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Bruno Walter

Bruno Walter (born Bruno Schlesinger, September 15, 1876 – February 17, 1962) was a German-born conductor, pianist and composer. Born in Berlin, he escaped Nazi Germany in 1933, was naturalised as a French citizen in 1938, and settled in the United States in 1939. He worked closely with Gustav Mahler, whose music he helped to establish in the repertory, held major positions with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Salzburg Festival, Vienna State Opera, Bavarian State Opera, Staatsoper Unter den Linden and Deutsche Oper Berlin, among others, made recordings of historical and artistic significance, and is widely considered to be one of the great conductors of the 20th century.

Bruno Walter

Bruno Schlesinger

(1876-09-15)September 15, 1876
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire

February 17, 1962(1962-02-17) (aged 85)

Beverly Hills, California, U.S.

Composer, conductor, pianist

1889–1962

Symphony No. 1 in D minor (composed circa 1907; premiered in Vienna, 1909; recorded by CPO #777 163–2, 2007)

Symphony No. 2 in E (composed circa 1910)

Symphonic Fantasia (composed 1904; premiered by Richard Strauss in 1904)

String Quartet in D major (1903; premiered in Vienna by the )

Rose Quartet

Piano Quintet (premiered in 1905 in Vienna by the )

Rose Quartet

Piano Trio (premiered in 1906 in Vienna by Walter and members of the )

Rose Quartet

Sonata for Violin and Piano in A (circa 1908; premiered by Walter and Rose in Vienna in February 1909; recorded VAI vaia #1155, 1997)

Incidental music for "King Oedipus" (1910. The production was an adaptation of the Sophocles play by . It was directed by Max Reinhardt, and premiered in September 1910 in Munich, followed by performances in Berlin, Cologne, and Vienna.

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Numerous songs

Choral Works

1935: , Die Walküre (Act I), with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, feat. soloists Lotte Lehmann, Lauritz Melchior, Emanuel List, et al. (EMI Great Recordings of the Century, Naxos Historical)

Richard Wagner

1938: , Symphony No. 9, with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. (Dutton, EMI Great Artists of the Century, Naxos Historical)

Gustav Mahler

1941: , Fidelio, with the Metropolitan Opera, feat. soloists Kirsten Flagstad, Alexander Kipnis, Herbert Janssen, et al. (Naxos Historical)

Ludwig van Beethoven

1952: , Das Lied von der Erde, with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, feat. soloists Kathleen Ferrier and Julius Patzak. (Decca Legends, Naxos Historical)

Gustav Mahler

1956: The Birth of a Performance: Walter's rehearsals and finished performance of 's "Linz" Symphony, with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra. A then-rare instance of rehearsals of a performance being issued on a commercial recording. (Sony Masterworks)

Mozart

1958–1961: , Symphony No. 4, Symphony No. 6 and Symphony No. 9, with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra. (Sony Bruno Walter Edition)

Ludwig van Beethoven

1960: , Symphony No. 2 and Symphony No. 3, with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra. (Sony Bruno Walter Edition)

Johannes Brahms

Source: Grove Music Online

in the Music Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

The Bruno Walter Papers

Website at Sony Classical

Bruno Walters Heritage at Vienna Music University

at AllMusic

Bruno Walter

in the German National Library catalogue

Bruno Walter

Page with an mp3 file: Bruno Walter conducts Gustav Mahler (1. Symphony, Trio of 2d Movement)

at Sony Classical

Bruno Walter biography

Conducting the London Philharmonic

in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW

Newspaper clippings about Bruno Walter