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The majority of the concerts given by Wilhelm Furtwängler and the Berlin Philharmonic between 1947 and 1954 were recorded by the RIAS Berlin; all of these recordings are documented in this boxed set. The original tapes from the RIAS archives have been made available for the first time for this...more

Ludwig van Beethoven | Felix Mendelssohn | Johann Sebastian Bach | Franz Schubert | Johannes Brahms | Anton Bruckner | Robert Schumann | Wolfgang Fortner | Richard Wagner | George Frideric Handel | Paul Hindemith | Christoph Willibald von Gluck | Carl Maria von Weber | Boris Blacher | Richard Strauss

"If ever a set warranted the hackneyed if useful accolade “Essential Furtwängler”, this is it." (Rob Cowan, Gramophone)

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CD 1 von 13 (01:15:02)

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastorale' (01:27:01) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande. Allegro ma non troppo (11:05)
II. Szene am Bach. Andante molto mosso (12:59)
III. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute. Allegro (05:33)
IV. Gewitter, Sturm. Allegro (04:05)
V. Hirtengesang, frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm. Allegretto (08:42)

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (01:07:13) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

I. Allegro con brio (08:14)
II. Andante con moto (10:36)
III. Allegro (05:48)

CD 2 von 13 (01:18:15)

Felix Mendelssohn Overture to 'Ein Sommernachtstraum', Op. 21 (12:58) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

Allegro di molto (12:58)

Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 (44:06) Yehudi Menuhin | Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

I. Allegro ma non troppo (23:44)
II. Larghetto (10:26)

Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite in D major, BWV 1068 (21:11) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler


CD 3 von 13 (01:05:03)

Franz Schubert Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 'Unfinished' (46:56) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

I. Allegro moderato (11:37)
II. Andante con moto (12:02)

Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 (41:24) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

I. Allegro non troppo (12:46)
II. Andante moderato (12:23)
III. Allegro giocoso – Poco meno presto (06:28)
IV. Allegro energico e passionato – Più Allegro (09:47)

CD 4 von 13 (01:16:02)

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C minor (2nd Version 1890, Edition Robert Haas) (01:16:02) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

I. Allegro moderato (15:30)
II. Scherzo. Allegro moderato. Trio. Langsam (13:42)
III. Adagio. Feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppend. (24:55)
IV. Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell (21:55)

CD 5 von 13 (01:14:26)

Robert Schumann Overture 'Manfred', Op. 115 (13:21) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 (01:15:48) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

I. Allegro con brio (13:16)
III. Poco Allegretto (06:23)

Wolfgang Fortner Concerto for Violin and large Chamber Orchestra (22:21) Gerhard Taschner | Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

I. Allegro con brio (06:16)
II. Canzone. Andantino (09:44)
III. Introduction e Rondo. Molto Allegro – Allegro poco scherzando – Presto (06:21)

CD 6 von 13 (01:08:44)

Richard Wagner Götterdämmerung, Funeral Music (09:35) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

Sehr langsam – Feierlich (09:35)

Richard Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude to Act I (09:23) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

Sehr mäßig bewegt (09:23)

George Frideric Handel Concerto grosso in D minor, Op. 6 No. 10 (16:42) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

I. Ouverture (02:11)
III. Air. Lentement (04:44)
VI. Allegro moderato (02:52)

Johannes Brahms Variations on a theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a (20:22) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

Thema. Chorale St. Antoni. Andante (02:08)
Variation I. Poco più animato (01:20)
Variation II. Più vivace (01:05)
Variation III. Con moto (02:06)
Variation IV. Andante con moto (02:59)
Variation V. Vivace (00:57)
Variation VI. Vivace (01:25)
Variation VII. Grazioso (03:30)
Variation VIII. Presto non troppo (01:06)
Finale. Andante (03:46)

Paul Hindemith Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 38 (12:42) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

