Furtwangler conducts Schubert | Music & Arts MACD1218

Furtwangler conducts Schubert

Label: Music & Arts

Cat No: MACD1218

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 1st March 2019

Contents

Artists

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Wilhelm Furtwangler

Works

Schubert, Franz

Symphony no.8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'
Symphony no.9 in C major, D944 'Great'

Artists

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Wilhelm Furtwangler

About

John Ardoin writes in his note: “[In 1950] Furtwängler made his only studio version of the Eighth, and its sound is surprisingly harsh (with the Vienna strings more glassy than glossy), and the performance unexpectedly exaggerated in many places. Luckily, this EMI recording is not our principal means of measuring Furtwängler and the Eighth.

Offsetting it is the more fluid and spontaneous live performance issued by DG from a live concert in Berlin in 1952. All the qualities that Furtwängler seems to have been reaching for in the score come to fruition here. From the opening, with its freedom of phrase, there is a feeling of being present at the birth of an original and poetic entity. The famous G major melody in particular has a unique, living sway to it, and not once does Furtwängler’s imagination flag."

Contents:
Symphony No.8
Berlin Philharmonic, 10 February 1952

Symphony No.9
Berlin Philharmonic, [for DG] December 1951

Digital restoration: 2008

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