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About the conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler

Wilhelm Furtwängler, to give him his full name, was born in Berlin on 25 January 1886. His father was an archaeologist and his mother a painter. Both were cultured and enlightened people who brought up their eldest son in the beliefs of German humanism. When the young Wilhelm showed early signs of exceptional talent they decided to provide him with a private education based around the Arts. Although his artistic interests were wide it was music that eventually became his overriding passion and he started learning the piano at an early age, composing his first music at the age of seven. The idea of becoming a composer was his prime ambition, despite the failure of his early attempts at composition. Several factors led to Furtwängler taking up the baton: the wish to conduct his own works; his increasing interest in the art of interpretation and the need to make a living, following the death of his father in 1907. His first concert as conductor was in Munich in 1906 with a programme of works by Bruckner and Beethoven as well as one of his own pieces. His rise to fame as a conductor was quite rapid and, after working in Breslau, Zurich and at the court opera in Munich, he gained his first big appointments at the Lübeck Opera (1911-1915) and in Mannheim (1915-1920). In 1920 he succeeded Richard Strauss as conductor of the Berlin Staatsoper concerts and in 1922, after the death of Nikisch, he took over the conductorship of the Leipzig Gewandhaus and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras. It was at this time that he also began a long and successful relationship with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. But it was with the Berlin Philharmonic that Furtwängler was to remain for the rest of his career. Throughout the 1920s and '30s Furtwängler and the Berlin Philharmonic went on a series of European tours to Scandinavia, Switzerland, Italy, Hungary and England. In 1937 Furtwängler conducted at Covent Garden as part of the Coronation celebrations and, in 1938, he was back again to conduct two cycles of the Ring. At this time, too, Furtwängler found himself inextricably involved in the politics of Germany. His liberal outlook meant that it was difficult for him to see Nazism as a serious threat to his country and he dissociated himself from it and opposed it whenever he could. He refused to give the Nazi salute, even in the presence of Adolf Hitler, and used his influence to save the lives of as many Jewish musicians as he could. In spite of this and because of his rather naive political outlook many outside Germany saw his continued residence and musical activity as a kind of collaboration. The final ten years of Furtwängler's life were dogged by controversy, not helped by the American Military Government in post-war Germany delaying his denazification process until 1947, when he was once again allowed to take up conducting. Success in Europe quickly followed and he appeared with the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras as well as local orchestras in London, Stockholm, Edinburgh, Lucerne, Milan, Salzburg and Paris.

CDs and DVDs featuring the conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler

CATALOGUE NR: SBT1143  (barcode: 0749677114329)
RECORD LABEL: Testament
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TRACKS: Symphony No.8 in C minor.
ORCHESTRA: Berliner Philharmoniker
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler

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CATALOGUE NR: ARPCD0004  (barcode: 4035122400045)
RECORD LABEL: Archipel
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.45
RELEASE DATE: 25-Sep-2000

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TRACKS: Symphony No.8 in C minor - Haas Edition.
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live 15-Mar-1949

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CATALOGUE NR: URN22128
RECORD LABEL: Urania
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.95
RELEASE DATE: 27-Jul-2000

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TRACKS: Symphony No.8.
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded in Berlin in Mar-1949

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CATALOGUE NR: ARPCD0479  (barcode: 4035122404791)
RECORD LABEL: Archipel
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.45
RELEASE DATE: 13-Jan-2012

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Wilhelm Furtwangler in Cairo
TRACKS: Symphony No.7 in E (Bruckner). Parsifal : Good Friday Spell (Wagner).
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded Cairo 1951 / Alexandria 1951

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CATALOGUE NR: MA1209  (barcode: 0017685120923)
RECORD LABEL: Music & Arts
FORMAT: 5 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 27.56
RELEASE DATE: 14-Apr-2008

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TRACKS: Symphony No.4 in E-flat 'Romantic'. Symphony No.5 in B-flat. Symphony No.7 in E. Symphony No.6 in A. Symphony No.9 in D. Symphony No.8 in C.
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic and Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 22-Oct-1951 Stuttgart / 28-Oct-1942 / 23-Apr-1951 Cairo / 13-16-Nov-1943 / 7-Oct-1944 / 17-Nov-1944

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CATALOGUE NR: ARPCD0263  (barcode: 4035122402636)
RECORD LABEL: Archipel
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.45
RELEASE DATE: 13-Sep-2004

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TRACKS: Symphony No.4 in E flat Romantic.
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live Stuttgart 22-Oct-1951

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CATALOGUE NR: MCD00183  (barcode: 8014399501835)
RECORD LABEL: Myto
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.95
RELEASE DATE: 16-Mar-2009

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Symphony No.7 in E (Bruckner). Nocturnes (Debussy). Don Juan op.20 (Richard Strauss). Tannhauser Overture (Wagner). Bonus - Die Walkure : excerpts from Act 3 (Wagner).
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler
ARTISTS: Walter Grossmann   Maria Muller   Anny Konetzni  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded Rome 1-May-1951 & Vienna 13/17-Feb-1936 - Walkure excerpts

