This recording of Wilhelm Furtwängler's Piano Quintet in C major was made in 2003 at DeutschlandRadio, Funkhaus Köln, using a Steinway D instrument.
Performer Biography
Sebastian Krahnert, the pianist of the Clarens Quintet, is also the initiator and artistic director of the Wilhelm Furtwängler Festival in Jena.
Composition History
The Piano Quintet in C major was one of several works Wilhelm Furtwängler withheld from public performance during his lifetime, despite completing them.
Composer Biography
Wilhelm Furtwängler's career as a conductor began in Lübeck in 1911, which subsequently relegated his compositional work to a secondary role.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Wilhelm Furtwängler, a composer and conductor, felt his compositions were misunderstood by the public, believing his status was uniquely 'wrong and unsatisfactory' compared to other composers.
Composition History
Wilhelm Furtwängler began working on the Piano Quintet in C major by 1912, noting progress on the first movement in his pocket diary.
Composition History
Despite declaring the Piano Quintet 'truly finished' in a letter to his teacher and friend Walter Riezler in 1935, Wilhelm Furtwängler was known for continually revising even his printed works.
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