WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER - THE COMPLETE WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER ON RECORD (FULLY REMASTERED)

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CD 1

CARL MARIA VON WEBER 1786-1826
1 Der Freischütz, Op. 77: Overture

Recorded: 16.X.1926
Matrix: 172bm/173bm ∙ First release as: Polydor 66466

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770-1827
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op.67
2 I. Allegro con brio
3 II. Andante con moto
4 III. Allegro
5 IV. Allegro – Presto

Recorded: 16 & 30.X.1926, I.1927
Matrix: 174bm/175bm/216bm/217bm/218bm/179bm/3301/2bm/214bm/215bm ∙ First release as: Polydor 69855/9

FELIX MENDELSSOHN 1809–1847
6 A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Overture, Op. 21

Recorded: Hochschule für Musik, Berlin, 13.VI.1929
Matrix: 857 Bi/858 Bi-1/859 Bi-1 ∙ First release as: Polydor 66925/6

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 1685-1750
7 Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068: Air

Recorded: 13.VI.1929, Hochschule für Musik, Berlin
Matrix: 860 Bi ∙ First release as: Polydor 66926

FRANZ SCHUBERT 1797-1828
Rosamunde, D. 797
8 Entracte No. 3
9 Ballet No. 2

Recorded: 13.VI.1929, Hochschule für Musik, Berlin
Matrix: 862 Bi-1/861Bi ∙ First release as: Polydor 95458

Berliner Philharmoniker ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

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CD 2

RICHARD WAGNER 1813-1883
1 Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I

Recorded: 1930, Hochschule für Musik, Berlin
Matrix: 1085 Bi ½/1086 Bi ¾ ∙ First release as: Polydor 95408

Tristan und Isolde
2 Act I: Prelude
3 Act III: Isoldes Liebestod

Recorded: 1930, Hochschule für Musik, Berlin
Matrix: 1087 Bi/1088 Bi/1089 Bi/1090 Bi ∙ First release as: Polydor 95438/9

FRANZ SCHUBERT 1797-1828
4 Rosamunde, D. 797: Overture

Recorded: 1930, Hochschule für Musik, Berlin
Matrix: 1091 Bi/1092 Bi ∙ First release as: Polydor 90147

RICHARD STRAUSS 1864-1949
5 Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
6 Till Eulenspiegel Rehearsal

Recorded: 1930, Hochschule für Musik, Berlin
Matrix: 1095½ Bi/1096½ Bi/1097 Bi (5) & 1093 Bi/1094 Bi (6) ∙ First release as: Polydor 95410/11 (5)

Berliner Philharmoniker ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

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CD 3

FELIX MENDELSSOHN 1809–1847
1 The Hebrides, Op. 26 “Fingal’s Cave”
2 The Hebrides Rehearsal

Recorded: 1930, Hochschule für Musik, Berlin
Matrix: 1098Bi/1099 Bi (1) & 1100 Bi (2) ∙ First release as: Polydor 95470 (1)

HECTOR BERLIOZ 1803-1869
3 La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Marche hongroise

Recorded: 1930, Hochschule für Musik, Berlin
Matrix: 1101 Bi ∙ First release as: Polydor 95411

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK 1841-1904
4 Slavonic Dance in A-flat major, Op. 46 No. 3

Recorded: 1930, Hochschule für Musik, Berlin
Matrix: 1103 Bi

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 1685-1750
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
5 I.
6 III. Allegro

Recorded: 1930, Hochschule für Musik, Berlin
Matrix: 1104 Bi 1/1105½ Bi 1/1106¾ Bi 1 ∙ First release as: Polydor 95417/95418

GIOACHINO ROSSINI 1792-1868
7 La gazza ladra: Overture

Recorded: 1930, Hochschule für Musik, Berlin
Matrix: 1108½ Bi 1/1109½Bi 1 ∙ First release as: Polydor 95427

JOHANNES BRAHMS 1833–1897
Hungarian Dances
8 No. 1 in G minor
9 No. 10 in E major

Recorded: 1930, Hochschule für Musik, Berlin
Matrix: 2580 BH/2587 BH - First release as: Polydor 90190

CARL MARIA VON WEBER 1786-1826
10 Aufforderung zum Tanz (orch. Berlioz: “Invitation à la valse”)

