Bruno Walter - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Great Symphonies (2003)
XLD | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 997 Mb | Total time: 03:58:15 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # SM4K87989 | Recorded: 1953-1956
XLD | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 997 Mb | Total time: 03:58:15 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # SM4K87989 | Recorded: 1953-1956
This set restores to circulation Bruno Walter's New York Philharmonic versions of the mature Mozart symphonies (35-41). These were recorded in decent mono during the early LP era (1953-1956). Listeners familiar with his stereo versions of these works with the Columbia Symphony (an ad hoc ensemble formed largely for the sake of Walter's Indian Summer recording projects) will note some marked interpretative differences in the earlier recordings. The NYPO provides leaner textures and more alert playing, and Walter's conducting conveys greater vitality, than in the plusher and sometimes too languid Columbia Symphony recordings.