Walter; Bruno

Comparisons: Walter vs. Klemperer in Mozart’s Masonic Funeral Music

David Hurwitz

Mozart’s Masonic Funeral Music is a brief, powerful elegy performed […]

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Cult Conductors: Walter’s Youthful Valedictory Mahler 2

David Hurwitz

Individual Sony titles imported from Japan are showing up on

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Bruno Walter’s 10 Best Recordings (video review)

David Hurwitz

Bruno Walter, born in 1876, lived far enough into the

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Big Boxes: Szigeti’s Complete Columbia Recordings

Jed Distler

Joseph Szigeti (1892-1973) was the violinistic equivalent of a “kunst

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Big Boxes: Walter’s Sony Mahler Recordings, Complete

David Hurwitz

It’s so simple, really. Just take everything the artist did

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Big Boxes: Bruno Walter’s Complete Columbia Albums

David Hurwitz

Like the previously released Szell edition from Sony, this is

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CD From Hell: Walter’s Godawful Vienna Mahler Ninth

David Hurwitz

Every first recording of a major work has historic interest,

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CD From Hell: The Grossly Overrated Walter/Ferrier Das Lied

David Hurwitz

This recording has inspired more flowery prose and less serious

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Cult Conductors: Bruno Walter’s Perfect Columbia Symphony “Pastoral”

David Hurwitz

In their biography of Bruno Walter, Erik Ryding and Rebecca

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Walter’s Authentic Brahms

David Hurwitz

This is unquestionably one of the great Brahms symphony cycles.

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Still More Excellent Saint-Saëns Piano Concertos

David Hurwitz October 5, 2025

A Fine Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto Cycle Concludes

David Hurwitz October 5, 2025

Lortie’s Saint-Saëns Concertos 3 and “Egyptian”: The New Reference

David Hurwitz October 5, 2025

Benjamin Bernheim Rules as Met’s Hoffmann
by Robert Levine
October 6, 2024
Benjamin Bernheim Rules as Met’s Hoffmann Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, NY; Oct 24, 2024 Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann is a nasty work. Despite its
RIP David Vernier, Editor-in-Chief
by David Hurwitz
August 4, 2024
David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com’s founding Editor-in-Chief passed away Thursday morning, August 1, 2024 after a long battle with cancer. The end came shockingly quickly. Just a
Finally, It’s SIR John
by ClassicsToday
June 24, 2024
He’d received many honors before, but it wasn’t until last week that John Rutter, best known for his choral compositions and arrangements, especially works related