Recorded: 1932, Hochschule für Musik, Berlin
Matrix: 631 be/632 be ∙ First release as: Polydor 67056

Berliner Philharmoniker ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

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CD 4

RICHARD WAGNER 1813-1883
1 Götterdämmerung, Act III: Siegfried’s Funeral March

Recorded: 1933, Hochschule für Musik, Berlin ∙ Balance: Oskar Blaesche Sr.
Matrix: 733 be/734 ½be ∙ First release as: Polydor 67054

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770-1827
2 Egmont, Op. 84: Overture

Recorded: 1933, Hochschule für Musik, Berlin ∙ Balance: Oskar Blaesche Sr.
Matrix: 735 be/736 be ∙ First release as: Polydor 67055

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 1756-1791
3 Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Overture
4 Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384: Overture

Recorded: 1933, Hochschule für Musik, Berlin ∙ Balance: Oskar Blaesche Sr.
Matrix: 737 be/738 be ∙ First release as: Polydor 35013

GIOACHINO ROSSINI 1792-1868
5 Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture

Recorded: 1935, Hochschule für Musik, Berlin ∙ Balance: Carl-Friedrich Ehrich
Matrix: 526½ gs/527 gs ∙ First release as: Polydor 35028

CARL MARIA VON WEBER 1786-1826
Der Freischütz, Op. 77
6 Overture
7 Prelude, Act III

Recorded: 1935, Hochschule für Musik, Berlin ∙ Balance: Carl-Friedrich Ehrich
Matrix: 542½ gs/543½ gs/544 gs (6) & 545¾ gs (7) ∙ First release as: Polydor 67108/109

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 1756-1791
Serenade No. 13 in G major, K. 525 “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”
8 I. Allegro
9 II. Romanze. Andante
10 III. Menuetto. Allegretto – Trio
11 IV. Rondo. Allegro

Recorded: 28.XII.1936 & VI.1937, Hochschule für Musik, Berlin ∙ Balance: Oskar Blaesche Sr. & Carl-Friedrich Ehrich
Matrix: 781½GE 1/679½GS 1/680½GS 1/681½GS 1/785½GE 1 ∙ First release as: Polydor 67156/158

JOHANN STRAUSS II 1825-1899
12 Die Fledermaus: Overture

Recorded: 28.XII.1936, Hochschule für Musik, Berlin ∙ Balance: Carl-Friedrich Ehrich
Matrix: 786½GE/787½GE ∙ First release as: Polydor 67121

Berliner Philharmoniker ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

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CD 5

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1797-1828
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op.125 “Choral”
1 I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
2 II. Molto vivace
3 III. Adagio molto e cantabile
4 IV. Finale: Beginning
5 “O Freunde, nicht diese Töne…”
6 Alla marcia (“Froh, froh…”)
7 Andante maestoso
8 End

Erna Berger soprano ∙ Gertrude Pitzinger contralto ∙ Walther Ludwig tenor ∙ Rudolf Watzke bass
Philharmonic Choir London ∙ Charles Kennedy Scott chorus master
Berliner Philharmoniker ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor



Recorded live: 1.V.1937, Queen’s Hall, London ∙ Producer: Fred Gaisberg ∙ Balance: Edward Fowler & Arthur Clarke
Matrix: 2EA 3559/3577 transferred from 2EA 4265-1 to 2EA 4265-20 ∙ First release as: Toshiba TOCE 6057

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CD 6

RICHARD WAGNER 1813-1883
Die Walküre, opera: Act III

1 (Scene 1) “Hojotoho! Heiaha!” (Walkyries)
2 “Schützt mich und helft in höchster Not!” (Brünnnhilde, Sieglinde, Walkyries)
3 (Scene 2) “Wo ist Brünnhild’, wo die Verbrecherin?” (Wotan, Brünnhilde)
4 “Hörtet ihr nicht, was ich verhängt?” (Wotan, Walkyries)
5 (Scene 3) “War es so schmählich, was ich verbrach” (Wotan, Brünnhilde)
6 “So tatest du, was so gern zu tun ich begehrt” (Wotan, Brünnhilde)
7 “In festen Schlaf verschliess‘ ich dich” (Wotan, Brünnhilde)
8 “Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind!” (Wotan)
9 “Loge, hör'! Lausche hieher!” (Wotan)

