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# **Bruno Walter** The **world premiere of Gustav Mahler’s Ninth Symphony** took place **after the composer’s death**. The work was premiered by **Bruno Walter**, conducting the **Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra**, on **26 June 1912**, in…

# **Standing**: Ignaz Brüll, Anton Door, Josef Gänsbacher, Julius Epstein (Brüll's piano teacher), Robert Hausmann. **Sitting**: Gustav Walter, Eduard Hanslick, Johannes Brahms.

Bruno Walter- Arturo Toscanini - 1935

06-06-1911: Letter from Bruno Walter (1876-1962) in Bad Gastein (Austria) to Justine (Ernestine) Rose-Mahler (1868-1938): Walter tries to console both himself and Justine over the death of Mahler the previous 18-05-1911. I would just…

Walter Gieseking/Karajan Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 5 ‘Emperor’ - Gieseking, Rother, BRO (1944 Stereo Recording) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q4wfkCpFCM

Bruno Walter

Toscanini, Horowitz, Bruno Walter

Toscanini/Bruno Walter Great conductors: Bruno Walter, Arturo Toscanini, Erich Kleiber, Otto Klemperer, Wilhelm Furtwangler Bayreuther Festspiele, 1931 (from the left) : Alexander von Spring , Furtwängler, Heinz Tietjen, Winifred Wagner and Arturo Toscanini

Bruno Walter

𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧 (1918–1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist and educator, and one of the most charismatic and influential musical figures of the 20th century. Born in 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, Massachusetts, he studied at 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐝 and…

𝐌𝐎𝐙𝐀𝐑𝐓 — 𝟐𝟎 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐒. 𝟒𝟎 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝟒𝟏 Mozart’s final two symphonies invite radically different approaches. Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550, thrives on tension, nervous energy and emotional…

𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝘀 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿 New York, New York: On stage, 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 (center) and 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝗵𝗺 (left) shared the podium, conducting the 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 at a 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 Pension Fund concert.…

𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗝𝗢𝗦𝗘 𝗟𝗨𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗭 𝗗𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗚𝗔 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝟮𝟬 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗻-𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸, 𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗮, 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗶𝘂𝘀, 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝘂𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 When 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 arrived in 𝗡𝗲𝘄…

𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗝𝗢𝗦𝗘 𝗟𝗨𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗭 𝗗𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗚𝗔 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝟭𝟰 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗛𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗛𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲 By the beginning of 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟳, 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿…

𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗿 — Der Freischütz - 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗿 - 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗞𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗵 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQaA3eUf5oY Ottokar — 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘆 Kuno — 𝗘𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 Agathe — 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗿𝘂̈𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 Ännchen — 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 Kaspar — 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻…

𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 — Don Giovanni — conducted by 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗮̈𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿 (1954) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwysHE1Lx1k Don Giovanni — 𝗖𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗽𝗶 Donna Elvira — 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘇𝗸𝗼𝗽𝗳 Don Ottavio — 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗮 Leporello — 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 Masetto — 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆…

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀 — Arabella - 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK0NF6iiG0s 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗩𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘆 — Arabella 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗵 — Zdenka 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿-𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗸𝗮𝘂 — Mandryka 𝗔𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗳 𝗗𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗽𝗼𝘇𝘇𝗮 — Matteo 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 — Graf Waldner 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗵𝘁 — Graf Lamoral…

𝗝. 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀 — 𝗗𝗶𝗲 𝗙𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘂𝘀 — 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝘂𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻 — 𝗞𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘁 — 𝗪ä𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 — 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗻𝗶𝗸 — 𝗭𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗶 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDPXxJIu9Mc&list=PLIf51lPrqmlinDf-eSQ04MM16b0ukykVv&index=1 𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻 — Rosalinde 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗿 𝗞𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘁 — Gabriel von Eisenstein 𝗘𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪ä𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 — Frank 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗻𝗶𝗸 —…

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀 — 𝗗𝗶𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝘂 𝗼𝗵𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 — 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 — 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟰 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGm3FsBnPEM 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗥𝘆𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗸 — The Empress 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 — The Emperor 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 — The Nurse 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 — Barak 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 —…

𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿: 𝗗𝗮𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗿𝗱𝗲 by 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU_vuKSP2Z0&list=RDXU_vuKSP2Z0&start_radio=1 Contralto: 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿 Tenor: 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘇𝗮𝗸 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗿 Conductor: 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 Recorded in 1952, Vienna

𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿: 𝗗𝗮𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗿𝗱𝗲 by 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU_vuKSP2Z0&list=RDXU_vuKSP2Z0&start_radio=1 Contralto: 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿 Tenor: 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘇𝗮𝗸 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗿 Conductor: 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 Recorded in 1952, Vienna