Walter Weller, where are you when you're needed?The concert master turned conductor, Weller was one of the most appealing of the generation of conductors that came of age in the '80s. He had a superb technique, an ear for balances, and a sure hand for phrasing. He knew how to use dynamics to build a climax and he knew how to use tempo relationships to shape a structure. His cycle of Prokofiev's symphonies for Decca were then and remain still the finest Prokofiev cycles ever released. But when the classical recording ...
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Walter Weller, where are you when you're needed?The concert master turned conductor, Weller was one of the most appealing of the generation of conductors that came of age in the '80s. He had a superb technique, an ear for balances, and a sure hand for phrasing. He knew how to use dynamics to build a climax and he knew how to use tempo relationships to shape a structure. His cycle of Prokofiev's symphonies for Decca were then and remain still the finest Prokofiev cycles ever released. But when the classical recording industry imploded in the late '90s, Weller's recording career imploded with it, and now Walter Weller is a name rarely heard in the empty halls of the country's few remaining record stores.Thankfully, Chandos reissued Weller's cycle of Mendelssohn's symphonies from the early '90s. And they were then and remain still just as fine as his recordings of Prokofiev's symphonies. Everything he brought to bear on Prokofiev works just as well on Mendelssohn. Weller's Mendelssohn is clear as air, but...
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Add this copy of Mendelssohn: Symphonies to cart. $45.82, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Chandos.