Kirsten Flagstad Brünnhilde (soprano) ∙ Maria Müller Sieglinde (soprano) ∙ Rudolf Bockelmann Wotan (bass-baritone)

Walkyries:
Mae Craven Gerhilde (soprano) ∙ Thelma Bardsley Ortlinde (soprano) ∙ Linda Seymour Waltraute (mezzo-soprano) ∙ Gladys Ripley Schwertleite (mezzo-soprano) ∙ Elsa Stenning Helmwige (soprano) ∙ Edith Coates Siegrune (contralto) ∙ Gwladys Garside Grimgerde (mezzo-soprano) ∙ Evelyn Arden Rossweisse (mezzo-soprano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor


Recorded live: 26.V.1937, Covent Garden, London ∙ Producer: Fred Gaisberg
Matrix: 2EA5238/53

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CD 7

RICHARD WAGNER 1813-1883
Götterdämmerung, opera: Excerpts (1)

Prologue
1 Orchestra (after the Norns)
2 “Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde” (Brünnhilde)
3 “Mehr gabst du, Wunderfrau” (Brünnhilde, Siegfried)
4 “O heilige Götter” (Brünnhilde, Siegfried)
Act I, Scene 3
5 “Altgewohntes Geräusch” (Brünnhilde, Waltraute)
6 “Höre mit Sinn, was ich dir sage!” (Waltraute)
7 “Welch banger Träume Mären” (Brünnhilde, Waltraute)
8 “Blitz und Gewölk” (Brünnhilde)
9 “Brünnhild’! Ein Freier kam” (Brünnhilde)
10 “Jetzt bist du mein” (Siegfried, Brünnhilde)

Kirsten Flagstad Brünnhilde (soprano) ∙ Lauritz Melchior Siegfried (tenor) ∙ Margarete Klose Waltraute (mezzo-soprano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor


Recorded live: 1.VI.1937, Covent Garden, London ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Horace Hack & Albert Deering
Matrix: 2EA5619/45 ∙ Official premiere release

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CD 8

RICHARD WAGNER 1813-1883
Götterdämmerung, opera: Excerpts (2)

Act II, Scene 4
1 “Heil dir, Gunther!” (chorus)
2 “Brünnhild’, die hehrste Frau” (Gunther, chorus)
3 “Gegrüßt sei, teurer Held” (Gunther, Siegfried, Brünnhilde, Hagen, chorus)
4 “Einen Ring sah ich an deiner Hand” (Gutrune, Gunther, Siegfried, Brünnhilde, Hagen)
5 “Betrug! Betrug!” (Gutrune, Gunther, Siegfried, chorus)
6 “Helle Wehr! Heilige Waffe!” (Siegfried, Brünnhilde, chorus)
7 “Glaub, mehr zürnt es mich als dich” (Siegfried)
Act II, Scene 5
8 “Welches Unholds List” (Brünnhilde)
9 “Vertraue mir, betrog’ne Frau!” (Brünnhilde, Hagen)
10 “Und dort trifft ihn mein Speer!” (Brünnhilde, Hagen)
11 “So soll es sein!” (Gunther, Brünnhilde, Hagen)
Act III, Scene 3
12 “Schweigt eures Jammers jauchzenden Schwall!” (Gutrune, Brünnhilde)
13 “Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort” (Brünnhilde)
14 “Wie Sonne lauter strahlt mir sein Licht” (Brünnhilde)
15 “O ihr, der Eide ewige Hüter!” (Brünnhilde)
16 “Mein Erbe nun nehm’ ich zu eigen” (Brünnhilde)
17 “Fliegt heim, ihr Raben!” (Brünnhilde)
18 “Grane, mein Ross, sei mir gegrüßt!” (Brünnhilde)

Kirsten Flagstad Brünnhilde (soprano) ∙ Lauritz Melchior Siegfried (tenor) ∙ Herbert Janssen Gunther (baritone) ∙ Maria Nezadal Gutrune (soprano) ∙ Ludwig Weber Hagen (bass)

Chorus of the Royal Opera, Covent Garden
London Philharmonic Orchestra ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor


Recorded live: 1.VI.1937, Covent Garden, London ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Horace Hack & Albert Deering
Matrix: 2EA5619/45 ∙ Official premiere release

