The Complete Wilhelm Furtwängler on Record

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A 55-CD collection of Wilhelm Furtwängler's complete studio recordings. Remastered in high definition (192 kHz/24-bit) from the original tapes or best available sources by Art & Son Studio, Annecy.

Fidelio (discs 48-49) is listed in the collection booklet and CD sleeve notes as op. 62. The tracklist entered here was corrected to be the proper op. 72.

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Weber / Beethoven / Mendelssohn / Bach / Schubert
2▶CD: Wagner / Schubert / R. Strauss
3▶CD: Mendelssohn / Berlioz / Dvořák / Bach / Rossini / Brahms / Weber
4▶CD: Wagner / Beethoven / Mozart / Rossini / Weber / J. Strauss II
5▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 9
6▶CD: Wagner: Die Walküre Act III
7▶CD: Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Excerpts I
8▶CD: Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Excerpts II
9▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 / Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Excerpts / Parsifal Excerpts
10▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 “Pathétique”
11▶CD: Furtwängler / Beethoven / Bruckner / Gluck
12▶CD: Brahms: Haydn Variations / Beethoven: Symphony no. 6 “Pastoral”
13▶CD: Beethoven: Violin Concerto
14▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 “Eroica” / Coriolan Overture
15▶CD: Mozart: Serenade “Gran Partita”
16▶CD: Brahms: Symphony no. 1
17▶CD: Brahms: Symphony no. 2
18▶CD: Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung, Act III / Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture / Mozart: Symphony no. 40
19▶CD: Wagner: Siegfried Idyll / Tannhäuser / Die Götterdämmerung / Der fliegende Holländer Excerpts
20▶CD: Brahms / Wagner / Berlioz / Mozart / Brahms / Wagner
21▶CD: Wagner: Lohengrin (Prelude to Act I) / Brahms: Violin Concerto
22▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 / Schubert: Symphony no. 8 “Unfinished”
23▶CD: R. Strauss / J. Strauss II / Beethoven
24▶CD: Wagner / Weber / Schubert / Tchaikovsky / Strauss / Mozart
25▶CD: Schubert / Tchaikovsky / Cherubini
26▶CD: Haydn / Nicolai / Schumann / Smetana
27▶CD: Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 “Emperor” / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
28▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 “Choral”
29▶CD: Schubert / Furtwängler
30▶CD: Furtwängler / Haydn
31▶CD: Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung (Immolation Scene) / Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
32▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 1 / Symphony no. 6 “Pastoral”
33▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 “Eroica”
34▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 4 / Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture
35▶CD: Beethoven: Violin Concerto / Romances nos. 1 & 2
36▶CD: Schumann: Symphony no. 4 / Franck: Symphony in D minor
37▶CD: Bartók: Violin Concerto no. 2
38▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 5
39▶CD: Wagner / R. Strauss / Liszt
40▶CD: Wagner / Weber / Gluck / Beethoven
41▶CD: Bach: Matthäus-Passion (First Part)
42▶CD: Bach: Matthäus-Passion (Second Part beginning)
43▶CD: Bach: Matthäus-Passion (Second Part conclusion)
44▶CD: Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Act I beginning)
45▶CD: Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Act I conclusion, Act II beginning)
46▶CD: Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Act II conclusion, Act III beginning)
47▶CD: Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Act III conclusion)
48▶CD: Beethoven: Fidelio (Act I)
49▶CD: Beethoven: Fidelio (Act II)
50▶CD: Wagner: Die Walküre (Act I)
51▶CD: Wagner: Die Walküre (Act II beginning)
52▶CD: Wagner: Die Walküre (Act II conclusion)
53▶CD: Wagner: Die Walküre (Act III)
54▶CD: Bonus - Previously Unissued: Schubert / J. Strauss II / Wagner / Tchaikovsky
55▼CD: Bonus - Documentary: Wilhelm Furtwängler - A Memoir
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1Wilhelm Furtwängler - A Memoir: Introduction - Overview
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1994: spoken vocals) and Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (in 1995: spoken vocals)
spoken vocals:
Hugh Bean (violinist) (in 1994), Harold Nash (trombonist) (in 1994) and John Meek (violist) (in 1995)
spoken vocals [narrator]:
Jon Tolansky
orchestra:
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra)
conductor:
Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor)
partial recording of:
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”: I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1822 until 1824)
part of:
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”
recording of:
Wilhelm Furtwängler - A Memoir: Introduction - Overview
writer:
Jon Tolansky
Jon Tolansky3:50
2Wilhelm Furtwängler - A Memoir: Berlin, 1930s
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1995, in 2002: spoken vocals)
spoken vocals:
Berthold Goldschmidt (composer) (in 1995) and Peter Gellhorn (conductor/composer/pianist) (in 2002)
spoken vocals [narrator]:
Jon Tolansky
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) and Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic)
conductor:
Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor)
partial recording of:
Sinfonie Nr. 3 F-Dur, op. 90: I. Allegro con brio
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (in 1883)
part of:
Sinfonie Nr. 3 F-Dur, op. 90 (Symphony no. 3 in F major, op. 90)
recording of:
Wilhelm Furtwängler - A Memoir: Berlin, 1930s
writer:
Jon Tolansky
Jon Tolansky4:38
3Wilhelm Furtwängler - A Memoir: Conducting Technique
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1993: spoken vocals) and Lucerne, Luzern (Canton of Lucerne), Switzerland (in 1995: spoken vocals)
spoken vocals:
Remo Lauricella (composer and violinist) (in 1993) and Elisabeth Furtwängler (in 1995)
spoken vocals [narrator]:
Jon Tolansky
vocals:
Berthold Goldschmidt (composer) (in 1995)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic)
conductor:
Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor)
partial recording of:
Oberon, J. 306: Overture
composer:
Carl Maria von Weber (composer)
part of:
Oberon, J. 306
recording of:
Wilhelm Furtwängler - A Memoir: Conducting Technique
writer:
Jon Tolansky
Jon Tolansky4:08
4Wilhelm Furtwängler - A Memoir: Europe, 1940s
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1993, in 2003: spoken vocals)
baritone vocals:
Otto Edelmann (austrian bass-baritone)
bass vocals:
Gottlob Frick (operatic bass)
soprano vocals:
Martha Mödl (German soprano)
spoken vocals:
Christopher Raeburn (producer) (in 2003)
spoken vocals [narrator]:
Jon Tolansky
tenor vocals:
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor)
vocals:
Remo Lauricella (composer and violinist) (in 1993)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) and Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic)
conductor:
Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor)
partial recording of:
Fidelio, op. 72: Akt II
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer)
additional librettist:
Georg Friedrich Treitschke
librettist:
Jean-Nicolas Bouilly
translator:
Joseph Sonnleithner
part of:
Fidelio, op. 72 (1814 version)
partial recording of:
Sinfonie Nr. 4 e-Moll, op. 98: I. Allegro non troppo
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (from 1884 until 1885)
part of:
Sinfonie Nr. 4 e-Moll, op. 98 (Symphony no. 4 in E minor, op. 98)
recording of:
Wilhelm Furtwängler - A Memoir: Europe, 1940s
writer:
Jon Tolansky
Jon Tolansky6:28
5Wilhelm Furtwängler - A Memoir: Demands in Rehearsal
spoken vocals [narrator]:
Jon Tolansky
orchestra:
Stockholms Filharmoniska Orkester (Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor)
partial recording of:
Overture “Leonore” no. 3 in C major, op. 72b
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1805 until 1806)
part of:
Works of Ludwig van Beethoven by opus number (number: op. 72b)
revision of:
Fidelio/Leonore Overture op. 72/72a/72b/72c/138 (catch-all for unknown version)
recording of:
Wilhelm Furtwängler - A Memoir: Demands in Rehearsal
writer:
Jon Tolansky
Jon Tolansky3:57
6Wilhelm Furtwängler - A Memoir: Philharmonia Orchestra - Methods, Impact and Results
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1993, in 1994: spoken vocals) and Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (in 1995: spoken vocals)
spoken vocals:
Sir Edward Downes (conductor) (in 1993), Hugh Bean (violinist) (in 1994), Hugh Maguire (violinist, leader, concertmaster, and conductor) (in 1994), Harold Nash (trombonist) (in 1994), Gervase de Peyer (clarinetist) (in 1994) and John Meek (violist) (in 1995)
spoken vocals [narrator]:
Jon Tolansky
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) and Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic)
conductor:
Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor)
partial recording of:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 61: I. Allegro ma non troppo
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1806)
part of:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 61
partial recording of:
Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastorale”
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1808)
dedicated to:
Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz and Андрей Разумовский (Russian diplomat)
premiered at:
Ludwig van Beethoven at Theater an der Wien (1808-12-22)
premiered at:
Theater an der Wien in Mariahilf, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1808-12-22)
part of:
Works of Ludwig van Beethoven by opus number (number: op. 68)
partial recording of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt I, Vorspiel
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-10 until 1859-08)
part of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt I
partial recording of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt II
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857 until 1859, from 1857-10 until 1859-08)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857 until 1859)
part of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90
recording of:
Wilhelm Furtwängler - A Memoir: Philharmonia Orchestra - Methods, Impact and Results
writer:
Jon Tolansky
Jon Tolansky13:46
7Wilhelm Furtwängler - A Memoir: Artistic Relationships with Soloists
recorded in:
Berlin, Germany (in 2000: spoken vocals)
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist)
spoken vocals:
Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau (baritone) (in 2000)
spoken vocals [narrator]:
Jon Tolansky
orchestra:
Lucerne Festival Orchestra (dissolved 1993) and Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor)
partial recording of:
Konzert für Violine und Orchester D-Dur, op. 77 (Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 77)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (in 1878)
dedicated to:
Joseph Joachim (Hungarian violinist and composer)
premiered at:
[concert] (1879-01-01)
premiered at:
Gewandhaus (1781-1886) in Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1879-01-01)
part of:
Johannes Brahms. Thematisch-Bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis (number: op. 77)
partial recording of:
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: I. "Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht"
lyricist and composer:
Gustav Mahler (composer)
part of:
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer)
recording of:
Wilhelm Furtwängler - A Memoir: Artistic Relationships with Soloists
writer:
Jon Tolansky
Jon Tolansky6:52
8Wilhelm Furtwängler - A Memoir: Orchestra Balancing and Recording
recorded in:
Lucerne, Luzern (Canton of Lucerne), Switzerland (in 1995: spoken vocals)
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist)
spoken vocals:
Elisabeth Furtwängler (in 1995)
spoken vocals [narrator]:
Jon Tolansky
orchestra:
Lucerne Festival Orchestra (dissolved 1993)
conductor:
Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor)
partial recording of:
Konzert für Violine und Orchester D-Dur, op. 77 (Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 77)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (in 1878)
dedicated to:
Joseph Joachim (Hungarian violinist and composer)
premiered at:
[concert] (1879-01-01)
premiered at:
Gewandhaus (1781-1886) in Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1879-01-01)
part of:
Johannes Brahms. Thematisch-Bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis (number: op. 77)
recording of:
Wilhelm Furtwängler - A Memoir: Orchestra Balancing and Recording
writer:
Jon Tolansky
Jon Tolansky1:49
9Wilhelm Furtwängler - A Memoir: Vulnerability and Insecurity
recorded in:
Lucerne, Luzern (Canton of Lucerne), Switzerland (in 1995: spoken vocals) and Berlin, Germany (in 2000: spoken vocals)
choir vocals:
Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Chorus)
spoken vocals:
Elisabeth Furtwängler (in 1995) and Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau (baritone) (in 2000)
spoken vocals [narrator]:
Jon Tolansky
orchestra:
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra)
conductor:
Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor)
partial recording of:
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”: IV. Finale. Presto – Allegro assai (Ode an die Freude / Ode to Joy)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1822 until 1824)
librettist:
Friedrich Schiller (German poet and playwright)
quotes lyrics from:
An die Freude
part of:
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”
recording of:
Wilhelm Furtwängler - A Memoir: Vulnerability and Insecurity
writer:
Jon Tolansky
Jon Tolansky6:24
10Wilhelm Furtwängler - A Memoir: Final appearances
recorded in:
Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (in 1995: spoken vocals)
spoken vocals:
Bernard Dennis-Browne (in 1995)
spoken vocals [narrator]:
Jon Tolansky
conductor:
Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor)
partial recording of:
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: IV. Allegro
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1804 until 1808)
part of:
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67
recording of:
Wilhelm Furtwängler - A Memoir: Final appearances
writer:
Jon Tolansky
Jon Tolansky4:05