Great Conductors - Furtwängler - Naxos: 8111000 - CD or download

Release Date: 28th Jul 2008
Catalogue No: 8111000
Label: Naxos
Series: Historical, Great Conductors
Length: 64 minutes

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Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

41:12

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London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Recorded: 22-25 March 1948
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

I. Allegro non troppo

15:16

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II. Adagio non troppo - L'istesso tempo, ma grazioso

10:54

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III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino) - Presto ma non assai

6:00

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IV. Allegro con spirito

9:02

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Excerpt, Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major

22:52

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Berliner Philharmoniker
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Recorded: 1 April 1942
Recording Venue: Berlin Philharmonie

Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107: II. Adagio (modified 1885 version, ed. A. Gutmann)

22:52

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If the most notable trait of this 1948 recording of Brahms’ Second Symphony, Furtwängler’s only commercial recording of the work, is the extreme variance of tempo, the composer’s characteristically restless contrast of dynamism and lyricism is nevertheless placed firmly within a framework of the clearest realisation of form and symphonic development. The orchestra is audibly galvanised by Furtwängler’s interpretative flexibility, which courses at white heat throughout the work.

Another considerable asset is the recording quality achieved by the engineers in one of the most sought-after venues for orchestral music in England, Kingsway Hall in London.

The wartime Telefunken recording of the second movement of Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony is also Furtwängler’s only commercial recording of the composer’s music.

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