Weller, Walter

Martinu: Violin Concerto No. 1; Symphony No. 1 / Lorenzo Gatto, violin

1 CD / Fuga Libera / 2012-04-10

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Concerto for Violin no 2, H. 293; Symphony no 1
Performers: Gatto, Lorenzo
Conductors: Weller, Walter
Ensemble: National Orchestra of Belgium

To graciously round off his time as conductor of the National Orchestra of Belgium, Walter Weller has chosen for his sixth album a composer he...continue...
Recording information: Henry Le Bouf Concert Hall, Centre for Fine Arts (BOZAR (06/27/2011-07/01/2011)....continue...

Brahms: Haydn Variations; Piano Concerto Nr. 1

1 CD / Fuga Libera / 2011-01-11

Works: Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a "St. Anthony"; Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Performers: Mangova, Plamena
Conductors: Weller, Walter

Heir to the great tradition of the Viennese Philharmonic, where he was concertmaster in his youth, Walter Weller knows his Brahms. The Variations, which have...continue...
Recording information: Henry Le Bouf Concert Hall, Center for Fine Arts (BOZAR....continue...

Bartok: Concerto for orchestra; Janacek: Lachian Dances / Weller

1 CD / Ars Musici / 2010-08-31

Works: Leos Janácek: Lachian (Lasské) Dances (6) for orchestra, JW 6/17; Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116
Conductors: Weller, Walter

Recording information: Musiksaal Des Stadt-Casinos Basel (01/27/1993-01/28/1993)....continue...

Sergej Rachmaninow: Symphony Nr. 1; Der Fels / Walter Weller

1 CD / Ars Musici / 2010-07-27

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: The Rock, Op. 7; Symphony no 1 in D minor, Op. 13
Conductors: Weller, Walter

Recording information: Musiksaal Des Stadt-Casinos Basel....continue...

Josef Suk: Symphony No. 2 "Asrael"; Legend of the Dead Victors

1 CD / Fuga Libera / 2010-01-12

Works: Josef Suk: Symphony in C minor, Op. 27 "Asrael"; Legend of the Dead Victors, Op. 35b
Conductors: Weller, Walter

Ever since the memorable Vaclav Talich recording in the fifties, Josef Suk's Asrael symphony has never really benefited from a reference recording. Yet this symphony,...continue...
Recording information: Brussels, Henry Le Boeuf Concert Hall, Palace for Fine (07/06/2009-07/11/2009)....continue...

Strauss: Burleske, Ein Heldenleben / Mangova, Hadermann, Weller, et al

1 CD / Fuga Libera / 2009-02-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Burleske for piano & orchestra (or 2 pianos) in D minor, o.Op. 85 (TrV 145, AV 85); Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Performers: Hadermann, Ivo; Mangova, Plamena; Mashkov, Alexi
Conductors: Weller, Walter
Ensemble: Belgian National Orchestra

On this release Plamena Mangova performs a stunning and definitive interpretation of Richard Strauss' 'Burleske for piano and orchestra in D Minor'....continue...

Martinu: Symphony no 1, Estampes, Le Depart / Weller, et al

1 CD / Fuga Libera / 2008-03-11

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Symphony no 4; Estampes (Rytiny), pieces (3) for orchestra, H. 369; Le Départ, symphonic interlude from the opera Les trois souhaits, H. 175a
Conductors: Weller, Walter
Ensemble: Belgian National Orchestra

Glazunov: Piano Concerto no 1, Symphony no 5

1 CD / Fuga Libera / 2008-02-12

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Concerto for Piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 92; Symphony no 5 in B flat major, Op. 55
Performers: Eckardstein, Severin von
Conductors: Weller, Walter
Ensemble: Belgian National Orchestra

This is the first recording with orchestra for Severin von Eckardstein, the brilliant 1st laureate of the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium Music Competition. It is...continue...

An Introduction to Ludwig van Beethoven

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-09-19

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Performers: Lill, John
Conductors: Weller, Walter
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

This CD couples Beethoven's most famous symphony and most famous piano concerto - with the striking Prometheus Overture as a bonus. John Lill famous for...continue...

An Introduction to Felix Mendelssohn

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-09-19

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Concerto for Piano no 1 in G minor, Op. 25; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Capriccio brillant for piano and orchestra in B minor, ...
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Shelley, Howard; Groves, Charles, Sir; Weller, Walter
Ensemble: London Mozart Players; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Mendelssohn's exhilarating 'Italian' Symphony is one of the warmest, most vivacious and melodic works in the repertoire and has understandably become a central work in...continue...

