: Busch, Adolf; Busch, Fritz; Wallenstein, Alfred
Ensemble: Busch Chamber Players; Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; WOR Radio Orchestra, New York

Adolf Busch had been one of the highly celebrated violinists and greatly admired exponent of the Beethoven Concerto in Europe before WWII, but had never...continue...

Liszt, Schumann, Weber: Piano Concertos / Arrau, et al

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2005-10-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Carl Maria von Weber: Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 79
Performers: Arrau, Claudio
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri; De Sabata, Victor; Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: ; NBC Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Arrau plays Chopin - The Two Concertos

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2005-05-01

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21
Performers: Arrau, Claudio
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto; Busch, Fritz
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Orchestra; Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde / Walter, Forrester, et al

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2005-02-01

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Performers: Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Dmitri Mitropoulos conducts Schoenberg, Scriabin, et al

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2005-02-01

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht for String Orchestra, Op. 4; Pelleas und Melisande, symphonic poem, Op. 5; Alexander Scriabin: Prometheus, Op. 60 "Poem of Fire"; Franz Schmidt: Symphony no 2 ...
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

bbc.co.uk - Michael Quinn
An essential two-disc set for admirers of Dimitri Mitropoulos, the Philharmonic orchestras of New York and Vienna, and, for that matter, 20th...continue...

Bruno Walter Conducts Bruckner: Symphony no 9, etc

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2003-03-01

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 9 in D minor, WAB 109; Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 2 in C major, Op. 72
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Erica Morini in Concert - Tchaikovsky, Brahms

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2003-01-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77
Performers: Morini, Erica
Conductors: Horenstein, Jascha; Szell, George
Ensemble: ORTF National Orchestra; Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Keyboard Giants Play Beethoven / Rubinstein, Hofmann

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2002-11-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Spoken Word: Announcement to introduce Beethoven's Piano Concerto, Op. 58, August 22, 194...
Performers: Hofmann, Josef [Piano]; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Schumann: Piano Concerto; Schubert / Schnabel, Monteux

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2002-10-01

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Franz Schubert: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in B flat major, D 898/Op 99
Performers: Fournier, Pierre; Schnabel, Artur; Szigeti, Joseph [Violin]
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

"The Piano Concerto under Pierre Monteux is a first release, more consistant than an alternative Schnabel broadcast that annotator Harris Goldsmith rightly calls 'erratic'. [This]...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 4; Mozart, Brahms, et al / Bruno Walter

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2001-05-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major; Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Performers: Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Mendelssohn / Bruno Walter

1 CD / Music & Arts / 1999-08-17

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Felix Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, in E major Op. 21; Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Merit - Bruno Walter - New York Concert, 15 February 1948

1 CD / Music & Arts / 1999-02-16

Works: Antonín Dvorák: Symphony no 8 in G major, Op. 88/B 163; Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Paul Hindemith: Symphonia serena
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra