Sunday, October 13, 2024

Wilhelm Furtwängler - Great Live Performances 1939-1954 - Box Set 80CDs

 

Label : King
Format : Flac track
Cover : No

The memorial project commemorating the 70th anniversary of Furtwängler's death is an unprecedented 80-disc collection of the first and last live recordings.

It has been 70 years since Wilhelm Furtwängler (January 25, 1886 - November 30, 1954) passed away, but his influence extends even to modern conductors, and even now, no one can surpass him. This 80CD collection includes valuable masterpieces from the following six labels that have been passionate about reproducing masterpieces by great masters.

Tahra was founded in 1993 by Myriam, the daughter of great conductor Herman Scherchen, who was also close friends with Furtwängler, and Rene Tremine, a leading figure in the French Furtwängler Association, and has now ceased operations. However, with the official approval of the widow and other related organizations, many original recordings from broadcast stations and other sources have been reprinted on CD. Fans all over the world were thrilled by the wonderful sound quality that brought to mind the essence of the great master, who had previously only been able to listen to poor sound quality. There are 41 Tahra discs, and 19 Grand Slam discs, which are known for their excellent reproductions of Furtwängler's sound sources, are released on the label run by music critic Naoya Hirabayashi, and were released for the first time in the world on the Cetra label in Italy in the 1980s. A total of 80 CDs, including 16 DISCOS (released by King Records under the SEVENSEAS label) that produced the LP, 2 Epitagraph, 1 Japan Furtwängler Association, and 1 VENEZIA. The structure is as follows.

Beethoven's "Ninth", which Furtwängler is said to have loved the most, has been confirmed to exist in 12 complete recordings, of which 9 are included! "Berlin's Ninth" from 1942 (CD2) , 1 month later "Ninth at Hitler's Birthday Eve Festival" (CD3), "Ninth in Stockholm" in 1943 (CD9), "Ninth in Vienna" in 1951 (CD34), "Ninth in Bayreuth" in 1951 9 (CD39), 1952's ``Vienna Ninth'' (CD49), 1953 ``Otto Nicolai Concert No. 9'' (CD62), 1 day difference in performance the next day ``Vienna Art Week No. 9'' (CD63), and the last “Lucerne Ninth” (CD79) in 1954. Similarly, we have included 7 types of ``Eroica (Hero)'', 8 types of ``Fate'', and 5 types of ``Pastoral'' from the master Beethoven's signature songs. Please fully enjoy the subtle and drastic differences in Furtwängler's live performance.

