Hello all,
I had never heard of Walther Boer (1891-1984) before, but this
Dutch conductor / cellist, pupil of Daniël de Lange, Julius Röntgen and Bernard Zweers, made a,
to my opinion, splendid recording Of Dvorak's Stabat mater.
The Avro is so kind to temporarily host a recording from 1959 on-line
(in 256 KBS!)
Dvorak - Stabat Mater by Broadcasting Orchestra and Choir
Walther Boer and Coenraad Lodewyk; Heleen Verkley, soprano; Wilhelmina
Matthes, alto; Strauss Lloyd Smith, tenor; Hans Wilbrink, bass. recorded
13 Jan, 1959 http://cgi.omroep.nl/cgi-bin/streams?/avro/klassiek/bohemen/19590113_stabat_mater_dvorak.wma
"Effective effects". Of course, it's "old-fashioned" (choir!), But it
convinces me. And even the unknown singers from the'50s are on a high level.
searching...
