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Walter Susskind
p, 1913-1980 GB, Prague
Musician / Conductor of Classical
A.k.a. Jan Walter Susskind (originally: Jan Süsskind)
Jan Walter Susskind (1 May 1913 – 25 March 1980) was a Czech-born British conductor, teacher and pianist. He began his career in his native Prague, and fled to Britain when Germany invaded the city in 1939. He worked for substantial periods in Australia and the United States, as a conductor and teacher.
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Violin Concerto No.1 Mvt II:Adagio (opening) on Classical Heartbreakers by Various Artists Spirituals for String Choir and Orchestra; II. Sermon on Copland: Appalachian Spring / Gould: Spirituals for String Choir and Orchestra by London Symphony Orchestra & Walter Susskind Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, K. 417: III. Rondo on Icon: Dennis Brain by Dennis Brain The Planets, Suite for Large Orchestra, Op. 32: V. Saturn, The Bringer of Old Age on The Masterpieces - Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 by Gustav Holst, St. Louis Symphony & Walter Susskind Also sprach Zarathustra - Tone Poem for Large Orchestra on 99 Must-Own Classical Music Collection by Various Artists The Messiah, HWV 56 on 99 Must-Own Classical Music Collection by Various Artists The Messiah, HWV 56: And he shall purify the sons of Levi on Handel for the Womb by Various Artists The Messiah, HWV 56: XXVIII. Behold and See If There Be Any Sorrow on Our Special Christmas: George Frideric Handel: The Messiah by George Frideric Handel The Messiah, HWV 56: For unto us a child a child is born on Handel for the Womb by Various Artists The Messiah, HWV 56: XXXIX. Since By Man Came Death - For as in Adam Even so in Christ on Our Special Christmas: George Frideric Handel: The Messiah by George Frideric HandelTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluebeard's Castle; Cantata Profana | Béla Bartók, Walter Susskind | 2017 | Album |
| Unheard: CD Premieres With Music From The Interwar Period | Otto Jokl, Erich Itor Kahn, Josef Matthias Hauer, Walter Susskind, Louis Gruenberg, Ebony Band, Barbara Kozelj, Daniel Reuss | 2017 | Album |
| Cello Concerto | Antonín Dvořák, Gabriel Fauré / Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind, Janos Starker | 2012 | Album |
| Haydn: Violin Concerto In G Major / Bach: Violin Concerto In E Major | Joseph Haydn, Johann Sebastian Bach, Szymon Goldberg, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind | 2007 | Album |
| Handel's Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel - The London Philharmonic Orchestra, The London Philharmonic Choir, Walter Susskind | 2005 | Album |
| Violin Concerto / Symphony No. 2 | Jean Sibelius / Ginette Neveu, Sir Thomas Beecham, Walter Susskind | 2004 | Compil. |
| Piano Concerto No. 3. Paganini Rhapsody. | Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff - Leonard Pennario | 2001 | Compil. |
| The Messiah - Vol. 2 | Georg Friedrich Händel, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, The London Philharmonic Choir, Frederick Jackson, Walter Susskind | 1999 | Album |
| Pictures At An Exhibition, Night On Bald Mountain, The Planets | Modest Mussorgsky, Gustav Holst, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, Walter Susskind | 1999 | Album |
| Violin Concertos | Yehudi Menuhin, Max Bruch, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz, Walter Susskind | 1997 | Compil. |
| Till Eulenspiegel, Op. 28 / Tako Je Govorio Zaratustra Op. 30 / Don Juan, Op. 20 | Richard Strauss, Bamberger Symphoniker Dirigent Jascha Horenstein / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Dirigent Walter Susskind / Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Dirigent Thomas Schippers | 1995 | Album |
| Mozart Violin Concertos 3, 4, 5 - Goldberg | Szymon Goldberg, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind | 1993 | Compil. |
| Concerto No. 3 in D Minor | Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Leonard Pennario, Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Walter Susskind | 1993 | Album |
| Cello Concerto In E Minor Op. 58 / Cello Concerto No. 1 | Sergei Prokofiev, Darius Milhaud, Janos Starker And Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Walter Susskind | 1993 | Album |
| Norwegian Dances Nos. 1, 2 & 4, Op. 35 | Edvard Grieg, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind | 1992 | Single |
| The Planets | Gustav Holst — Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Walter Susskind | 1991 | Album |
| Favorite Selections From George Fredrick Handel's The Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter Susskind, The London Philharmonic Choir, Frederick Jackson, April Cantelo, George Malcolm, Roger Stalman, Wilford Brown, Helen Watts, Harold Darke | 1990 | Compil. |
| Peer Gynt - Symphonic Dances | Edvard Grieg - Walter Susskind, Philharmonia Orchestra | 1990 | Album |
| Complete Works For Solo Instrument & Orchestra | Antonín Dvořák -- Rudolf Firkušný • Ruggiero Ricci • Zara Nelsova • Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra / Walter Susskind | 1990 | Compil. |
