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Walter Conducts: Symphony 9 in D
Mahler, Walter, Vienna Philharmonic Orch
Walter Conducts: Symphony 9 in D
Genre: Classical
 
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All Artists: Mahler, Walter, Vienna Philharmonic Orch
Title: Walter Conducts: Symphony 9 in D
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Iron Needle Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/1938
Re-Release Date: 2/6/2001
Album Type: Original recording remastered
Genre: Classical
Styles: Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 723723822123, 8011662913241
 

CD Reviews

Do not take this one lightly!
Jonathan Stern | New York, New York USA | 06/08/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Walter made this recording days before he fled Nazi Germany. Many of the musicians, some of whom might have played for Mahler - and in the Walter-conducted premiere of the work - were soon swept up in the Third Reich as well, either as victims, refugees, or, sadly, supporters. The result is - surprisingly enough for Walter - a lean, brisk, tense, almost angry account that, even with the dated sonics (which can be ignored), remains one of the more powerful and tragic accounts of the Ninth ever made. Those who prefer a rich, achingly beautiful rendering should look elsewhere. The diehard Mahlerian should not be without it, no matter how many Ninths he or she owns."