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Wilhelm Furtwängler: From Gluck to Ravel

1/1/2018, 15 Tracks, 1:18:01

Featuring

  • Wilhelm Furtwängler
  • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Luigi Cherubini
  • Franz Schubert
  • Johannes Brahms
  • Richard Wagner
  • Gustav Mahler
  • Maurice Ravel

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Performer Biography

In 1931, Wilhelm Furtwängler became the joint musical director of the Bayreuth Festival on an equal footing with Arturo Toscanini.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

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

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

Furtwängler believed that improvisation was the fundamental form of musical activity and that an interpreter must make the music live through rigorous preparation, but not a predetermined interpretation.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

Wilhelm Furtwängler believed that a musical score was a launching pad for genius, not a sacred text, and compared an orchestra to a flock of birds.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

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

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

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, the conductor on this album, was the son of archaeologist Adolf Furtwängler and grew up in a humanistically influenced home in Munich.

Source: Booklet

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