The Standard Hour Archive

Bruno Walter on The Standard Hour = WAGNER: Prelude from Parsifal; MOZART: Mass in c minor: Et incarnates est; Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; HAYDN: The Seasons: Oh, welcome now; Oh how pleasing to the senses; WEBER: Oberon Ov. – Brunetta Mazzolini, sop./ SF Sym. Orch./ Bruno Walter – Pristine Audio

by Audiophile Audition | May 15, 2016 | Classical Reissue Reviews

A rare appearance by Bruno Walter in San Francisco makes a splendid impression in the Pristine incarnation. Bruno Walter on The Standard Hour = WAGNER: Prelude from Parsifal; MOZART: Mass in c minor, K. 427: Et incarnates est; Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525; HAYDN: The Seasons: Oh, welcome now; Oh how pleasing to the senses; WEBER: Oberon Overture – Brunetta Mazzolini, sop./ San Francisco Sym. Orch./ Bruno Walter – Pristine Audio PASC 469, 55:47 [avail. in various versions from www.pristineclassical.com] ****: Pristine’s restoration engineer and producer Andrew Rose grants us the rare opportunity to hear Bruno Walter (1876-1962) live in an Easter concert in San Francisco (18 April 1954) from the War Memorial Opera House, leading music – some new to the conductor’s discography – for the Standard Hour. The award-winning weekly program had been running since 1926, and this was its 1,410th edition on NBC radio. Walter brings with him the soprano, Brunetta Mazzolini to perform a concert of mixed orchestral favorites, with music by Wagner, Mozart, Haydn and Weber. Walter’s appearance here coincided with his scheduled performance of the Brahms A German Requiem in its San Francisco debut. The spaciousness of the Parsifal Prelude befits the solemnity of […]