Bruno Walter, Columbia Symphony Orchestra - Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6 (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 372 Mb | Total time: 72:44 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | SMK 64462 | Recorded: 1958/59
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 372 Mb | Total time: 72:44 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | SMK 64462 | Recorded: 1958/59
Bruno Walter was always a most persuasive advocate of the gentler Beethoven–at least, that's what everyone thought until his stereo Beethoven cycle was remastered onto CD, revealing a much stronger musical profile than had been suspected. But that just made the cycle's best performances sound better still–and here they are, together on one midpriced CD! It's amazing that a man in his 80s, as Walter was when these performances were recorded, could take what was essentially a pickup orchestra and turn in performances of such power and authority. Walter and the Columbia Symphony had a genuine chemistry between them–they play these two symphonies as if they had been making music together for years.