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CD 9

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770-1827
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op.67
1 I. Allegro con brio
2 II. Andante con moto
3 III. Allegro
4 IV. Allegro – Presto

Recorded: 8.X & 3.XI.1937, Beethovensaal, Berlin ∙ Producers: Fred Gaisberg & Walter Michael Berten ∙ Balance: Robert Beckett
Matrix: 2RA 2335-3/36-3/37-3/38-4/39-3/40-1/41-3/42-2/43-2 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 3328/332

RICHARD WAGNER 1813-1883
Tristan und Isolde
5 Act I: Prelude
6 Act III: Isoldes Liebestod

Recorded: 11.II.1938, Beethovensaal, Berlin ∙ Producer: Walter Michael Berten ∙ Balance: Robert Beckett
Matrix: 2RA 2657-1/58-1/59-2/60-2 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 3419/3420

Parsifal
7 Act I: Prelude
8 Act III: Karfreitagszauber

Recorded: 15.III.1938, Beethovensaal, Berlin ∙ Producer: Walter Michael Berten ∙ Balance: Robert Beckett
Matrix: 2RA 2741-2/42-2/43-2 (7), 2RA 2744-1/45-1/46-1 (8) ∙ First release as: HMV DB 3445/3447

Berliner Philharmoniker ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

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CD 10

PIOTR ILITCH TCHAIKOVSKY 1840-1893
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 “Pathétique”
1 I. Adagio – Allegro non troppo
2 II. Allegro con grazia
3 III. Allegro molto vivace
4 IV. Finale. Adagio lamentoso – Andante

Berliner Philharmoniker ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

Recorded: 25 & 27.X.1938, Beethovensaal, Berlin ∙ Producers: Fred Gaisberg & Walter Michael Berten ∙ Balance: Robert Beckett
Matrix: 2RA 3345-1/46-2/47-2/48-3/49-3/3353-2/54-2/55-1/56-2/3350-1/51-2/52-3 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 4609/4614

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CD 11

WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER 1886-1954
1 Symphonic Concerto for Piano & Orchestra in B minor: II. Adagio solenne

Recorded: 25.IV.1939, Beethovensaal, Berlin ∙ Producer: Walter Michael Berten ∙ Balance: Robert Beckett
Matrix: 2RA 3904-2/05-2/06-3 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 4696/4697S

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770-1827
2 Cavatina for String Orchestra (after String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130)

Recorded: 15.X.1940, Philharmonie, Berlin
Matrix: 025238/39 ∙ First release as: Telefunken SK 3104

ANTON BRUCKNER 1824-1896
3 Symphony No. 7 in E major: II. Adagio. Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam

Recorded: 7.IV.1942, Philharmonie, Berlin
Matrix: 026378-1/79-1/80-1/81-1/82-1/83-1 ∙ First release as: Telefunken SK 3230/3232

CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK 1714-1787
4 Alceste: Overture

Recorded: 29.X.1942, Philharmonie, Berlin
Matrix: 029753/54 ∙ First release as: Telefunken SK 3266

Edwin Fischer piano (1)
Berliner Philharmoniker ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

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CD 12

JOHANNES BRAHMS 1833–1897
Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a “St. Antoni Chorale”
1 Theme. Andante
2 Variation I. Poco più animato
3 Variation II. Più vivace
4 Variation III. Con moto
5 Variation IV. Andante con moto
6 Variation V. Vivace
7 Variation VI. Vivace
8 Variation VII. Grazioso
9 Variation VIII. Presto non troppo
10 Finale. Andante

Recorded: 18 & 23.XII.1943, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Michael Berten ∙ Balance: Johannes Hübener
Matrix: 2RA 6028-2/29-2/30-2/31-5/32-3/0/33-2 ∙ First release as: HMV ED 29 0666 1

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770-1827
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 “Pastoral”
11 I. Erwachen heiterer Gefühle bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande. Allegro non troppo
Awakening of happy feelings on arriving in the country
12 II. Szene am Bach. Andante molto moto
Scene by the brook
13 III. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute. Allegro
Merry gathering of the country folk
14 IV. Gewitter, Sturm. Allegro
Storm and Tempest
15 V. Hirtengesang. Frohe, dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm. Allegretto
Shepherd’s Song. Happy and thankful feelings after the storm