| Sinfonia Nr. 6 / Sinfonia Nr. 4 | Franz Schubert Con La The London Symphony Orchestra Dirigida Por Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Walter Susskind | 1989 | Album |
| 1812 Overture And Works By Glinka · Wagner · Mussorgsky · Borodin | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka / Richard Wagner / Modest Mussorgsky / Alexander Borodin - The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Walter Susskind, Arthur Davison | 1987 | Compil. |
| Concertos Pour Violon Et Orchestre | Johannes Brahms / Jean Sibelius - Ginette Neveu, Philharmonia Orchestra, Issay Dobrowen, Walter Susskind | 1987 | Album |
| Jascha Heifetz / Concerto En Mi Mineur Mendelssohn / Concerto En Ré Majeur Tchaikovsky | Jascha Heifetz, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sir Thomas Beecham, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind | 1987 | Album |
| Rachmaninoff Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini, Op. 43 | Arthur Rubinstein, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind | 1984 | Album |
| Piano Concerto No. 1 · Hungarian Fantasia | Solomon, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Franz Liszt, Philharmonia Orchestra, Issay Dobrowen, Walter Susskind | 1984 | Album |
| Piano Concerto No. 2 In G Major, Op. 44 | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Walter Susskind, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Shura Cherkassky | 1982 | Album |
| Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter Susskind | 1982 | Compil. |
| Symphony No. 1 in F. Op. 10 / Symphony No. 9. Op. 70 | Dmitri Shostakovich, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Walter Susskind | 1981 | Album |
| Symphony No.8 in G Major Op.88/Carnival Overture Op.92 | Antonín Dvořák, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter Susskind | 1979 | Album |
| Prince Igor: Overture • March • Polovtsian Dances • In The Steppes Of Central Asia / Night On The Bare Mountain | Alexander Borodin / Modest Mussorgsky, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter Susskind | 1979 | Album |
| Haŕy János Suite / Dances Of Galánta / Dances Of Marosszék | Zoltán Kodály - The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter Susskind | 1978 | Album |
| Walter Susskind Conducting The London Philharmonic | Walter Susskind, The London Philharmonic Orchestra | 1978 | Album |
| Violinkonzerte | Max Bruch ‧ Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Christian Ferras, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind ‧ Constantin Silvestri | 1977 | Album |
| All The Works For Solo Instrument And Orchestra – Cello Concerto – Violin Concerto – Piano Concerto & Others | Antonín Dvořák / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Walter Susskind | 1975 | Compil. |
| Piano Concerto In G Minor | Antonín Dvořák, Rudolf Firkušný, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Walter Susskind | 1975 | Album |
| Also Sprach Zarathustra | Richard Strauss / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra / Walter Susskind | 1975 | Album |
| A Slavonic Festival | Leonard Slatkin, Walter Susskind, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra | 1975 | Album |
| Handel - Messias | The London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor Walter Susskind | 1975 | Album |
| Piano Concerti | Artur Schnabel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Walter Susskind Conducts Philharmonia Orchestra | 1975 | Album |
| Paganini Rhapsody / Two Nocturnes / Carnival Overture | Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Frédéric Chopin, Antonín Dvořák, Peter Katin, The 1972 International Festival Youth Orchestra, Walter Susskind | 1974 | Album |
| Favorite Selections From Handel's Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel - The London Philharmonic Choir, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter Susskind | 1972 | Album |
| Concerto For Orchestra / Dances Of Galánta | Béla Bartók / Zoltán Kodály, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Pritchard, Walter Susskind | 1970 | Album |
| Kirsten Flagstad | Kirsten Flagstad, Warwick Braithwaite, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Walter Susskind, Gerald Moore, Edwin McArthur | 1967 | Album |
| A Night On The Bare Mountain | Modest Mussorgsky - Walter Susskind, Philharmonia Orchestra | 1966 | Album |
| Peer Gynt | Edvard Grieg - Philharmonia Orchestra · Walter Susskind | 1964 | Album |
| Piano Concerto, Op. 42 / Piano Concerto No. 24 In C Minor | Glenn Gould, CBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Craft conducted by Walter Susskind - Arnold Schoenberg / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1962 | Album |
| Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2 ‧ Norwegian Dances | Edvard Grieg, Philharmonia Orchestra | 1961 | Album |
| Canadian Contemporary Music | CBC Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Walter Susskind | 1961 | Album |
| Piano Concertos / No. 1 In D Flat Major, Op. 10 / No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 26 | Sergei Prokofiev / Dame Moura Lympany / Philharmonia Orchestra / Walter Susskind | 1960 | Album |
