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In Reply to: Grandmaphone chose Walter's CSO Bruckner 4th as "pick of the bunch" posted by jdaniel on April 18, 2007 at 23:08:49:
I love the warm, humane conducting. A German friend of mine considers it "unstylish".Do you not like the 4th? I haven't heard it, but I love nearly everything I've heard from Walter's "indian summer".
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his Schubert, which lumbers along like a Model T. What's interesting about the Walter Bruckner 4th is that one can hear that the conductor has some unique ideas about it, much like his Beethoven 5th. Walter shades and treats the opening introductory horn-call material so differently that the first mov't becomes a little disjointed. I also find the dramatic material a little undernourished. I do in fact love the 9th.
You might want to try his Schubert 9 with the NYP in Carnegie Hall from 1946. It's quite a vigorous performance. This sound is excellent.
I'd love to hear the 1946 "Great" C major. I've had the iconic 1953 Siegfried Idyll on LP since it came out (parents had joined the Columbia Record Club and it came as a freebee). The original LP also featured the Haydn Vars and the 1940 Moldau, both unsurpassed.Walter's association with the NYPO was close from his very first year in the US, including 2 years as principal conductor before Metripolous took over.
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