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An Anniversary TributeWilhelm Furtwängler Conductor
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It doesn't really matter if you have already heard one or a dozen recordings of the works included in this set. It doesn't really matter if you have already heard one or 100 recordings by Wilhelm Furtwängler. It doesn't even really matter if you have already heard enough antediluvian recordings in antique sound to know you really don't like them. The only thing that really matters is that this set includes recordings by Wilhelm Furtwängler, the greatest conductor of the twentieth century and after that everything else, as Rabbi Hillel said, is commentary.Is there a more profoundly spiritual recording of Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 than Furtwängler's with the Berlin Philharmonic from 1944? Is there a more deeply moving recording of Strauss' Metamorphosen than Furtwängler's with the Berlin Philharmonic from 1947? Is there a more sublimely blissful recording of Bach's Orchestral Suite in D major than Furtwängler's with the Berlin Philharmonic from 1948? Is there a more transcendentally hilarious recording of Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 than Furtwängler's with the Berlin Philharmonic from 1953? Is there a more luminously lovely recording of Schumann's "Spring" Symphony than Furtwängler's with the Vienna Philharmonic from 1951? Is there a more majestically lyrical recording of Mozart's Symphony No. 39 than Furtwängler's with the Berlin Philharmonic from 1942-1943? Is there a more radiantly autumnal Brahms' Symphony No. 3 than Furtwängler's with the Berlin Philharmonic from 1954? No, of course not. This is as good as it gets.
Deutsche Grammophon's remastered sound is likely as good as it will ever get considering the age and the origins of these recordings. It doesn't really matter: everyone with a heart and soul should hear them.
© James Leonard, All Music Guide
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Johann Sebastian Bach ComposerOrchestral Suite No.3 in D, BWV1068 (includes 'Air on the G String') WorkRecorded 1948 |
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| 1 | 1.Overture | 8:38 | $1.49 | |||
| 2 | 2.Air ('On the G String') | 4:34 | $0.99 | |||
| 3 | 3.Gavotte 1 and 2 | 3:08 | $0.99 | |||
| 4 | 4.Bourrée 1 and 2 | 1:35 | $0.49 | |||
| 5 | 5.Gigue | 2:37 | $0.99 | |||
Christoph Willibald von Gluck ComposerAlceste, Wq.44 (opera in 3 acts, French version)...Act 1 WorkRecorded 1951 |
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| 6 | 1.Overture | 8:52 | $1.49 | |||
Franz Peter Schubert ComposerRosamunde, Fürstin von Cypern, D.797, Op.26 (incidental music) WorkRecorded 1953 |
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| 7 | 1.Overture ('Die Zauberharfe Overture') | 10:50 | $1.99 | |||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ComposerSymphony No.39 in Eb, K.543 WorkRecorded 1942-1943 |
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| 8 | 1.Adagio. Allegro | 9:13 | $1.49 | |||
| 9 | 2.Andante con moto | 8:38 | $1.49 | |||
| 10 | 3.Menuetto: Allegretto | 4:08 | $0.99 | |||
| 11 | 4.Finale: Allegro | 3:59 | $0.99 | |||
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Ludwig van Beethoven ComposerEgmont (incidental music, after Goethe's play), Op.84 WorkRecorded 1947 |
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| 1 | 1.Overture: Sostenuto, ma non troppo. Allegro | 8:56 | $1.49 | |||
Ludwig van Beethoven ComposerLeonora Overture No.2, Op.72a WorkRecorded 1949 |
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| 2 | Leonora Overture No.2, Op.72a | 15:23 | $2.49 | |||
Ludwig van Beethoven ComposerSymphony No.8 in F, Op.93 WorkRecorded 1953 |
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| 3 | 1.Allegro vivace e con brio | 8:05 | $1.49 | |||
| 4 | 2.Allegretto scherzando | 4:34 | $0.99 | |||
| 5 | 3.Tempo di menuetto | 5:38 | $0.99 | |||
| 6 | 4.Allegro vivace | 7:50 | $1.49 | |||
Ludwig van Beethoven ComposerGrosse Fuge for String Quartet in Bb, Op.133 WorkRecorded 1952 |