| Piano Concerto No. 2, Fantaisie In F | Frédéric Chopin, Witold Malcuzynsky, The London Symphony Orchestra, Walter Susskind | 1960 | Album |
| Joan Hammond Favourites | Joan Hammond, Walter Susskind | 1959 | Compil. |
| Prokofiev Chout (The Buffoon) Ballet Suite Op.21a | Walter Susskind Conducting The London Symphony Orchestra | 1959 | Album |
| Concerto In E Minor Op. 64 / Concerto No.1 In G Minor Op.26 | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Max Bruch, Walter Susskind, Efrem Kurtz, Philharmonia Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin | 1959 | Album |
| Appalachian Spring / Spirituals For String Choir And Orchestra | Aaron Copland, Morton Gould / Walter Susskind Conducting The The London Symphony Orchestra | 1958 | Album |
| Chout ("The Buffoon") - Ballet Suite, Op. 21a | Sergei Prokofiev, Walter Susskind Conducting The The London Symphony Orchestra | 1958 | Album |
| Peer Gynt | Edvard Grieg, Walter Susskind Conducting Philharmonia Orchestra | 1958 | Single |
| Handel's Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel / The London Philharmonic Orchestra, The London Philharmonic Choir, Walter Susskind | 1958 | Album |
| Scherzo / La Maja Y El Ruisenor | Dame Moura Lympany, Walter Susskind, Philharmonia Orchestra | 1956 | Single |
| Bluebeard's Castle | Béla Bartók / Judith Hellwig, Koréh Endre, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London | 1955 | Album |
| Concerto In Re Maggiore Op. 35 Per Violino E Orchestra | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Jascha Heifetz Violinista Philharmonia Orchestra Direttore Walter Susskind | 1955 | Album |
| Beethoven Ah, Perfido! Etc. | Joan Hammond And The Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Walter Susskind | 1954 | Album |
| The Wooden Prince | Béla Bartók - The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Walter Susskind | 1954 | Single |
| Bruch - Violin Concerto No. 1 In G Minor Op. 26 / Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Major K.207 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Max Bruch - Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind, Tibor Varga | 1954 | Album |
| Piano Concerto No. 2; Sonata In B Minor | Witold Malcuzynsky, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind - Franz Liszt | 1954 | Album |
| A Mussorgsky Orchestral Program | Modest Mussorgsky - Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Walter Susskind | 1953 | Album |
| Violin Concerto No. 4, In D Minor | Yehudi Menuhin And Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Walter Susskind, Henri Vieuxtemps | 1952 | Album |
| Violin Concertos: G Major, K.216; D Major, K. 218 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Szymon Goldberg, Philharmonia Orchestra | 1952 | Album |
| Orchestral Suite From "Prince Igor" | Alexander Borodin, Walter Susskind Conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra | 1952 | Album |
| Concerto In D, Op. 35 | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Jascha Heifetz, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind | 1950 | Album |
| Cantata Profana | Béla Bartók - Walter Susskind, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London & The New Symphony Chorus Of London, Marko Rothmuller, Richard Lewis | 1950 | Album |
| Concerto In E Flat Major, K. 271 | Lili Kraus And The Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Walter Susskind : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1949 | Album |
| Concerto No. 2 In A Major For Piano And Orchestra / Variations On A Nursery Theme For Piano And Orchestra, Op. 25 | Franz Liszt - Witold Malcuzynsky, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind / Cyril Smith, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 1949 | Album |
| Scherzo From Concerto Symphonique No. 4, Op. 102 | Dame Moura Lympany And Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Walter Susskind | 1949 | Album |
| Concerto No. 1 In A Minor, Op. 33 | Pierre Fournier And The Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Walter Susskind : Camille Saint-Saëns | 1947 | Album |
| Concerto No. 2 In A Major | Witold Malcuzynsky And The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Walter Susskind | 1947 | Album |
| Concerto No. 2 In E-flat For Horn And Orchestra | Dennis Brain And The Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Walter Susskind : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1946 | Album |
| Dvorak Cello Concerto In B Minor/Faure Elegie For Cello And Orchestra | Janos Starker, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind | Album | |
| Matthaus - Passion (no.48) | Kirsten Flagstad, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind, Johann Sebastian Bach | Album | |
| Concerto In D Minor, Op. 47 | Ginette Neveu And Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Walter Susskind | Album | |
| Ginette Neveu II: Jean Sibelius Konzert Für Violine Und Orchester D-Moll Op. 47 | Ginette Neveu, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind | Album | |
| Appalachian Spring / Spirituals For String Choir And Orchestra | Aaron Copland, Morton Gould / Walter Susskind Conducting The London Symphony Orchestra | Album | |
