0028948434107

Walter Weller - The Decca Legacy

Walter Weller; Various Orchestras

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Format: 20CD

Cat No: ELQ4843410

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Release Date:  02 May 2025

Label:  Australian Eloquence

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  20

Barcode:  0028948434107

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

Composer/Series:  Walter Weller - The Decca Legacy

  • Description

    A violinist-conductor who understood orchestras from the inside out: commanding power and Viennese warmth in the complete Decca symphonic recordings of Walter Weller.

    As the youngest ever leader of the Vienna Philharmonic, Walter Weller quickly established a natural rapport with orchestras at home and abroad when he swapped bow for baton in the late 1960s. Engaged as a regular conductor by the Vienna State Opera, he made his debut as a conductor in the studio with a 1970 recital of arias with the Spanish soprano Pilar Lorengar.

    As leader of the Weller Quartet, he was no stranger to Decca's studios, but he disbanded the quartet to focus on conducting. In Geneva with the Suisse Romande orchestra, then in London with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra, he brought his insider's knowledge of orchestral technique to bear on mostly Russian symphonies through the course of the 1970s. Critics identified Weller's total grasp of complex scores and his ability to get a rich yet transparent sound from his orchestras.

    The First and Ninth symphonies of Shostakovich in 1971 were followed up by equally acclaimed complete cycles of Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev.

    Near the close of his relationship with Decca (1979-82), Weller then returned to the repertoire he had grown up with as the son of a Vienna Philharmonic violinist, recording the Hungarian Dances of Brahms and the violin concertos of Mozart with the Japanese soloist Mayumi Fujikawa. Accompanying this Original Jackets collection, Peter Quantrill contributes a new essay on Walter Weller's life and career, paying tribute to a true son of Vienna.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. BARTOK Rhapsody Sz.27; Piano Concerto No. 1

      Disc 2

      • 1. BARTOK Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3

      Disc 3

      • 1. BRAHMS 21 Hungarian Dances

      Disc 4

      • 1. DUKAS L'Apprenti sorcier
      • 2. Symphony in C major

      Disc 5

      • 1. GRIEG Peer Gynt
      • 2. SMETANA Haakon Jarl

      Disc 6

      • 1. CDs 6-8 MOZART Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5

      Disc 7

      • 1. Rondo K.269
      • 2. Adagio K.261
      • 3. Rondo K.373

      Disc 8

      • 1. Violin Concerto K. 271a (attrib. Mozart)
      • 2. ECK Violin Concerto

      Disc 9

      • 1. PROKOFIEV Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7

      Disc 10

      • 1. PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 2
      • 2. The Love for Three Oranges Suite

      Disc 11

      • 1. PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 3
      • 2. Scythian Suite

      Disc 12

      • 1. PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 4
      • 2. Russian Overture

      Disc 13

      • 1. PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

      Disc 14

      • 1. PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 6

      Disc 15

      • 1. RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 1

      Disc 16

      • 1. RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2

      Disc 17

      • 1. RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3
      • 2. The Rock

      Disc 18

      • 1. SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1
      • 2. SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9

      Disc 19

      • 1. SMETANA Ma vlast

      Disc 20

      • 1. Prima Donna in Vienna