CD1: Handel: Concerto in D major/Beethoven: "Fate" & Cavatina (1939/40)
CD2:"Berlin Ninth" (1942.3.22-24)
CD3:"Hitler's Ninth" (1942.4.19)
CD4: Schubert: "The Great" (1942) & "Unfinished" (1st Mov.) (1944)
CD5: Schubert: "The Great" (1943)
CD6: Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 & “Fate” (1943)
CD7: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 (Hansen P) & Symphony No. 7 (1943)
CD8: Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 (2-4 Mov.) (1943) & No. 7 (2nd Mov.) (1942)
CD9:"Stockholm Ninth" (1943)
CD10: Brahms: Symphony No. 4 (1943) & No. 1 (4th Mov.) (1942), etc.
CD11: Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn & Piano Concerto No. 2 (Eschbacher P) (1943)
CD12: R. Strauss: Domestic Symphony (1944) & Four Lieders (Anders T) (1942) Lyric translation included
CD13: Beethoven: “Coriolan” (1944) & “Pastoral” (1942), etc.
CD14: Schubert: "Rosamunde" Intermezzo No. 3/Mozart: Symphony No. 40 (1944)
CD15: Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (1944)
CD16: Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (1944)
CD17: Beethoven: "Hero" ("Eroica de Urania") (1944)
CD18: Franck: Symphony in D minor/Brahms: Symphony No. 2 (1945)
CD19: Beethoven: "Pastoral" & "Fate" ("Historical Return Concert") (May 25, 1947)
CD20: Beethoven: "Fate" & "Egmont" Overture (1947.5.27) E-STEREO
CD21: Brahms: Symphony No. 1/Beethoven: "Leonore" Overture No. 2 (1947), etc.
CD22: Beethoven: “Leonore” Overture No. 3/Brahms: Symphony No. 1 (1947), etc.
CD23: Beethoven: Violin Concerto (Menuhin Vn)/“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Overture (1947), etc.
CD24: Brahms: Symphony No. 4/Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 (1948)
CD25: Schubert: "Unfinished"/Brahms: Symphony No. 4 (1948)
CD26: Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (1949)
CD27: Mozart: Symphony No. 40/Brahms: Symphony No. 4 (1949)
CD28: Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (1949)
CD29: Schumann: "Manfred" Overture/Brahms: Symphony No. 3 (1949), etc.
CD30: Wagner: Opera ``The Ring of the Nibelung'' Highlights (1950) with lyrics and translation
CD31: Beethoven: "Hero" (1950) & Symphony No. 1 (1954)
CD32: Beethoven: Symphony No. 1/Brahms: Symphony No. 1 (1950)
CD33: Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 (1953) & “Fate” (1950)
CD34:"Vienna Ninth" 1951"
CD35: Beethoven: “Leonore” No. 2 (1949)/Tchaikovsky: “Pathétique” (1951)
CD36: Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (1951)
CD37: R. Strauss: Don Juan/The Fun Pranks of Till Eulenspiegel/Death and Transfiguration (1951/54/47)
CD38: Debussy: "Clouds" and "Festival" from "Nocturne" / Ravel: Spanish Rhapsody / Honegger: Symphonic Movement No. 3 (1951/52)
CD39: "Ninth Bayreuth" (1951)
CD40: Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 (1951)
CD41: Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 “Romantic” (1951)
CD42: Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn & Symphony No. 1 (1951)
CD43: Haydn: Symphony No. 88 "V" / Schumann: Symphony No. 1 "Spring" (1951), etc.
CD44: Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 “Romantic” (1951)
CD45: "Furtwängler in Rome" Beethoven: "Pastoral" & "Fate" (beginning) (1952)
CD46: "Furtwängler in Rome" Beethoven: "Conclusion" & "Hero" (1952)
CD47: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 (Scarpini P)/Wagner: Siegfried Idyll (1952), etc.
CD48: Brahms: Double Concerto for Vn and Vc (1952) & Variations on a Theme of Haydn (1950), etc.
CD49: "Vienna Ninth" (1952)
CD50: Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn (1954) & Symphony No. 1 (1952)
CD51: Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (De Vito Vn)/Schubert: "Unfinished" (1952)
CD52: Brahms: Symphony No. 2 (1952)/Weber: "The Magic Archer" Overture (1954)
CD53: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5/Haydn: Symphony No. 88 “V” (1952)
CD54: Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 (1952)/Mahler: Song of a Wandering Young Man (Pell Bs) with translated lyrics
CD55: Beethoven: "Hero" (1952.11.30) & "Egmont" Overture (1953)
CD56: Beethoven: "Hero" (1952.12.7)
CD57: Beethoven: "Hero" (1952.12.8)
CD58: Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 & No. 8 (1953)
CD59: Ravel: Elegant and sentimental waltz (rehearsal) / Stravinsky: Fairy's Kiss (1953)
CD60: Beethoven: Violin Concerto (Schneiderhan Vn) (1953) and others
CD61: Brahms: Symphony No. 1 (1953) / "The Magic Archer" Overture (1952) / Don Juan (1954)
CD62: "Ninth Otto Nicolai Concert" (1953)
CD63: "Vienna Art Week No. 9" (1953)
CD64: Brahms: Violin Concerto (De Vito Vn) (1952)/Schumann: Symphony No. 4 (1953)
CD65: Beethoven: "Hero" (1953) & "Leonore" Overture No. 2 (1947)
CD66: Hindemith: "Harmony of the World" (1953) Concerto for STEREO & Orchestra (1950)
CD67: Schubert: "The Great" (1953)/Beethoven: "Leonore" No. 3 (1950)
CD68: Schubert: "Unfinished" & "The Great" (1953)
CD69: Furtwängler: Symphony No. 2 (beginning) (1954)
CD70: Furtwängler: Symphony No. 2 (conclusion)/Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 (1954)
CD71: Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (beginning) (1954)
CD72: Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (conclusion) (1954)
CD73: Brahms: Symphony No. 3/Beethoven: “Leonore” Overture No. 2 (1954)
CD74: Schubert: "Unfinished"/Beethoven: "Fate" (1954)
CD75: Brahms: Symphony No. 3/Wagner: Prelude and Death of Love (1954), etc.
CD76:"Furtwängler in Lugano" Beethoven: "Pastoral" (1954)
CD77: "Same as above" Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 (Lefebure P)/Til Eulenspiegel's hilarious prank
CD78: Beethoven: “Pastoral” & “Fate” (1954)
CD79:"Lucerne Ninth" (1954)
CD80: Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 & No. 8 (1954)

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