Étiquette : London Symphony Orchestra

• Bruno Walter, a Conductor of Life: a conversation with Rémy Louis

  

  To mark the 150th anniversary of Bruno Walter’s birth on September 15, 1876, Warner Classics is reissuing all of the conductor’s recordings for HMV and Graphophone between 1924 and 1939, beautifully restored by Christophe Hénault from Studio Art et Son. To look back at this major period—undoubtedly the most striking and foundational of Walter’s career—I…

  Guilhem Chameyrat

  17 octobre 2026

  Legendary recordings, New records, Opera, Orchestra, Portraits

  Arturo Toscanini, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruno Walter, Concerto, Conducting, Die Walkure, discography, Golden Age, haydn, Historical Recordings, History, interpretation, Interview, Live recording, London Symphony Orchestra, Mahler, Mozart, New release, New York Philharmonic, Piano Concerto, Podcast, Rémy Louis, Ring, Schubert, Schumann, Selected discography, Symphony, Wagner, Walter Gieseking, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwangler

• Furtwangler conducts Wagner

  

  The original podcast (narration in French, English and German subtitles) When people talk about Furtwängler, a certain cliché springs to mind for far too many music lovers. Furtwängler is supposedly a ponderous, slow conductor, embodying the Germanic tradition and a sweeping, extreme expressiveness. He is thus often compared to Otto Klemperer and contrasted with Toscanini.…

  Guilhem Chameyrat

  10 avril 2026

  Discographies & Comparisons, In partnership with the Furtwängler Society, Orchestra, Reviews

  Arturo Toscanini, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Conducting, Die Walkure, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Erich Kleiber, Golden Age, Gotterdamerung, Historical Recordings, History, interpretation, kleiber, La Scala, Leopold Stokowski, Lohengrin, London Symphony Orchestra, Meistersinger, New York Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, Podcast, Ring, Tannhauser, Teatro Colon, Tristan und Isolde, Wagner, Wilhelm Furtwangler