Recorded: 22-23.XII.1943, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Michael Berten ∙ Balance: Johannes Hübener
Matrix: 2RA 6038-2/1/39-2/1/40-1/41-2/1/1/42-1/43-2/45-2/46-2/47-2/48-2/49-1 - First release as: HMV ED 29 0666 1

Wiener Philharmoniker ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

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CD 13

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770–1827
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
1 I. Allegro ma non troppo
2 II. Larghetto
3 III. Rondo: Allegro (Cadenza: Fritz Kreisler)

Yehudi Menuhin violin
Lucerne Festival Orchestra ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

Recorded: 28-29.VIII.1947, Kunsthaus, Lucerne ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Douglas Larter
Matrix: 2ZA 31-4/32-3/33-2/34-1/35-2/36-2/37-1/38-2/39-1/40-3/41-1 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 6574/6579

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CD 14

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770-1827
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op.55 “Eroica”
1 I. Allegro con brio
2 II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai
3 III. Scherzo – Allegro vivace
4 IV. Finale: Allegro molto

Recorded: 10-12, 17.XI.1947 & 15.II.1949 (2VH7074-5), Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Douglas Larter
Matrix: 2VH 7068-1/69-1/70-4/73-2/74-5/75-2/76-1/77-1/78-1/79-1/80-1/81-1/82-4 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 6741/6746

5 II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai: first side
Take inluded in the first commercial issue

Recorded: 11.XI.1947, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Douglas Larter
Matrix: 2VH7074-2 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 6741/6747

6 Coriolan Overture, Op. 62

Recorded: 25.XI.1947, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Douglas Larter
Matrix: 2VH 7101-2/7102-1 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 6625

Wiener Philharmoniker ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

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CD 15

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 1756-1791
Serenade in B-flat major, for 13 wind instruments, K. 361 “Gran Partita”
1 I. Largo. Molto allegro
2 II. Menuetto
3 III. Adagio
4 IV. Menuetto. Allegretto
5 V. Romance. Adagio
6 VI. Tema con variazioni
7 VII. Finale: Molto allegro (Rondo)

Soloists of the Wiener Philharmoniker ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

Recorded: 11, 19, 26.XI & 3.XII.1947, Brahmssaal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Douglas Larter
Matrix: 2VH 7062-1/63-1/64-1/7104-1/7051-3/7090-1/7103-1/ 7071-1/72-1/7089-1 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 6707/6711

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CD 16

JOHANNES BRAHMS 1833–1897
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
1 I. Un poco sostenuto – Allegro
2 II. Andante sostenuto
3 III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
4 IV. Adagio – Allegro non troppo, ma con brio

Wiener Philharmoniker ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

Recorded: 17-19 & 25.XI.1947, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Douglas Larter
Matrix: 2VH 7083-1/84-2/ 85-1/86-2/87-2/88-2/91-1/92-1/93-1/99-1/100-1 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 6634/6639

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CD 17

JOHANNES BRAHMS 1833–1897
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
1 I. Allegro non troppo
2 II. Adagio non troppo
3 III. Allegretto grazioso. Quasi andantino – Presto ma non assai
4 IV. Allegro con spirit

Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Alternate takes:
5 I. 12080-1
6 I. 12082-1
7 II. 12083-1
8 III. 12086-1

London Philharmonic Orchestra ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

Recorded: 20, 22, 24-25 III.1948, Kingsway Hall, London ∙ Producer: Victor Olof ∙ Balance: Kenneth Wilkinson
Matrix: AR12079-2/80-2/81-1/82-3/83-2/84-1/85-1/86-2/87-3/88-1 ∙ First release as: Decca K1875-79

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CD 18

RICHARD WAGNER 1813-1883
Götterdämmerung, Act III, Scene 3: Immolation Scene (Brünnhilde)
1 “Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort”
2 “Wie Sonne lauter strahlt mir sein Licht”
3 “O ihr, der Eide heilige Hüter!”
4 “Mein Erbe nun nehm‘ ich zu eigen”
5 “Fliegt heim, ihr Raben!”
6 “Grane, mein Ross, sei mir gegrüsst!”

