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Title: Walter M9 '1938'
Post by: Clov on February 13, 2012, 06:48:43 AM

Got this recording in mint condition for under 4 dollars at a cd exchange store. The only other Walter Mahler I've heard was a M1 with Haydn Variations also on the cd. The story behind the M9 recording is very intriguing. I mostly have my music on my phone now but this is a cd I'll try and keep dear.

Title: Re: Walter M9 '1938'
Post by: Roffe on February 13, 2012, 11:59:44 AM

Is it this one? You seem to be able to get this one for $7 (new) or $5 (used) from Amazon vendors.

Roffe

Title: Re: Walter M9 '1938'
Post by: Clov on February 13, 2012, 04:29:08 PM

You're right Roffe, shouldn't make too big a splash if you can find it new at a comparable price.

Title: Re: Walter M9 '1938'
Post by: Roffe on February 14, 2012, 06:09:17 AM

http://www.amazon.com/Bruno-Walter-Conducts-Mahler-Symphony/dp/B00005B0HM/ref=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1329199605&sr=1-4

Sorry, forgot to include the link yesyerday.

Roffe

Title: Re: Walter M9 '1938'
Post by: Prospero on February 15, 2012, 02:11:01 AM

In spite of some reservations here and there about the perfromance, this is an enormously important historical recording, made live in Vienna just days before the Anschluss when Germany annexed Austria and unleashed devastating waves of anti-Semitism.

As I understand it, no Mahler was performed in Germany or Austria or other German controlled countries again until after the end of WW2.

The EMI World Records LPs of the late 1960s as remastered by Tony Griffiths had remarkable sound given the source.

Tom in Vermont

Title: Re: Walter M9 '1938'
Post by: mike bosworth on February 15, 2012, 02:28:05 AM

Willem Mengelberg pulled off a performance of M1 in the occupied Netherlands in October 1940.

Mike Bosworth

Quote from: Prospero on February 15, 2012, 02:11:01 AM

As I understand it, no Mahler was performed in Germany or Austria or other German controlled countries again until after the end of WW2.

Title: Re: Walter M9 '1938'
Post by: Clov on February 15, 2012, 06:05:49 AM

Just got through reading a tidbit on wiki about R. Strauss in Nazi Germany. It says Strauss rebelled against the ban on Mahler, Debussy and Mendelssohn. Never actually says he performed there works, but suggests such.

Title: Re: Walter M9 '1938'
Post by: stillivor on February 15, 2012, 10:29:13 AM

One way the Walter has some importance is it was a performance nearer in time to Mahler's era than most other performances.



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