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| 7 | Grosse Fuge for String Quartet in Bb, Op.133 | 19:09 | $3.49 | |||
Carl Maria von Weber ComposerEuryanthe, Op.81 (opera) WorkRecorded 1954 |
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| 8 | Overture | 9:00 | $1.49 | |||
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Robert Alexander Schumann ComposerSymphony No.1 in Bb, Op.38 ('Spring') WorkRecorded 1951 |
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| 1 | 1.Andante un poco maestoso. Allegro molto vivace | 10:57 | $1.99 | |||
| 2 | 2.Larghetto | 6:39 | $0.99 | |||
| 3 | 3.Scherzo: Molto vivace. Trio 1: Molto piu vivace. Trio 2 | 6:21 | $0.99 | |||
| 4 | 4.Finale: Allegro animato e grazioso | 9:46 | $1.49 | |||
Johannes Brahms ComposerSymphony No.3 in F, Op.90 WorkRecorded 1954 |
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| 5 | 1.Allegro con brio | 10:42 | $1.99 | |||
| 6 | 2.Andante | 9:51 | $1.49 | |||
| 7 | 3.Poco allegretto | 6:38 | $0.99 | |||
| 8 | 4.Finale: Allegro | 9:39 | $1.49 | |||
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Anton Bruckner ComposerSymphony No.9 in D-, WAB109 ('Unfinished') WorkRecorded 1944 |
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| 1 | 1.Feierlich, misterioso | 23:41 | $3.99 | |||
| 2 | 2.Scherzo: Bewegt, lebhaft | 9:35 | $1.49 | |||
| 3 | 3.Adagio: Langsam, feierlich | 25:37 | $3.99 | |||
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Richard Strauss ComposerMetamorphosen, for 23 solo strings, Op.142, TrV290 WorkRecorded 1947 |
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| 1 | Metamorphosen, for 23 solo strings, Op.142, TrV290 | 22:55 | $3.99 | |||
Johannes Brahms ComposerSymphony No.1 in C-, Op.68 WorkRecorded 1952 |
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| 2 | 1.Un poco sostenuto. Allegro | 14:43 | $2.49 | |||
| 3 | 2.Andante sostenuto | 10:41 | $1.99 | |||
| 4 | 3.Un poco allegretto e grazioso | 5:22 | $0.99 | |||
| 5 | 4.Adagio. Piu andante. Allegro non troppo, ma con brio | 17:08 | $2.99 | |||
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Spoken Word (No Composer) ComposerWilhelm Furtwänlger On the nature of the symphonic, tempo and the General Pause WorkRecorded 1950-1951
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| 1 | Wilhelm Furtwänlger On the nature of the symphonic, tempo and the General Pause | 7:16 | $1.49 | |||
Spoken Word (No Composer) ComposerWilhelm Furtwänlger talks about acoustics in large and small halls WorkRecorded 1950-1951 |
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| 2 | Wilhelm Furtwänlger talks about acoustics in large and small halls | 4:59 | $0.99 | |||
Spoken Word (No Composer) ComposerWilhelm Furtwänlger talks about scoring, instrumental technique, expression, melody and legato WorkRecorded 1950-1951 |
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| 3 | Wilhelm Furtwänlger talks about scoring, instrumental technique, expression, melody and legato | 10:19 | $1.99 | |||
Spoken Word (No Composer) ComposerWilhelm Furtwänlger talks about questions of style, performance markings, alternative versions WorkRecorded 1950-1951 |
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| 4 | Wilhelm Furtwänlger talks about questions of style, performance markings, alternative versions | 4:43 | $0.99 | |||
| 5 | Wilhelm Furtwänlger talks about a conductor's problems, concert audiences, Bruckner's music, accompanying, singers | 5:54 | $0.99 | |||
Spoken Word (No Composer) ComposerWilhelm Furtwänlger talks about music in opera WorkRecorded 1950-1951 |
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| 6 | Wilhelm Furtwänlger talks about music in opera | 6:04 | $0.99 | |||
Spoken Word (No Composer) ComposerWilhelm Furtwänlger talks about Verdi's Otello WorkRecorded 1950-1951 |
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| 7 | Wilhelm Furtwänlger talks about Verdi's Otello | 2:10 | $0.99 | |||
Spoken Word (No Composer) ComposerWilhelm Furtwänlger talks about Weber's Der Freischütz WorkRecorded 1954 |
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| 8 | Wilhelm Furtwänlger talks about Weber's Der Freischütz | 2:49 | $0.99 | |||









