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Composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven

Artist(s):
Edwin Fischer

Conductor:
Wilhelm Furtwangler

Background: For Furtwängler the music of Beethoven, the symphonies in general and the Fifth and Ninth in particular were almost evangelical missions. There are at least eleven performances of the Fifth documented in live, broadcast or commercial recordings. This 1937 recording was his second with the Berlin Philharmonic and is admired as much for sound quality as interpretative prowess.

Although, in many respects, Parsifal most suited the great conductor's temperament, it is the most under-represented of all Wagner’s mature music dramas in the Furtwängler discography. The Adagio solemne from Furtwängler's own epic Symphonic Concerto for piano and orchestra, completed in 1943, is built upon the bedrock of Brahmsian and Brucknerian experience rather than swimming with contemporary atonal or neo-classical developments.

CATALOGUE NR: 8110879
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 4.88 including VAT, or £ 4.15 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 04-Oct-2004

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Symphony No.5 in C minor op.67 (Beethoven). Parsifal-Prelude and Good Friday Spell (Wagner). Adagio Solemne from Symphonic Concerto (Furtwangler).
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler
ARTISTS: Edwin Fischer      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1937 - 1939 - Penguin Guide 2/3 star 'there are all of this conductor's characteristics: impressive weight of tone and utterance, warm and compelling phrasing, even if some of his later readings seem just that shade more personal and involving'

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