Mengelberg recordings page

[Alan Howe]

Ah, but try Kleiber or (especially) Karajan in the finale of No.2...

[adriano]

MartinH, you are right: I prefer the older Brahms recordings by Bruno Walter anyway.

[Mark Thomas]

I have the Water set, recommended to me by Alan IIRC. I listen to them more often than any of my more modern recording of the symphonies. Wonderful!

[adriano]

Incidentally, when young Mengelberg was living in Lucerne (around 1890) and was a music director there, it was him who recongnised the talents of a certain young boy named Fritz Brun. He helped him and recommended him to various teachers, whih made him later on continue at the Cologne Conservatory. So far I could not find any concert program of Mengelberg conducting a Brun Symphony...