Pastoral Classics - Music for a Summer's Day

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-07-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37b; Percy Grainger: Work(s); Shepherd's Hey; Country Gardens; Herbert Howells: Dances (...
Performers: Fleming, Colin; Kanga, Skaila [Harp]; McCann, Phillip; Mordkovitch], Lydia; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Reilly, Tommy; Stephens, Alison
Conductors: Weller, Walter; Järvi, Neeme; Hickox, Richard; del Mar, Norman; Godwin, Anthony; Rothstein, Jack [Violin]; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; ; Thompson, Bryden; Handley, Vernon; Newsome, Roy
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Johann Strauss Orche...

Various artists including Craig, Ogden, Lydia Mordkovich, BBC Philharmonic, Ulster Orchestra, Tommy Reilly, and The Academy of St Martin in The fields ar eheard in...continue...

Classic Recitals - Prima Donna in Vienna / Pilar Lorengar

1 CD / Decca Import / 2006-02-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Richard Wagner: Tannh&aum...
Performers: Lorengar, Pilar
Conductors: Weller, Walter
Ensemble: Vienna Opera Orchestra

The Spanish soprano's wonderful operatic skills were truly realized in her interpretations of Mozart. This original recording from 1971 includes some superb tracks, including a...continue...

Dvorák: Symphonic Poems / Neumann, Weller, Zinman, SWR SO

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-02-14

Works: Antonin Dvorák: The Water Goblin (Vodník), symphonic poem, B. 195 (Op. 107); Noon Witch, Op. 108/B 196; Wood Dove, Op. 110/B 198; In Nature's Realm (V prírode), concert overture,...
Conductors: Neumann, Václav; Weller, Walter; Zinman, David
Ensemble: ; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Dvork combines compositional principles of the German Romantic movement with his own native Bohemian musical culture to create colorful symphonic poems on folk subjects, four...continue...

Bear Essentials - Classics for Funerals

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-02-22

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March"; Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Johann Sebastian Bach: Komm, süsser Tod, komm, sel'ge Ruh'!, BWV 478; Conc...
Performers: Austin, Michael [Organ]; Comberti, Micaela; Crabtree, Libby; Kenyon, Philip; Kirkby, Emma; Lortie, Louis; Rodgers, Joan; Scott, Jonathan; Standage, Simon; Torchinsky, Yuri [Violin]
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias; Hickox, Richard; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Standage, Simon; Järvi, Neeme; Parrott, Andrew; Guest, George; Christophers, Harry; Handley, Vernon; Hurst, Geor...
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Collegium Musicum 90; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus; R...

Mendelssohn: Symphonies / Weller, et al

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-09-21

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 11; Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 "Lobgesang"; Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"; Sympho...
Performers: Hagley, Alison [Soprano Vocals]; Haymon, Cynthia; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Straka, Peter
Conductors: Weller, Walter
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Bear Essentials - Dining Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-10-21

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for strings & continuo in D major, Op. 12/3, RV 124; Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Australia, Soloists of; Barnert, Matthias; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Cantilena [Instrumental Ensemble]; City of Birmingham ...
Conductors: Shelley, Howard; ; Manze, Andrew; Thomas, Ronald [Violin]; Standage, Simon; Preston, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; Garforth, David; Shepherd, Adrian; Leppard, Raymond; Weller, Walter; Turovsky, Yuli; Bam...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; Ambache Chamber Ensemble; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Cantilena; Collegium Musicum 90; Concerto Copenhagen; English Chamber Ensemble; English Cha...

Essential Violin - Over 2 1/2 hours of glorious melodies

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-09-09

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Jules Massenet: Thaïs; Niccolò Paganini: Conce...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bell, Joshua; Bonynge, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Cleveland Orchestra; Coker, Paul; Dutoit, Charles; Fujikawa, Mayumi; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Hait...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonynge, Richard; Litton, Andrew; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Chailly, Riccardo; Haitink, Bernard; Previn, Andre; Weller, Walter; Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Cleveland Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Or...

Personnel: Paul Coker, Ernest Lush, Phillip Moll (piano)....continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias Vol 10 / Montague

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-04-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; La Clemenza de Tito; Così fan tutte, K 588; Vado, ma dove?, K 583; Chi sa qual sia, K 582; Christoph Willibal...
Performers: Beer, Susanne; Boylan, Orla; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Montague, Diana; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Williams, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Young, Alistair
Conductors: Weller, Walter; Parry, David

Montague has been a regular contributor to the Opera in English series; this is her second solo album on the label. - "Above all it...continue...

