Biography
Bruno Walter (born Bruno Schlesinger, September 15, 1876 – February 17, 1962) was a German-born conductor, pianist, and composer. Born in Berlin, he left Nazi Germany in 1933, was naturalised as a French citizen in 1938, and settled in the United States in 1939. He worked closely with Gustav Mahler, conducting the premieres of his Ninth Symphony and Das Lied von der Erde. He held major positions with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Salzburg Festival, Vienna State Opera, Bavarian State Opera, Staatsoper Unter den Linden and Deutsche Oper Berlin, among others, made recordings of historical and artistic significance, and is widely considered to be one of the great conductors of the 20th century.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Das Lied Von Der Erde
1963
New World Symphony
1959
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67 / Schubert: Symphony No. 8 In B Minor "Unfinished"
1981
Symphony No. 4 In E-Flat "Romantic"
1970
Unfinished Symphony / Fifth Symphony
1963
Prelude To "Lohengrin" / Siegfried Idyll / "Tannhauser" Overture And Venusberg Music
1963
Symphony No. 9 (In Memoriam Bruno Walter)
1962
Symphony No. 9 In D Minor ("Choral") · Symphony No. 8 In F Major
1959
Symphony No. 5 · Symphony No. 4
1959
Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, Op. 125 ("Choral")
1957
Requiem Mass In D Minor, K. 626
1956
Symphony No. 41 In C Major, K. 551 ("Jupiter") / Symphony No. 39 In E-flat Major, K. 543
1956
Symphony No. 40 In G Minor K. 550, Symphony No. 35 In D Major K.385 "Haffner"
1953
Concerto No.5 In E Flat Major, Op.73 ("The Emperor")
Symphony No. 1
1962
Dvořák's Symphony - From The New World
1954
Credited work
3,400 releases · 354 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 3,909
- Other credits · 211
- Mastering · 1
Studios: American Legion Hall, Hollywood · Carnegie Hall · Columbia 30th Street Studio · Wiener Musikverein
Frequent collaborators
- Mozart
- Beethoven
- Brahms
- Mahler
- Various
- Schubert
- Kathleen Ferrier
- Gustav Mahler