| Yehudi Menuhin 60 Jaar — Vioolconcert / Vioolconcert Nr. 1 / Vioolconcert Nr. 1 | Yehudi Menuhin — Ludwig van Beethoven / Max Bruch / Niccolò Paganini — New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind / The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alberto Erede | Album | |
| Le Messie | The London Philharmonic Orchestra, The London Philharmonic Choir, Walter Susskind | Album | |
| Bruch: Concerto No 1 - Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole | Christian Ferras, Max Bruch, Édouard Lalo, Philharmonia Orchestra - Walter Susskind | Album | |
| Händel's Messiah, Favorite Aria's & Choruses | The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter Susskind | Compil. | |
| Symphonic Variations Part 1 / Conclusion | Dame Moura Lympany, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind | Album | |
| Symphonic Variations, Part 2 / Part 3 | Dame Moura Lympany, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind | Album | |
| Symphonic Variations (Franck) | Dame Moura Lympany, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind | Album | |
| Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins And Orchestra | Arthur Grumiaux & Jean Pougnet With The Philharmonia Orchestra & Boris Ord Conducted By Walter Susskind | Album | |
| Mahler Das Lied von Der Erde | Walter Susskind, Lili Chookasian, Richard Cassilly | Album | |
| Symphonie No. 8 In G Major | Antonín Dvořák - The 1971 International Festival Youth Orchestra, Walter Susskind | Album | |
| Schubert: Symphony No. 4 & 6 | Walter Susskind, Franz Schubert, The London Symphony Orchestra, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt | Album | |
| Der Messias 1. Folge | Georg Friedrich Händel, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter Susskind | Single | |
| Der Messias 2. Folge | Georg Friedrich Händel, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter Susskind | Single | |
| Violinkonzert G-moll | Max Bruch, Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind | Album | |
| Violin Concerto No.3 / Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso / Poeme | Camille Saint-Saëns, Ernest Chausson, Nathan Milstein, Philharmonia Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari, The Concert Arts Orchestra, Walter Susskind | Album | |
| Menuhin Spielt Beethoven Bruch Paganini | Yehudi Menuhin — Ludwig van Beethoven / Max Bruch / Niccolò Paganini — Walter Susskind / The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alberto Erede | Album | |
| Piano Concerto - Eight Humoresques = Klavierkonzert - Acht Humoresken = Concert Pour Piano - Huit Humoresques | Antonín Dvořák — Rudolf Firkušný, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Walter Susskind | Album | |
| Tchaikovsky - Concerto in D . Sinding . Ravel | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Christian Sinding, Maurice Ravel, Jascha Heifetz, Walter Susskind, Alfred Wallenstein | Album | |
| Violin Concerto No. 2 In B Minor/Concerto No. 4, In D Minor | Niccolò Paganini — Yehudi Menuhin And Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Anatole Fistoulari, Walter Susskind, Henri Vieuxtemps | Album | |
| Mozart Arias In English | Owen Brannigan With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Walter Susskind | Single | |
| Scored For Ballet | Walter Susskind | Album | |
| Concerto No.1 For Piano & Orchestra / Memorial To Martin Luther King | Oskar Morawetz, CBC Symphony Orchestra, Walter Susskind, Anton Kuerti | Album | |
| Walter Susskind | Walter Susskind | Single | |
| Concerto En Mi Majeur / Concerto En Do Majeur | Johann Sebastian Bach / Joseph Haydn / Simon Goldberg / Philharmonia Orchestra Direction Walter Susskind | Album | |
| Une Nuit Sur Le Mont Chauve / La Foire De Sorotchinski / Khovantchina | Modest Mussorgsky, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind | Album | |
| Invitation To The Waltz | Walter Susskind | Album | |
| Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne / Emperor Waltz / Du Und Du Waltz | Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden, Walter Susskind | Album | |
| Aaron Copland Conducts Billy The Kid Walter Susskind Conducts Appalachian Spring With The London Symphony Orchestra | Aaron Copland, Walter Susskind | Album | |
| Vieuxtemps -Violin Concerto No.4 In D Minor, Op.31 | Yehudi Menuhin ,And Philharmonia Orchestra ,Conducted By Walter Susskind | Album | |
| Die Grossen Violinkonzerte | Ludwig van Beethoven, Max Bruch, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer / Walter Susskind / Efrem Kurtz | Album | |
| Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 / Lalo Symphonie Espagnole | Christian Ferras & The Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Walter Susskind | Album | |
| Mozart: Concerto No. 3 In G Major, K.216 / Concerto No. 4 In D Major, K.218 | Szymon Goldberg, The Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter Susskind | Album | |
| Che Fano Senza Euridice | Kirsten Flagstad, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind | Album |
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