Walter Hendl
Walter Hendl was an American conductor, pianist and composer, active in orchestral and operatic repertory during the mid-twentieth century.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears with Charles Munch’s New York Philharmonic recordings and with Van Cliburn in Prokofiev and Rachmaninov concertos.
Hendl’s conducting brought practical clarity and strong concerto support, with the discipline needed to hold virtuoso repertory in firm orch...
SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
D’INDY: Symphony on a French Mountain Air
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 21
MOZART: Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 2
CHABRIER: Bourée Fantasque
Studio and Live recordings, 1947/48
Total duration: 2hr 12:55
Charles Munch, conductor
Robert Casadesus, piano
Édouard Nies-Berger, organ
Walter Hendl and Arthur Schuller, piano
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2
Stereo studio recordings, 1960 & 1962
Total duration: 64:18
Van Cliburn, piano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Walter Hendl & Fritz Reiner