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Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (Overture), Symphony No. 40 - Joseph Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 88 & 94

8/1/2016, 13 Tracks, 1:13:16

Featuring

  • Wilhelm Furtwängler
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Berliner Philharmoniker
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Joseph Haydn

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Performer Biography

Wilhelm Furtwängler was cleared of all allegations of collaborating with the National Socialists in December 1946, with Yehudi Menuhin and Ernest Ansermet advocating for him.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

Wilhelm Furtwängler believed that an interpreter should make music live through rigorous preparation and understanding, allowing for a small part of improvisation to keep the work alive.

Source: Booklet

Performer 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.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Wilhelm Furtwängler resigned his post in December 1934 for political reasons after taking on numerous Jewish artists, which was criticized by the National Socialist regime.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Wilhelm Furtwängler became the director of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1922, succeeding Arthur Nikisch.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

Wilhelm Furtwängler considered improvisation the fundamental form of all musical activity, stating that a work is born by freely launching into space.

Source: Booklet

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