Bruno Walter

Bruno Walter (September 15, 1876 - February 17, 1962) was a German-born conductor and composer. He was born in Berlin, but moved to several countries between 1933 and 1939, finally settling in the United States in 1939. His original name was Bruno Walter Schlesinger, but he dropped his surname in 1911.

Discography

Walter's discography includes:

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• Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9, with the Columbia SO
• Beethoven: Fidelio
• Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, with the NBC Symphony
• Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, with the Columbia SO
• Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3, with the Columbia SO
• Brahms: Tragic Overture, with the Columbia SO
• Brahms: Variations on the St Anthony Chorale, with the Columbia SO
• Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 9, with the Columbia SO
• Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 8 and 9, with the Columbia SO
• Mahler: Symphony No 9
• Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde with Kathleen Ferrier
• Mozart: Symphonies Nos 35, 36, and 38-41, with the Columbia SO
• Mozart: Don Giovanni, with the Metropolitan Opera
• Wagner: Siegfried Idyll