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𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐨 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 (1876–1962) was a German-born conductor, pianist and composer, and one of the most distinguished conductors of the 20th century. Born in 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧, he began his career as a pianist before turning to…

𝐁𝐑𝐔𝐍𝐎 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐄𝐑 — 𝐌𝐀𝐇𝐋𝐄𝐑’𝐒 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐈𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐂𝐘 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐔𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 Bruno Walter was much more than one of the leading conductors of the twentieth century. He was…

Pierre Fournier, Bruno Walter, Zino Francescati

𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 — 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿: 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗱𝘆𝗹𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟵) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1uOeD8Fo9A

𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗢 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗘𝗥 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Bruno Walter occupies a unique position in the history of conducting. He belonged directly to the final world of late Romanticism, worked closely with Gustav Mahler and…

Conductor 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿 (center), 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗣𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘇𝗻𝗲𝗿 (second from the right), and German Reich Minister 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗸 (right) at a reception at the Hotel Adlon in Berlin.

𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿 & 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 — 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻: 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗯𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗻, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟰𝟮 Edinburgh, 1949 — Live Recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLmo2f5ARTs 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿, contralto 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿, piano 1949/09 — Mono, Edinburgh Festival

𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿 with 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 at the Edinburgh Festival.

Historical photograph in Berlin, around 1929/1930, showing 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶, 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿, and 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗮̈𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿. This is probably one of the most impressive images in the entire history of orchestral conducting:…

Walter Berry - Karl Richter - Matthauss Passion

Brahms - Symphony No.4 - Bruno Walter - Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York

𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿: 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗤𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 Bruno Walter was not only one of the great conductors of the twentieth century, but also one of its most reflective musical minds. Born in Berlin in…

𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶 (𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟳–𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟳). 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟯. Regarding 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶: he did not die as a child. The son who died young was 𝗚𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶, who died of diphtheria…

Bruno Walter with Yehudi Menuhin

𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟳–𝟰𝟵. 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿.

𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗢 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗩 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗔 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗜𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆 The relationship between 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 and 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 was one of the…

𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗢 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗔 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁, 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 Bruno Walter was one of the great moral figures of twentieth-century conducting. He was not merely a…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 — 𝗙𝗨𝗥𝗧𝗪Ä𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗘𝗥, 𝗪𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗡𝗘𝗥, 𝗧𝗢𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗜, 𝗞𝗟𝗘𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗥, 𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗢 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗘𝗥 The 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in conducting is not a single straight line, but a constellation of moral, architectural, and sonic philosophies inherited from the…

Photograph shows 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘇 𝗞𝗿𝗲𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗿, 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝗺𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗵, 𝗣𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘀, and 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝘂𝗲𝗿 who played together in a concert at Carnegie Hall in March 1917 (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐕𝐨𝐥. 𝟏 - 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐡, 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐧, 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 Gluck: Air and Dance of the Slaves (Iphigénie en Tauride) Gluck: Tambourin-Gavotte-Chaconne (Iphigénie en Tauride) Moszkowski: Perpetuum mobile Saint-Saëns: Ballet…

Maria Callas, George Pretre and Walter Legge

𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗶𝗻 (𝟭𝟴𝟳𝟴–𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟴), 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗴𝗲 (𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟲–𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟵), 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗧𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 (𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟯–𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟱), 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀 (𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟯–𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟳) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶-𝗟𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗶 (𝟭𝟮𝟮𝟬–𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟭)

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄ä𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿: 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗡𝗿. 𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗛 𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟭) - 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗸 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMca_16Ps-k 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄ä𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝟭𝟲 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟮

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄ä𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿 - 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼.𝟮 - 𝗕𝗕𝗖 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 - 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿: 𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrbXlBd8ajQ 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄ä𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝘆 - 1898 - 12 years