Walter M9 '1938'

[Clov]

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.

[Roffe]

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

Roffe

[Clov]

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

[Roffe]

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

[Prospero]

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

[mike bosworth]

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

Mike Bosworth

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

[Clov]

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.

[stillivor]

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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