Bruno Walter - the Columbia Album Collection

Maestro of energy and grace. Bruno Walter's Complete American Recordings. He was Mahler's disciple and friend in Vienna before World War I, then went on to become one of the most illustrious conductors of the century. Accordingly, the recordings that Bruno Walter made for American Columbia between 1941 and 1961, the year before his death, have always enjoyed a special authoritative status. Sony Classical is now proud to present his entire Columbia discography together for the first time in a single release of 77 CDs.

His complete Stereo Recordings on 31 CDs newly remastered from the original 2- and 3-track analogue tapes using 24 bit / 192 kHz technology

Symphonies, overtures and other orchestral works, concertos, opera and song recitals, recorded from 1941 to 1961

85 recordings remastered from the original analogue tapes using 24 bit / 192 kHz technology

An all-embracing survey of Bruno Walter's recorded achievements with the New York Philharmonic and the Columbia Symphony Orchestra, spanning some 20 years of recording

Includes collaborations with Rudolf Serkin, Zino Francescatti, Pierre Fournier, Nathan Milstein, Isaac Stern, Joseph Szigeti, Leonard Rose, Desi Halban, Lotte Lehmann, Lily Pons, Eleanor Steber, Ezio Pinza and George London

Hard-cover illustrated coffee table book with an essay by Bruno Walter scholar Erik Ryding, facsimiles from the New York Philharmonic archives, full discographical notes and work index

8 Special CDs with interviews and rehearsal excerpts

Facsimile LP sleeves and labels