Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 "Romantische" - Richard Wagner: Parsifal (Good Friday Music)
12/1/2016, 5 Tracks, 1:17:31
Featuring
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Wiener Philharmoniker
Berliner Philharmoniker
Anton Bruckner
Richard Wagner
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Composition History
Bruckner's Symphony No. 4, nicknamed 'Romantic' by the composer himself, was dedicated to Prince Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst.
Composer Biography
Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 4, one of his most popular works, was written in 1874 and revised several times through 1888.
Performer Biography
Wilhelm Furtwängler became the director of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1922, succeeding Arthur Nikisch.
Performer Biography
Wilhelm Furtwängler resigned his post as director of the Bayreuth Festival in 1934 for political reasons, after taking on numerous Jewish artists, which was criticized by the National Socialist regime.
Interpretation
Wilhelm Furtwängler believed that an interpreter must make music live, requiring rigorous preparation but also allowing for improvisation to keep the work authentic and not 'prefabricated'.
Composition History
Richard Wagner conceived his opera Parsifal on Good Friday morning in April 1857, in a cottage provided by his patron Otto Wesendonck.
Composer Biography
Wilhelm Furtwängler, the conductor on this album, was the son of archaeologist Adolf Furtwängler and grew up in a humanistically influenced home in Munich.
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