Bruno Walter

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani mentions Bruno Walter mainly in his "Musicosophie" sessions on Wagner and his interpreters. He presents him as a great conductor and an excellent pianist1, and places him among the "demiurgic" conductors who came before neoclassicism2. He dwells on the 1935 recording of the first two acts of Die Walküre, noting its clarity and lightness; the recording was left unfinished when Walter left for the United States3. He calls the first act, with Melchior and Lotte Lehmann, the record to listen to in order to know Wagner4. Discussing a rehearsal of Brahms's Second Symphony in San Francisco, he shows that a great conductor can transform mediocre musicians5. He also sees him as a great moral figure and an admirer of Klemperer6. Finally, he stresses that this pupil of Mahler was a Jewish interpreter in the service of Wagner, two generations before Barenboim78.

1. 1Musicosophie 6. La Variation Jazz... de Beethoven15 Dec 2020 · 4:56
2. 2Musicosophie 8. Bonheur et malheur en musique11 Jan 2021 · 1:20:39
3. 3Musicosophie 10. Les deux Klemperer et Bruno Walter dans Wagner18 Jan 2021 · 35:17
4. 4Wagner et ses interprètes, L'accès à Clouscard, Marx = Thésée? • Q&A Philosophique • Pagani31 Mar 2021 · 37:55
5. 5Musicosophie 10. Les deux Klemperer et Bruno Walter dans Wagner18 Jan 2021 · 35:44
6. 6Musicosophie 10. Les deux Klemperer et Bruno Walter dans Wagner18 Jan 2021 · 43:02
7. 7Musicosophie 18. Ce qui est musical dans la musique25 Mar 2021 · 44:53
8. 8Wagner et ses interprètes, L'accès à Clouscard, Marx = Thésée? • Q&A Philosophique • Pagani31 Mar 2021 · 44:04

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