An Evening with Bruno Walter
By Ralph Graves
This Wednesday, Mar. 26, at 9:00 am, Analog Masters features conductor Bruno Walter
Other podium giants of the time yelled, stomped their feet, and generally behaved like the spoiled brats they were. Not Bruno Walter. He spoke calmly and gently, treating his players like beloved colleagues.
In consequence, Walter was able to achieve extraordinary results that few, if any of his contemporaries could match.
In this hour we turn the host chair over to maestro Walter so he may introduce you to four of his favorite scores from a 1958 Columbia Record Club LP titled An Evening With Bruno Walter. Musical selections include Strauss’s Don Juan and Mozart’s 40th Symphony as recorded by Walter with the New York Philharmonic.
Analog Masters
Wednesdays at 9:00 am and 4:00 pm
exclusively on CharlottesvilleClassical.org
Featured recordings:
Mozart: Symphony 40 in G major, K.550
Bruno Walter/New York Philharmonic
An Evening with Bruno Walter, Columbia (1958)
Mozart: “Se vuol ballare” from Marriage of Figaro
George London; Bruno Walter/Columbia Symphony
An Evening with Bruno Walter, Columbia (1958)
Mozart Per Peita from Cosi fan tutte
Eleanor Steber; Bruno Walter/Columbia Symphony
An Evening with Bruno Walter, Columbia (1958)
Strauss: Don Juan
Bruno Walter/New York Philharmonic
An Evening with Bruno Walter, Columbia (1958)