Opera in English - Bruce Ford Sings Viennese Operetta

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-01-21

Works: Franz Lehár: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (You Are My Heart's Delight) (from "Das Land des Lächelns"); Immer nur Lächeln, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (from "Das Land Des Lächeln...
Performers: Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Schoeman, Pieter; Williams, Helen [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Weller, Walter
Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra

The #1 Classical Album

2 CD / Decca / 2002-05-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; ...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Domingo, Placido; Haselbock, Martin; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Loveday, Alan; Ortiz, Cristina; Pavarotti, Luciano; Schiff, Andr...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Chailly, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Munchinger, Karl; Végh, Sándor; Boskovsky, Willi; Kempe, Rudolf; Tate, Jeffrey; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Dutoi...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philhar...

Beethoven: Overtures, Leonora no 3, etc /Lill, Weller, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-09-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43; Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62; Leonore Overture no 2 in C major, Op. 72; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"
Performers: Lill, John
Conductors: Weller, Walter
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Mendelssohn: Concertos / Karin and Doris Adam, Walter Weller

1 CD / Camerata / 2000-06-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64; Concerto for Piano and Violin in D minor
Performers: Adam, Doris; Adam, Karin
Conductors: Weller, Walter
Ensemble: Basel Symphony Orchestra

40 Famous Marches

2 CD / Decca / 2000-02-08

Works: Edward Elgar: Coronation Ode, Op. 44; Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39; Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11; Johann Strauss II: Jubelfest-Marsch (Jubilee Festival March), for orchestra (wit...
Performers: Curley, Carlo; Hurford, Peter; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Boskovsky, Willi; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Howarth, Elgar; Bonynge, Richard; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Weller, Walter; Blomstedt, Herbe...
Ensemble: ; Baroque Brass of London; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

This stirring collection of 40 of the world's most best-known classical marches includes Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance; Wagner: Grand March from Tannhauser; Schubert: Marche Militaire;...continue...

Mozart: Adagios

2 CD / Decca / 1999-04-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Gran Partita; Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major; Conce...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bell, Joshua; Beznosiuk, Lisa; Brown, Iona; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; de Peyer, Gervase; Fujikawa, Mayumi; Kelly, Frances [Harp]; Pay, Antony [Clarinet]; Schiff, Andras; Tuckwell,...
Conductors: Boskovsky, Willi; Végh, Sándor; ; Maag, Peter; Hogwood, Christopher; Weller, Walter; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Vienna Mozart Winds; Winds of the London Symphony Orchestra (Winds)

Legendary Treasures - The Art of Vladimir Orloff 1949-1976

3 CD / Doremi / 1998-02-17

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Cello in A minor, Op. 129; Anatol Vieru: Concerto for cello & orchestra, No 1; Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Luigi Boccherini: Sonata for Cello and Basso Continuo in...
Performers: Friedman, Marian; Holecek, Alfred; Orlov, Vladimir; Sivo, Josef
Conductors: Cristescu, Mircea; Barbirolli, John; Weller, Walter; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Stefanov, Vassil; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Perisson, Jean
Ensemble: ; Bucharest George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra; Bucharest State Opera Orchestra; Bulgarian Radio Orchestra; ORTF Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra

"One of the greatest cellists of our time, with focused tone, refined expression and intelligence." -Le Monde (France) Restored recordings and concert broadcasts of one...continue...

Great Mozart Singers, Vol. 5: Concert Arias 1972-83

1 CD / Orfeo / 1995-07-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Alcandro, lo confesso...Non sò, d'onde viene, K 512; Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Ombra felice...Io ti lascio, K 255; Vado, ma dove?, K 583; Bella mia fiamma, addio...
Performers: Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Auger, Arleen; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Marshall, Margaret; Moll, Kurt; Murray, Ann; Popp, Lucia; Varady, Julia [Soprano Vocals]; Winbergh, Gosta
Conductors: Weller, Walter; Hager, Leopold; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Weikert, Ralf

Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Symphony no 10 / Gibson, Weller

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, Op. 56 "Triple Concerto"; Symphony no 10 in E flat major (realized & completed by Barry Cooper)
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Weller, Walter
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio