Bruno Walter - Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 (Remastered) (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

Bruno Walter recorded the Eighth in southern California in 1962, at the end of a glorious career in the opera pit, on the podium, and in the studio. A finer valedictory could scarcely have been possible. This sunny, ebullient account is full of real grazioso phrasing and has a wonderful lightness of touch, yet shows plenty of muscle from a man who was 85 at the time he conducted it. The playing of the Columbia Symphony is inspired, and the recording, now more than 50 years old, remains exemplary for its balance and extraordinarily good sonics.

"A lovely recording, yet another reminder of the magnificent Indian summer in which Bruno Walter came out of his retirement in California to make stereo recordings of some of his favorite pieces for the last time. The orchestra consisted of the best of Hollywood's studio musicians, and by all accounts they loved working with the old man–and he with them. You can certainly tell." (David Hurwitz)

Tracklist:
1. Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World": I. Adagio - Allegro molto (9:31)
2. Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World": II. Largo (12:08)
3. Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World": III. Molto vivace (8:14)
4. Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World": IV. Allegro con fuoco (12:16)
5. Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88, B. 163: I. Allegro con brio (10:00)
6. Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88, B. 163: II. Adagio (9:16)
7. Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88, B. 163: III. Allegretto grazioso - Molto vivace (5:58)
8. Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88, B. 163: IV. Allegro ma non troppo (10:11)

Personnel:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Bruno Walter, conductor

Digitally remastered