I. Mit Kraft, mäßig schnelle Viertel (03:18)
II. Sehr schnelle Halbe (03:28)
III. Marsch für Holzbläser. Nicht zu langsame Viertel (03:41)
IV. Basso ostinato. Schnelle Viertel (02:15)

CD 7 von 13 (01:19:53)

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica' (01:47:02) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

I. Allegro con brio (15:58)
II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai (17:33)
III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace (06:16)
IV. Finale. Allegro molto (12:09)

Christoph Willibald von Gluck Overture to 'Alceste' (09:34) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

Intrada. Un poco moderato – Andante (09:34)

George Frideric Handel Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6 No. 5 (17:53) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

I. Larghetto e staccato (01:42)
VI. Menuet. Un poco larghetto (03:47)

CD 8 von 13 (50:11)

Carl Maria von Weber Overture to 'Der Freischütz' (13:01) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

Adagio – Molto vivace (13:01)

Paul Hindemith Symphony 'Die Harmonie der Welt' (36:15) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

I. Musica Instrumentalis. Breit – Marsch. Gewichtig (12:40)
II. Musica Humana. Sehr getragen (09:23)
III. Musica mundana. Sehr breit – Passacaglia. Ruhig bewegt (14:12)

CD 9 von 13 (01:17:12)

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica' (01:47:02) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

I. Allegro con brio (16:37)
II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai (18:55)
III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace (06:37)
IV. Finale. Allegro molto (12:57)

Franz Schubert Overture to ‘Rosamunde’, Op. 26, D 644 (11:45) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

Andante – Allegro vivace (11:45)

Boris Blacher Concertante Musik for Orchestra, Op. 10 (09:38) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

Moderato – Molto allegro (09:38)

CD 10 von 13 (01:15:47)

Franz Schubert Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 'Unfinished' (46:56) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

I. Allegro moderato (11:40)
II. Andante con moto (11:37)

Franz Schubert Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944 'The Great' (52:30) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

I. Andante - Allegro ma non troppo (14:16)
II. Andante con moto (17:04)
III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace - Trio (09:57)
IV. Finale. Allegro vivace (11:13)

CD 11 von 13 (01:13:02)

Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 (01:15:48) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

I. Allegro con brio (10:49)
III. Poco Allegretto (06:40)

Richard Strauss Don Juan - tone-poem for orchestra, Op. 20 (after Nikolaus Lenau) (18:14) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

Allegro molto con brio (18:14)

Richard Wagner Tristan und Isolde (17:44) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler


CD 12 von 13 (01:19:12)

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastorale' (01:27:01) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande. Allegro ma non troppo (11:45)
II. Szene am Bach. Andante molto mosso (13:45)
III. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute. Allegro (05:59)
IV. Gewitter, Sturm. Allegro (04:09)
V. Hirtengesang, frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm. Allegretto (08:59)

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (01:07:13) Berliner Philharmoniker | Wilhelm Furtwängler

I. Allegro con brio (08:24)
II. Andante con moto (11:08)
III. Allegro (06:11)

CD 13 von 13 (01:04:00)

Colloquium in the 'Hochschule für Musik', Berlin | Werner Egk and his students interviewing W. Furtwängler (01:04:00) Wilhelm Furtwängler

Criteria for casting singers (05:46)
Relationship between conductor and director (10:06)
Length of breaks / Overture to 'Die Zauberflöte' (08:10)
Musical tempo (01:27)
Audience / musical intelligence (03:13)
General pauses in Bruckner’s works / Principle of the symphony / Future of music / Schott composers (05:40)
"Emotional music" / freedom in music (06:09)
Universality of interpretations / Sound volume and size of concert hall (05:50)
Acoustics of opera houses and concert halls (01:34)
Casting of Wagnerian roles / impact of gender / perfefefction and charisma (09:50)
Orchestra pit – covered or open / The orchestra as an accompanying instrument (04:05)
The art of accompaniment (02:10)
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