Bruno Walter The Maestro the Man (vaimusic.com)

[paulostroff99]

AWESOME! TY varimusic for posting and kievest for sharing.

[Kievest]

The mystic and poet of the podium! Thank you for posting this rare and intimate

look at the man behind the magic!

[maestroexmanoa]

Walter's late Brahms symphony recordings on CBS/Sony are awesome, well-worth listening too

[gaemp]

Only de Sabata can be compared to Walter!

[vivaciouscritic]

Oh who cares about playing together...

[hossy5788421]

この人が今現役なら間違いなく大指揮者であろう。

[Levita35890]

Thank you for add !! maestro interpretation is the best I ever heared !

[10clowns]

my hero!!

[mdoub]

he checks his watch briefly at 4:05

[tvesaas1]

@mdoub

I think his watch band slips and he pushes it back

[dpcon]

Walter is one of the greatest of all time and hard to beat with Mozart, Beethoven or Brahms.

[oricla]

指揮してるとこ初めてみた。こんな声だったんだ。

[BassBlast66]

video meraviglioso!!!

[ipmoic]

It's the Vancouver International Festival Orchestra. Read the program notes!

Hard to tell how good this orchestra was from the sound quality on this tape. But to SEE Walter work! Holy s**t! I couldn't take my eyes off him.

[tlinev]

Anche Furwaengler

[tlinev]

Sentite Chelibidache e Boult

[j72050]

..at the least, you must own the Walter, Szell and Toscanini Brahms sym. sets...for my own reasons, I add the 1960s Bernstein NY PHIL versions....

[1401JSC]

Wonder why one of the Double basses is not playing?

[maxwalmar]

What orchestra is this?

[foerster]

The Columbia Symphony I suppose. In his last years he made wonderful recordings.

[TomBarristerX]

It's the Vancouver International Festival Orchestra, essentially an orchestra that consisted of musicians who came from around the world to the Festival. The festival ran annually from 1958 until 1968.

[j72050]

..most likely The Columbia Symphony...which was members of the NY PHIL....NBC and the Met Orchestra......

[billyguns2]

My favorite Brahms symphony, in the hands of his greatest disciple and re-creator. Nobody else captures Brahms quite this way, and Dr. Walter is making a less than first rate orchestra play their hearts out here.

[smudgepots]

Absolutely masterful.

[Music2Die4]

The greatest Brahms conductor, ever.

[NnFfBb]

Nice trumpet mistake at 4:41. Hits a G instead of an A. Pity.

[antonio6773]

Genial interpretación de Walter, lástima que el video se corta en plena coda final, ni hablar.

[ottokees]

Es un video inolvidable !!!... muchísimas gracias. Thank you very much!!!. Cheers,~Sergio.

[DanielLaszloKovacs]

The "Birth of Venus"? ;) Bruno Walter is The Greatest Conductor of all time, I think!! :))

[YTM021807]

Illuminating! I like the gentleness of Dr. Walter. Gentle but demanding. Bravo for this post. Thanks!!

[homeros8000]

Beautiful. Walter is legendary. Thanks for posting this.

[maestrojeremy]

Thank you so much for posting this! I love videos of conductors in rehearsal and this one is particularly informative about Walter. Thank you.

[siegy08]

Thank you.

These colours and contrasts... amazing !

[escuderosolitario]

Completamente de acuerdo billyguns2. No he escuchado jamás una 1ª de Mhaler como la dirigida por Walter, precisamente porque todo se hace uno.

[andrewsfunk]

No histrionics, Bruno Walter rehearses with a smile on his face. When I was young, I always wanted to write a note to the great man that would say simply, "Thank you for your Mozart." I never sent the note, and it probably would have meant little coming from a wet behind the ears college freshman. I treasure his recordings. I should have sent the note.

[podiumman2]

I love Walter's Brahms! I prefer Szell for Beethoven though, his Beethoven is almost too Brahms-like LOL.  Beethoven needs to be "crisp."

[apollodionysus7]

yes, Szell is so terrific!

[musikguru1]

Does anybody have an interview with Bruno Walter? An LATimes journalist videotaped it in the 50s....

Would be nice to have on YouTube

[billyguns2]

Walter and Brahms were a marriage made in heaven; thank you for posting this amazing video. Any orchestra he conducted took on a unique sound, as with all great conductors.

[LVB1770]

I love his Beethoven Symphonies!

[MaxxUS08]

Walter and Brahms...none other can compare. Hands-down the best Brahms interpreter. His Brahms First is also amazing!

[wienerphil]

Finally some Walter here! Thanks so much.

[pharflung]

What spirit! Walter's recordings are among my favorites. They have more life and are more faithful to the score than many modern, eccentric interpretations. He died in 19, too soon! Get his recordings.

[embenadorfinearts]

Thank you for posting this beautiful video! It shows what kind musical fidelity towards the composer has written. The video demonstrates the kind of impulse Bruno Walter was giving to the orchestra and the magical energy, especially interesting because he would be less expensive or more sober during a public concert. Finally it gives a glimpse into his profound human interpretation.