Bruno Walter Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
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CD Details
- Released: May 16, 1995
- Originally Released: 1995
- Label: Sony Masterworks
Tracks:
- 1.Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral': I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
- 2.Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral': Ii. Molto Vivace
- 3.Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral': Iii. Adagio Molto e cantabile
- 4.Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral': Iv. Presto -
- 5.Rezitativo - O Freunde, nicht diese T - Allegro assai (Final chorus from Schiller's ode 'To Joy')
Product Description:
Bruno Walter recorded the Beethoven symphonies in stereo for Columbia in 1958-59, taping No. 9 in New York and Nos. 1-8 in Los Angeles with orchestras of freelance and studio musicians who rose magnificently to the occasion. Walter was in his eighties, but that didn't stop him from grabbing these works by the throat; there is no mincing around, no effusive lingering over phrases, and no ponderous trudging either. The even-numbered symphonies are sunny and outgoing, full of the warmth the conductor exuded during his Indian-summer years in the studio. Yet the drama of the odd-numbered works is not slighted. Walter's account of the Fifth, for example, is an intensely expressive one in which lyricism and thrust are in perfect balance--an evocation of stormy Romanticism at its best. The recordings have held up extremely well; the sound on these 20-bit CDs is spacious yet detailed, with amazing presence and solidity. --Ted Libbey