Bruckner - Symphony No. 9 - Bruno Walter 1960CD - ADD Remastered - 58'45
Sony 1996
Bruno Walter conducts this masterpiece as he did Mahler's Ninth, as if he were preparing himself for his own impending departure from life. His famously light but firm touch is in evidence with the singing violins and not-too-overbearing brass. Certainly, many other conductors have wrung more bombast from the scherzo (Solti), or more plaintiveness from the adagio (Furtwangler). But this horse doesn't *need* the whip. Walter keeps the symphony unified, without sounding episodic or repetitive, and brings out as much *soul* as I can imagine anyone ever getting out of this work. -Amazon customer
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