Wilhelm Furtwangler

Wilhelm Furtwängler – Mozart: Symphony No. 40 & Arias from The Magic Flute (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 32:22 minutes | 610 MB | Genre: Classical
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Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin Wilhelm Furtwängler (* 25. Januar 1886 in Schöneberg; † 30. November 1954 in Ebersteinburg bei Baden-Baden; beigesetzt auf dem Bergfriedhof in Heidelberg) war ein deutscher Dirigent und Komponist. Er gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Dirigenten des 20. Jahrhunderts.

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Wilhelm Furtwängler – Mozart: Serenade, K. 361 “Gran partita” & Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 54:47 minutes | 1,03 GB | Genre: Classical
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When Mozart took up the popular genre of the serenade, it was to transcend it and lend it new lustre. A festive masterpiece of simplicity and emotion, his Gran Partita quickly became a genuine ‘hit’! Thanks to the distinctive, spellbinding timbres of their period instruments, the members of the Akademie f”ur Alte Musik Berlin give a unique flavour to these two extraordinary serenades, over which there blows – as it were – a tremendous wind of freedom.

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Wilhelm Furtwängler – Mendelssohn, Weber, Cherubini, Schumann & Smetana: Overtures & Tone Poems (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 54:58 minutes | 1,03 GB | Genre: Classical
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Here is another florilegium of showpieces from Wilhelm Furtwängler’s late 1940s and early 1950s sessions with the Wiener Philharmoniker. It includes Mendelssohn’s Hebrides, Smetana’s Moldau and Weber’s overture from Oberon.

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Wilhelm Furtwängler – Liszt: Les préludes – Wagner, Weber & Gluck: Overtures (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:40:24 minutes | 1,92 GB | Genre: Classical
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Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin Wilhelm Furtwängler (* 25. Januar 1886 in Schöneberg; † 30. November 1954 in Ebersteinburg bei Baden-Baden; beigesetzt auf dem Bergfriedhof in Heidelberg) war ein deutscher Dirigent und Komponist. Er gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Dirigenten des 20. Jahrhunderts.

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Wilhelm Furtwängler – Haydn: Symphony No. 94 “Surprise” – Gluck: Overture from Alceste (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 31:21 minutes | 626 MB | Genre: Classical
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Legendary conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler leads the Wiener Philharmoniker and the Berliner Philharmoniker in this programme of Haydn and Gluck. The music sounds better than ever thanks to the new remastering from original tapes in HD 192kHz/24-bit done for Warner’s upcoming Furtwängler box!

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Wilhelm Furtwängler – Furtwängler Remastered: Beethoven, Wagner, Mozart, Strauss, Brahms (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 05:26:44 minutes | 6,26 GB | Genre: Classical
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Legendary conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler leads several of his signature orchestras with features from violinist Yehudi Menuhin in this sprawling programme of the great master composers! The music sounds better than ever thanks to the new remastering from original tapes in HD 192kHz/24-bit done for Warner’s upcoming Furtwängler box!

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Wilhelm Furtwängler – Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a & Symphony No. 1, Op. 68 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:08:17 minutes | 1,59 GB | Genre: Classical
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Legendary conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler leads the Wiener Philharmoniker in this programme of works from Brahms. The music sounds better than ever thanks to the new remastering from original tapes in HD 192kHz/24-bit done for Warner’s upcoming Furtwängler box!

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Wilhelm Furtwängler – Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9 “Choral” (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:46:46 minutes | 2,91 GB | Genre: Classical
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Let’s do a time warp back to 1937 for the very first recordings made under His Master’s Voice. This rendition of Beethoven’s ninth symphony with the Berliner Philharmoniker marks Wilhelm Furtwängler’s debut for the label, and was recorded live from London during the festivities preceding George VI’s coronation. As no breaks were planned to replace the waxes during the performance, the recording was an impressive technical feat! It is coupled with the first studio recording session of Furtwängler with HMV, the fifth symphony.

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Wilhelm Furtwängler – Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:15:28 minutes | 1,47 GB | Genre: Classical
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Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin Wilhelm Furtwängler (* 25. Januar 1886 in Schöneberg; † 30. November 1954 in Ebersteinburg bei Baden-Baden; beigesetzt auf dem Bergfriedhof in Heidelberg) war ein deutscher Dirigent und Komponist. Er gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Dirigenten des 20. Jahrhunderts.

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Wilhelm Furtwängler – Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 “Eroica” (Remastered) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:17:58 minutes | 1,55 GB | Genre: Classical
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Despite making his name as an interpreter of Wagner and Bruckner, Furtwängler’s first and last love was Beethoven. Furtwängler came back to the symphonies again and again. Throughout his career they dominated his concert programmes, increasingly so in the final years.

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Wilhelm Furtwängler – Beethoven: Coriolan, Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6 “Pastoral” (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:29:31 minutes | 1,85 GB | Genre: Classical
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As part of our Furtw”angler project, we release his Beethoven recordings made with the Wiener Philharmoniker between 1947 and 1952, including two symphonies and the Coriolan overture.

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Wilhelm Furtwängler – Bach, JS: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244 (Live) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 02:43:07 minutes | 3,02 GB | Genre: Classical
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Wilhelm Furtwängler leads the venerable Wiener Philharmoniker in this legacy programme of Bach! The music sounds better than ever thanks to the new remastering from original tapes in HD 192kHz/24-bit done for Warner’s upcoming Furtwängler box!

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Wilhelm Furtwängler – Schubert: Symphony No. 8, D. 759 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 34:48 minutes | 649 MB | Genre: Classical
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Wilhelm Furtwängler leads the venerable Wiener Philharmoniker in this legacy programme of Schubert! The music sounds better than ever thanks to the new remastering from original tapes in HD 192kHz/24-bit done for Warner’s upcoming Furtwängler box!
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Wilhelm Furtwängler – Furtwängler Conducts Furtwängler, Strauss, Bruckner & Berlioz (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 48:50 minutes | 948 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics

Expect lots of surprises in this final batch of our Furtwängler digital retrospective! This release includes various recordings from off the beaten track, notably the only testimony of Furtwängler’s talent as a composer that he himself put on record (an extract of his piano concerto with his friend Edwin Fischer as a soloist), as well as his monumental recording of the slow movement of Bruckner’s seventh symphony, and a previously unreleased test recording of the Emperor Waltz, at the tempo required by the conductor.
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