Bruno Walter - Sinfonia n° 5 di Gustav Mahler - Parte 1

[iwnabaproducer]

This is perhaps the best conceived and executed Mahler 5 for me. Humanity and emotion without sentimental excess. Walter is just superb.

[AlanHemenway]

Bruno Walter had a special gift of bringing out the best interpretation of any piece of music he was conducting. I had the privilege of seeing him at the LA Phil when he was something like 84 years old. My biggest impression was of the absolute control he had of the orchestra. He had a tiny baton on minimal movement of his hands... but he was in control!!! It must have been based on the respect they had for him.

[Sophiestelle]

Immortal music! …That it speaks to us of highest than it has in the human being!…

[MNViolin]

Bernstein was buried with a copy of the Mahler 5 in his coffin

[timoteocompositor]

Make a list of the bests composers: The one who works with the largest variety of textures, sounds, instruments and VOICES, is also the one who better keeps the clearness of one ONLY VOICE. This is G.Mahler.

Now make a list of the bests conductors: Walter is my favorite performer when its about Mahler because he plays the light-shadow and make these voices CLEAR during all the piece, just like Mahler did, as composer AND as conductor.

[paulostroff99]

As good as it gets.TY for posting.

[aardvaark069]

My first Beethoven 6 was Walter. I was so lucky at such a young age. I've never been happy with any other performance. This goes also for Beethoven 7 allegretto.

[atozholic]

His mahler sym.5 makes me happy.

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[123must]

one of the best executions.

Thanks for your posting.

[tenorismo]

I love all of Walter . His Bruckner , Mahler , Beethoven, and Mozart .

[tenorhenk1]

Great performance of Mahler V by Bruno Walter. I own the complete recording.

[paulostroff99]

Awesome! TY

[flylooper]

I have Lennie's recording of this with the NYP. Much better sound quality and pretty much the same tempos throughout. On the other hand, Walter is a direct link to the maestro himself. Presumably, his interp is probably how Mahler would have conducted it.

There are other little shadings here that I don't pickup on the Bernstein recording. But has Mahler himself always said, performing music is a process of discovery, no matter how many times it's performed.

[paulostroff99]

Stunning! TY

[Disley74]

stunning!

[tnmhrk]

このＬＰレコードを愛聴していました。なによりもマーラーの弟子­であるワルターの演奏と思うと感じ入るものが少なくありません。­

[AlbanyNYer]

Excellent piece, but does anyone know why the orchestra sounds so small?

[Violetatorelli]

Monumental version!

BREATHTAKING!!!

[superficiur]

il più grande direttore del XX secolo!

[gianraflo]

Me parece que esta interpretación es insuperable. Faltaría no más conservar la calidad con la que se escuchó, aunque me imagino que no debió haber mucha diferencia.

[ThePlutino]

Walter may seem a gentle man but he got several critics for not helping young people after the war. I prefer Otto Klemperer and his tragic way of conducting.

[gonzal0999]

hojala barenboim escuchara como se interpreta esta obra ._.

[alencode]

@gonzal0999

lo mismo digo...barenboim no es un mahleriano de ALMA! aguante bernstein!

[quinto34]

Wonderful to hear Mahler through this genius, who learnt so much from the master himself

This must be the true Mahler, WOW

[paulostroff99]

@quinto34 -There never existed IMHO a finer recorded Mahler.

[septip123]

Why did classical music become longer and more expressive as the years went on. Hyden wrote symphonies that were less than 30 minutes. Was it simple freedom to express without duty to a king?

[senesino83]

@septip123 Simply different aesthetics, different epoques... Haydn was classical, Mahler was late-romantic... two different worlds, two different ORCHESTRAS, two different needs.

[paulostroff99]

There will never be another interpreter of Mahler like the great Bruno Walter. What a joy for the ears and brain. Thank you maestro for all that you gave us these many years,and thank you even more for the goodness that you possessed. We love and shall never forget you.

[eppurs1muove]

Almost spooky how right this sounds.

[nmagko]

Excellent, the best interpretation of first movement. The time (tempo) is correct... Thank you so much Mahler and Walter.

[jacobsimon]

I grew up on Bruno Walter--Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler, Bruckner. He remains one of my all-time favorites for his humanity.

[hankyeulyang]

What orchestra is this?

[LouisLeeKH]

NYPO

[3tristan]

Thank you very much! Walter is always interesting! Mozart, Wagner and Mahler! And the last was his friend and teacher in conducting. Bruno Walter was very friendly and patient to people of the orchestra. After - for example - 6 or 7 times the same mistake at the beginning of a rehearsel of Mozarts symphony no. 36 he said to the orchestra: "No, I am not happy". In contrary of for example Arturo Toscanini, Karl Böhm and Otto Klemperer. They always became furious.