Kirsten Flagstad soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

Recorded: 26.III.1948, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Douglas Larter
Matrix: 2EA 12850-2/51-1/52-1/53-1/54-1 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 6792/93/94

FELIX MENDELSSOHN
7 The Hebrides, Op. 26 “Fingal’s Cave”

Recorded: 15.II.1949, Grosser Saal or Brahmssaal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Douglas Larter
Matrix: 2VH 7108-4/09-5 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 6941

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 1756-1791
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
8 I. Molto allegro
9 II. Andante
10 III. Menuetto. Allegretto
11 IV. Allegro assai

Recorded: 7-8.XII.1948 & 17.II.1949, Grosser Saal or Brahmssaal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Douglas Larter
Matrix: 2VH 7110-2/11-2/12-4/13-6/14-1/15-1 ∙ First release as: HMV DB6997/9

Wiener Philharmoniker ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

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0190295232405 · (p) 1948 (1-6), 1950 (7-11), Remastered (p) 2021 Parlophone Records Limited.

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CD 19

RICHARD WAGNER 1813-1883
1 Siegfried Idyll

Recorded: 16-17.II.1949, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Douglas Larter
Matrix: 2VH 7121-1/22-1/23-1/24-2 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 6916/6917

2 Tannhäuser: Overture

Recorded: 17 & 22.II.1949, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Douglas Larter
Matrix: 2VH 7125-2/26-2/27-1 ∙ First release as: Testament SBT 1141

3 Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey

Recorded: 23.II.1949, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Douglas Larter
Matrix: 2VH 7135-1/36-1/37-1 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 6949/6950

4 Der fliegende Holländer: Overture

Recorded: 30-31.III.1949, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Douglas Larter
Matrix: 2VH 7128-4/29-1/30-1 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 6975/6976


Wiener Philharmoniker ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

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0190295232405 · (p) 1949 (1, 3), 1952 (4), 1998 (2), Remastered (p) 2021 Parlophone Records Limited.

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CD 20

JOHANNES BRAHMS 1833–1897
Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a “St. Antoni Chorale”
1 Theme. Andante
2 Variation I. Poco più animato
3 Variation II. Più vivace
4 Variation III. Con moto
5 Variation IV. Andante con moto
6 Variation V. Vivace
7 Variation VI. Vivace
8 Variation VII. Grazioso
9 Variation VIII. Presto non troppo
10 Finale. Andante

Recorded: 30.III & 2.IV.1949, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Douglas Larter
Matrix: 2VH 7157-1/58-2/64-1/65-1/66-2 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 6932-4

RICHARD WAGNER 1813-1883
11 Die Walküre, Act III: Ride of the Walkyries

Recorded: 31.III.1949, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Douglas Larter
Matrix: 2VH 7131-1 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 6950

HECTOR BERLIOZ 1803-1869
12 La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Marche hongroise

Recorded: 31.III.1949, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Douglas Larter
Matrix: 2VH 7132-3 ∙ First release as: Electrola 1C14903584

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 1756-1791
Serenade No. 13 in G major, K. 525 “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”
13 I. Allegro
14 II. Romanze – Andante
15 III. Menuetto – Allegretto
16 IV. Rondo – Allegro

Recorded: 1.IV.1949, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Douglas Larter
Matrix: 2VH 7159-1/60-1/61-1/62-1 ∙ First release as: HMV ALP 1498

JOHANNES BRAHMS 1833–1897
Hungarian Dances
17 No. 1 in G major
18 No. 3 in F major
19 No. 10 in E major

Recorded: 4.IV.1949, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Douglas Larter
Matrix: 2VH 7168 (17), 2VH 7167 (18-19) ∙ First release as: HMV 6976 (17), HMV 6934 (18-19)

RICHARD WAGNER 1813-1883
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
20 Prelude
21 Dance of the Apprentices

Recorded: 1 & 4.IV. (20), 4.IV.1949 (21), Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Douglas Larter
Matrix: 2VH 7163-1/69-2/70-2 (20), 2VH 7171 (21) ∙ First release as: HMV DB6942-3

Wiener Philharmoniker ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

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0190295232405 · (p) 1949 (1-11, 17-19), 1950 (20-21), 1952 (13-16), 1979 (12), Remastered (p) 2021 Parlophone Records Limited.