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CATALOGUE NR: ANDRCD9008  (barcode: 3830257490081)
RECORD LABEL: Andromeda
FORMAT: 6 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 20.99
RELEASE DATE: 12-Feb-2007

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Symphony No.4 in E flat 'Romantic'. Symphony No.5 in B flat. Symphony No.6 in A : movements II-IV. Symphony No.7 in E. Symphony No.8 in C minor. Symphony No.9 in D minor (Bruckner). Nocturnes (Debussy). Tannhauser (Wagner). Rosamunde (Schubert).
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic and Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler

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CATALOGUE NR: MELCD1001103  (barcode: 4600317011032)
RECORD LABEL: Melodiya
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.49
RELEASE DATE: 12-Mar-2007

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TRACKS: Symphony No.5 in B flat.
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live Berlin 25-Oct-1942

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CATALOGUE NR: OPK7013  (barcode: 4582158687136)
RECORD LABEL: Opus Kura
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.25

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TRACKS: Symphony No.5 in B flat major.
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live in Berlin 1942

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CATALOGUE NR: OPK702728  (barcode: 4582158687273)
RECORD LABEL: Opus Kura
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.25

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Symphony No.8 in C minor (Bruckner). Symphony No.1 in C major op.21 (Beethoven).
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live 1954 & 1952

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CATALOGUE NR: MC109  (barcode: 0851950001094)
RECORD LABEL: Musical Concepts
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 6.49
RELEASE DATE: 04-Oct-2010

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TRACKS: Symphony No.8 in C minor.
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 17-Oct-1944

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CATALOGUE NR: SBT1466  (barcode: 0749677146627)
RECORD LABEL: Testament
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29
RELEASE DATE: 11-Apr-2011

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TRACKS: Symphony No.5 in B flat.
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: first release from the original mastertape - recorded live Oct-1942

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CATALOGUE NR: IDIS27778
RECORD LABEL: Istituto Discografico Italiano
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 22.44

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Chronological Edition - Volume 2
TRACKS: Works by Dvorak / Bach / Rossini / Brahms / von Weber / Wagner / Mozart.
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Recordings from 1926 to 1945

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CATALOGUE NR: 8111336  (barcode: 0747313333622)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 01-Jun-2009

COMPOSER: Bela Bartok
TITLE: Yehudi Menuhin
TRACKS: Violin Concerto No.2 Sz112. Sonata No.1 for Violin and Piano Sz75.
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler
ARTISTS: Yehudi Menuhin   Adolf Baller    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded Sep-1953 in EMI Abbey Road Studio No.1 London / 29-Dec-1947 in RCA Studio No.2 New York City - producer: Mark Obert-Thorn

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CATALOGUE NR: IDIS27273
RECORD LABEL: Istituto Discografico Italiano
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 22.44

COMPOSER: Carl Maria von Weber  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Chronological Edition - volume 1
TRACKS: Works by Weber / Beethoven / Berlioz / Wagner / R Strauss / Bach.
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Recordings from 1926 to 1945

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CATALOGUE NR: LS34715  (barcode: 3830025714654)
RECORD LABEL: Living Stage
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.33
RELEASE DATE: 10-Sep-2001

COMPOSER: Carl Maria von Weber
TITLE: Die Freischutz - complete
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler
ARTISTS: Elisabeth Grummer   Rita Streich   Hans Hopf  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded in stereo 1954

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CATALOGUE NR: 8111004  (barcode: 0747313300426)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 30-Mar-2009

COMPOSER: Carl Maria von Weber  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Furtwangler - The Early Recordings 3
TRACKS: Berlin Philharmonic / Wilhelm Furtwangler - Der Freischutz : Overture / Entr'acte (von Weber). Invitation to the Dance op.65 (von Weber orch. Berlioz). A Midsummer Night's Dream : Overture op.21 (Mendelssohn). The Hebrides 'Fingal’s Cave' : Overture op.26 (Mendelssohn). The Damnation of Faust op.24 : Hungarian March 'Rakoczy March' (Berlioz). Berlin Philharmonic / Erich Kleiber - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Incidental Music op.61 : Scherzo / Nocturne / Wedding March (Mendelssohn).
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1930-1935 & 1929 Kleiber - Audio Restoration engineer - Mark Obert-Thorn

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CATALOGUE NR: GL100510  (barcode: 8712177009251)
RECORD LABEL: Gala
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.49

COMPOSER: Carl Maria von Weber
TITLE: Der Freischutz - complete
ORCHESTRA: Wiener Philharmoniker
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler
ARTISTS: Alfred Poell   Elisabeth Grummer   Rita Streich   Hans Hopf

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Recorded in Salzburg 26-Jul-1954

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CATALOGUE NR: WLCD0073  (barcode: 4035122650730)
RECORD LABEL: Walhall Eternity Series
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.00
RELEASE DATE: 09-May-2005

COMPOSER: Carl Maria von Weber
TITLE: Der Freischutz
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler
ARTISTS: Elisabeth Grummer   Rita Streich   Hans Hopf   Kurt Bohme

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded Salzburg 1954 live stereo

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