Credits:

Bruno Walter,Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Description:

The stereo recordings made by Bruno Walter (1876-1961) between 1957 and 1961, the last years of his life, are the most important performances in the vast discography of the greatest conductor of the 20th century, and are literally a "world heritage" of recordings, the fruit of his long musical experience and deep insight. The recordings are masterpieces that are literally a "world heritage" of recordings, the result of the many experiences and insights of these long musical careers. The performances were produced through a series of meticulous rehearsals and sessions with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra, which was organized especially for the recording, and were perfectly recorded in the acoustically excellent American Legion Hall using Columbia's state-of-the-art equipment and technology of the time. This series of systematic reissues of all of Walter's stereo recordings by composer is the first full-fledged hybrid product of Walter's. The original analog 3-track masters have been newly remixed and remastered for the first time in 21 years since 1998, and are now available in the 21st century. The first volume of the series is a new remix and remastering of the original analog 3-track masters. DISC 6 features a previously unreleased Japanese recording of Walter's intimate English narration of the Mozart and Haydn recordings that became synonymous with him throughout his life, and DISC 7 features a reissue of the original recording of the Haydn recording.DISC 1-5: Stereo/SA-CD hybrid (SA-CD layer is 2ch), DISC 6: Mono/normal CD. SA-CD hybrid is only available in Japan. Ondesaku label code specification. Original jacket design packaging and a separate, highly-documentary instruction manual will be included.

Tracklisting:

1 SYMPHONY NO.35 IN D MAJOR. K 385 'HAFFNER' 1.ALLEGRO CON SPIRITO / Bruno Walter
2 SYMPHONY NO.35 IN D MAJOR. K 385 'HAFFNER' 2.ANDANTE / Bruno Walter
3 SYMPHONY NO.35 IN D MAJOR. K 385 'HAFFNER' 3.MENUETTO - TRIO / Bruno Walter
4 SYMPHONY NO.35 IN D MAJOR. K 385 'HAFFNER' 4.PRESTO / Bruno Walter
5 SYMPHONY NO.36 IN C MAJOR. K 425 'LINZ' 1.ADAGIO - ALLEGRO SPIRITOSO / Bruno Walter
6 SYMPHONY NO.36 IN C MAJOR. K 425 'LINZ' 2.ANDANTE / Bruno Walter
7 SYMPHONY NO.36 IN C MAJOR. K 425 'LINZ' 3.MENUETTO - TRIO / Bruno Walter
8 SYMPHONY NO.36 IN C MAJOR. K 425 'LINZ' 4.PRESTO / Bruno Walter
9 SYMPHONY NO.38 IN D MAJOR. K 504 'PRAGUE' 1.ADAGIO - ALLEGRO / Bruno Walter
10 SYMPHONY NO.38 IN D MAJOR. K 504 'PRAGUE' 2.ANDANTE / Bruno Walter
11 SYMPHONY NO.38 IN D MAJOR. K 504 'PRAGUE' 3.PRESTO / Bruno Walter
1 SYMPHONY NO.39 IN E-FLAT MAJOR. K 543 1.ADAGIO - ALLEGRO / Bruno Walter
2 SYMPHONY NO.39 IN E-FLAT MAJOR. K 543 2.ANDANTE CON MOTO / Bruno Walter
3 SYMPHONY NO.39 IN E-FLAT MAJOR. K 543 3.MENUETTO.ALLEGRETTO - TRIO / Bruno Walter
4 SYMPHONY NO.39 IN E-FLAT MAJOR. K 543 4.FINALE.ALLEGRO / Bruno Walter
5 SYMPHONY NO.40 IN G MINOR. K 550 1.MOLTO ALLEGRO / Bruno Walter
6 SYMPHONY NO.40 IN G MINOR. K 550 2.ANDANTE / Bruno Walter
7 SYMPHONY NO.40 IN G MINOR. K 550 3.MENUETTO.ALLEGRETTO - TRIO / Bruno Walter
8 SYMPHONY NO.40 IN G MINOR. K 550 4.ALLEGRO ASSAI / Bruno Walter
9 SYMPHONY NO.41 IN C MAJOR. K 551 'JUPITER' 1.ALLEGRO VIVACE / Bruno Walter
10 SYMPHONY NO.41 IN C MAJOR. K 551 'JUPITER' 2.ANDANTE CANTABILE / Bruno Walter
11 SYMPHONY NO.41 IN C MAJOR. K 551 'JUPITER' 3.MENUETTO.ALLEGRETTO - TRIO / Bruno Walter
12 SYMPHONY NO.41 IN C MAJOR. K 551 'JUPITER' 4.MOLTO ALLEGRO / Bruno Walter
1 SYMPHONY NO.88 IN G MAJOR. HOB.1:88 1.ADAGIO-ALLEGRO / Bruno Walter
2 SYMPHONY NO.88 IN G MAJOR. HOB.1:88 2.LARGO / Bruno Walter
3 SYMPHONY NO.88 IN G MAJOR. HOB.1:88 3.MENUETTO.ALLEGRETTO-TRIO / Bruno Walter
4 SYMPHONY NO.88 IN G MAJOR. HOB.1:88 4.FINALE.ALLEGRO CON SPIRITO / Bruno Walter
5 SYMPHONY NO.100 IN G MAJOR. HOB.1:100 'MILITARY' 1.ADAGIO-ALLEGRO / Bruno Walter
6 SYMPHONY NO.100 IN G MAJOR. HOB.1:100 'MILITARY' 2.ALLEGRETTO / Bruno Walter
7 SYMPHONY NO.100 IN G MAJOR. HOB.1:100 'MILITARY' 3.MENUETTO.MODERATO-TRIO / Bruno Walter
8 SYMPHONY NO.100 IN G MAJOR. HOB.1:100 'MILITARY' 4.FINALE.PRESTO / Bruno Walter
1 SERENADE NO.13 IN G MAJOR. K 525 'EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK' 1.ALLEGRO / Bruno Walter
2 SERENADE NO.13 IN G MAJOR. K 525 'EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK' 2.ROMANCE.ANDANTE / Bruno Walter
3 SERENADE NO.13 IN G MAJOR. K 525 'EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK' 3.MENUETTO.ALLEGRETTO-TRIO / Bruno Walter
4 SERENADE NO.13 IN G MAJOR. K 525 'EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK' 4.RONDO.ALLEGRO / Bruno Walter
5 DER SCHAUSPIELDIREKTOR. K 486:OVERTURE / Bruno Walter
6 COSI FAN TUTTE. K 588:OVERTURE / Bruno Walter
7 LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. K 492:OVERTURE / Bruno Walter
8 DIE ZAUBERFLOTE. K 620:OVERTURE / Bruno Walter
9 MAURERISCHE TRAUERMUSIK IN C MINOR. K 477(479A) / Bruno Walter
1 CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA NO.3 IN G MAJOR. K 216 1.ALLEGRO / Bruno Walter
2 CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA NO.3 IN G MAJOR. K 216 2.ADAGIO / Bruno Walter
3 CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA NO.3 IN G MAJOR. K 216 3.RONDEAU.ALLEGRO - ANDANTE - ALLEGRETTO - / Bruno Walter
4 CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA NO.4 IN D MAJOR. K 218 1.ALLEGRO / Bruno Walter
5 CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA NO.4 IN D MAJOR. K 218 2.ANDANTE CANTABILE / Bruno Walter
6 CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA NO.4 IN D MAJOR. K 218 3.RONDEAU.ANDANTE GRAZIOSO - ALLEGRO MA NON / Bruno Walter