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CD 21

RICHARD WAGNER 1813-1883
1 Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I

Recorded: 29.VIII.1949, Kunsthaus, Lucerne ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Douglas Larter
Matrix: 2ZA 61-2/62-3 ∙ First release as: Testament SBT 1141

JOHANNES BRAHMS 1833–1897
Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77
2 I. Allegro non troppo
3 II. Adagio
4 III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace – Poco più presto

Recorded: 29-31.VIII.1949, Kunsthaus, Lucerne ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Douglas Larter
Matrix: 2ZA 63/64/65/66/67/68/69/70/71 ∙ First release as: HMV DB21000/4

Yehudi Menuhin violin (2-4)
Edgar Shann oboe (3)
Lucerne Festival Orchestra ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

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0190295232405 · (p) 1950 (2-4), 1998 (1), Remastered (p) 2021 Parlophone Records Limited.

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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770-1827
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op.92
1 I. Poco sostenuto – Vivace
2 II. Allegretto
3 III. Presto – Assai meno presto
4 IV. Allegro con brio

Recorded: 18-19.I.1950, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Anthony Griffith
Matrix: 2VH 7180-3/81-2/82-4/83-2/84-2/85-2/86-3/87-2/88-3/89-3 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 21106/21110

FRANZ SCHUBERT 1797-1828
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 “Unfinished”
5 I. Allegro moderato
6 II. Andante con moto

Recorded: 19-21.I.1950, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Anthony Griffith
Matrix: 2VH7190/91/92/93/94/95 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 21131/21133

Wiener Philharmoniker ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

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CD 23

RICHARD STRAUSS 1864-1949
1 Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24

Recorded: 21-24.I.1950, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Anthony Griffith
Matrix: 2VH 7196-2/97-2/98-2/99-2/200-3/201-1 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 21169/21171

JOHANN STRAUSS II 1825-1899
2 Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437

Recorded: 24.I.1950, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Anthony Griffith
Matrix: 2VH 7202-1/7203-3 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 21174

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770-1827
Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60
3 I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
4 II. Adagio
5 III. Allegro vivace – Trio: Un poco meno allegro
6 IV. Allegro ma non troppo

Recorded: 25 & 30.I.1950, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Anthony Griffith
Matrix: 2VH 7207/08/09/04/05/06/10/11/12/13 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 21099/21103

Wiener Philharmoniker ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

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0190295232405 · (p) 1951, Remastered (p) 2021 Parlophone Records Limited.

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CD 24

RICHARD WAGNER 1813-1883
1 Götterdämmerung, Act III: Siegfried’s Funeral March

Recorded: 31.I.1950, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Anthony Griffith
Matrix: 2VH 7133-4/7134-4 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 6946

2 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Act III: Prelude

Recorded: 1.II.1950, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Anthony Griffith
Matrix: 0VH 475-1/476-1 ∙ First release as: HMV XLP 30108

CARL MARIA VON WEBER 1786-1826
3 Oberon, J. 306: Overture

Recorded: 1.II.1950, Grosser Saal or Brahmssaal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Anthony Griffith
Matrix: 2VH 7216-1/7217-1 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 21104

FRANZ SCHUBERT 1797-1828
Rosamunde
4 Entracte No. 3
5 Ballet music No. 2

Recorded: 2.II.1950, Brahmssaal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Anthony Griffith
Matrix: 2VH 7220 (5), 2VH 7221 (4) ∙ First release as: HMV DB 21192

PIOTR ILITCH TCHAIKOVSKY 1840-1893
Serenade in C major, Op. 48
6 II. Valse: Moderato
7 IV. Finale: Tema russo

Recorded: 2.II.1950, Brahmssaal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Anthony Griffith
Matrix: 2VH 7215 (6), 2VH 7218-1/19-1 (7) ∙ First release as: HMV DB 21172/73

JOHANN STRAUSS & JOSEF STRAUSS II
8 Pizzicato Polka with glockenspiel
9 Pizzicato Polka without glockenspiel

Recorded: 3.II.1950, Brahmssaal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Anthony Griffith
Matrix: 2VH 7222-3 (8) & 2VH 7222-2 (9) ∙ First release as: DB 21172 HMV 7ER5001 (8) & 7R134 (9)

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 1756-1791
Die Zauberflöte: Aria of the Queen of the Night
10 “O zittre nicht…” (Act I)
11 “Der Hölle Rache...” (Act II)

Recorded: 3.II.1950, Brahmssaal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Anthony Griffith
Matrix: Editing from 2VH 7224-1/2/3 (10) & 2VH 7223-1/2/3 (11) ∙ First release as: HMV RLS764

Wilma Lipp soprano (10, 11)
Wiener Philharmoniker ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

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0190295232405 · (p) 1951 (3-5), (p) 1952 (1, 6-7, 9-11), 1954 (8), Remastered (p) 2021 Parlophone Records Limited.

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CD 25

FRANZ SCHUBERT 1797-1828
1 Rosamunde: Overture

Recorded: 3-17.I.1951, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Robert Beckett
Matrix: 2VH 7233-4/34-3/35-4 ∙ First release as: Electrola WALP 1500

PIOTR ILITCH TCHAIKOVSKY 1840-1893
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
2 I. Andante sostenuto – Moderato con anima
3 II. Andantino in modo di canzona
4 III. Scherzo. Pizzicato ostinato, allegro
5 IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco

Recorded: 4-10.I.1951, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Robert Beckett
Matrix: 2VH 7240-2/41-7/42-1/43-1/44-3/36-2/37-2/38-5/39-2/45-2/46-1 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 21376/21381

LUIGI CHERUBINI 1760-1842
6 Anacréon: Overture

Recorded: 11.I.1951, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Robert Beckett
Matrix: 2VH 7247-2/48-3 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 21493

Wiener Philharmoniker ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

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0190295232405 · (p) 1952 (2-6) & 1953 (1), Remastered (p) 2021 Parlophone Records Limited.

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JOSEPH HAYDN 1732-1809
Symphony No. 94 in G major, Hob. I:94 “Surprise”
1 I. Adagio – Allegro
2 II. Andante
3 III. Menuet – Allegro – Trio – Menuet
4 IV. Finale: Vivace

Recorded: 11-17.I.1951, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Robert Beckett
Matrix: 2VH 7249-2/50-2/51-2/52-2/53-1/54-2 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 21506/21508

OTTO NICOLAI 1810-1849
5 The merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

Recorded: 18.I.1951, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Robert Beckett
Matrix: 2VH 7255-3/56-2 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 21502

ROBERT SCHUMANN 1810-1856
6 Manfred, Op. 115: Overture

Recorded: 24-25.I.1951, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Robert Beckett
Matrix: 2VH 7263-2/64-2/65-2 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 9787/9789

BEDŘICH SMETANA 1824-1884
7 Má Vlast: No. 2, Vltava “The Moldau”

Recorded: 24.I.1951, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Robert Beckett
Matrix: 2VH 7257-3/58-3/62-3 ∙ First release as: HMV DB 9787/89

Wiener Philharmoniker ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

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0190295232405 · (p) 1952, Remastered (p) 2021 Parlophone Records Limited.

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CD 27

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770-1827
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 “Emperor”
1 I. Allegro
2 II. Adagio, un poco mosso
3 III. Rondo (Allegro)

Edwin Fischer piano
Philharmonia Orchestra ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

Recorded: 19-20.II.1951, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London ∙ Producer: Walter Legge ∙ Balance: Douglas Larter
Matrix: 2EA15407-3C/08-4C/09-3B/12-5D/13-2B/14-4C/15-2B/16-2B/17-2C/21-3D ∙ First release as: HMV ALP 1051

FELIX MENDELSSOHN 1809–1847
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
4 I. Allegro molto appassionato
5 II. Andante
6 III. Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace

Yehudi Menuhin violin
Berliner Philharmoniker ∙ Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor

Recorded: 25-26.V.1952, Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem ∙ Producer: Lawrance Collingwood ∙ Balance: Robert Beckett
Matrix: 2XEA 450 ∙ First release as: HMV ALP 1135

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0190295232405 · (p) 1951 (1-3) & 1954 (4-6), Remastered (p) 2020 (1-3), (p) 2021 Parlophone Records Limited.

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CD 28

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1797-1828
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op.125 “Choral”
1 Hall ambience
2 I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
3 Hall ambience
4 II. Molto vivace
5 Hall ambience
6 III. Adagio molto e cantabile
7 IV. Finale: beginning
8 IV. Finale: “O Freunde, nicht diese