Wilhelm Furtwängler – Complete DG & Decca Recordings

Track List

• Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV1048 (recorded 1930)
• Bach, J S: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068 (recorded October 1948)
• Bach, J S: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: Air (‘Air on a G String’) (recorded 1930)
• Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 (recorded June 1942)
• Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 (recorded October 1951)
• Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84 (recorded 1933)
• Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84 (recorded May 1947)
• Beethoven: Grosse Fuge in B flat major, Op. 133 (recorded February 1952)
• Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a (recorded October 1949)
• Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b (recorded June 1944)
• Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 (recorded October 1943)
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60 (recorded June 1942)
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60 (recorded June 1943)
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (recorded June 1942)
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (recorded May 1947)
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (recorded October 1926)
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (recorded April 1953)
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (recorded November 1943)
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 (recorded April 1953)
• Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 (recorded January 1944)
• Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 (recorded May 1953)
• Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Rákóczi March (recorded 1930)
• Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor (recorded 1930)
• Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 10 in F major (recorded 1930)
• Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 (recorded November 1942)
• Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 (recorded February 1952)
• Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 (recorded January 1945)
• Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 (recorded March 1948)
• Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 (recorded April 1954)
• Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a ‘St Anthony Variations’ (recorded June 1950)
• Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major ‘Romantic’ (recorded October 1942)
• Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major ‘Romantic’ (recorded October 1951)
• Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major ‘Romantic’ (recorded October 1951)
• Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major (recorded April 1951)
• Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor (recorded October 1944)
• Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (recorded October 1944)
• Dvořák: Slavonic Dance No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 46 No. 3 (recorded 1930)
• Franck, C: Symphony in D minor (recorded December 1953)
• Franck, C: Symphony in D minor (recorded January 1945)
• Furtwängler: Symphony No. 2 in E minor (recorded December 1951)
• Gluck: Alceste: Overture (recorded September 1951)
• Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 10 in D minor, HWV328 (recorded February 1944)
• Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 10 in D minor, HWV328 (recorded June 1950)
• Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 5 in D major, HWV323 (recorded April 1954)
• Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G major (recorded December 1951)
• Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber (recorded October 1947)
• Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture, Op. 21 (recorded 1929)
• Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 (includes rehersal, recorded 1930)
• Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384: Overture (recorded 1933)
• Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (video performance, recorded July 1954)
• Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492: Overture (recorded 1933)
• Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G major, K525 ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’ (recorded 1936/7)
• Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543 (recorded 1942/3)
• Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543 (recorded February 1944)
• Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé – Suite No. 2 (recorded March 1943)
• Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole (recorded October 1951)
• Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia Overture (recorded 1935)
• Rossini: La gazza ladra Overture (recorded 1930)
• Schubert: Die Zauberharfe (The Magic Harp), D 644 – Overture (recorded 1930)
• Schubert: Die Zauberharfe (The Magic Harp), D 644 – Overture (recorded September 1953)
• Schubert: Rosamunde, D797: Ballet Music No. 2 (recorded 1929)
• Schubert: Rosamunde, D797: Entr’acte No. 3 (recorded 1930)
• Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 ‘Unfinished’ (recorded February 1952)
• Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 ‘The Great’ (recorded December 1942)
• Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 ‘The Great’ (recorded December 1951)
• Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 (recorded October 1942)
• Schumann: Manfred Overture, Op. 115 (recorded December 1949)
• Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 (recorded March 1942)
• Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38 ‘Spring’ (recorded October 1951)
• Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 (recorded March 1953)
• Sibelius: En Saga, Op. 9 (recorded February 1943)
• Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus Overture (recorded 1936)
• Strauss, R: Don Juan, Op. 20 (recorded February 1942)
• Strauss, R: Don Juan, Op. 20 (recorded September 1947)
• Strauss, R: Metamorphosen (recorded October 1947)
• Strauss, R: Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53 (recorded January 1944)
• Strauss, R: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 (includes rehersal, recorded 1931)
• Strauss, R: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 (recorded November 1943)
• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 ‘Pathétique’ (recorded April 1951)
• Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture (recorded December 1949)
• Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Funeral March (recorded 1933)
• Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Funeral March (recorded December 1949)
• Wagner: Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 1 (recorded 1930)
• Wagner: Parsifal: Good Friday Music (recorded April 1951)
• Wagner: Tannhäuser: Overture (recorded May 1951)
• Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod (recorded 1930)
• Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod (recorded April 1954)
• Weber: Der Freischütz Entr’acte (recorded 1935)
• Weber: Der Freischütz Overture (recorded 1935)
• Weber: Der Freischütz Overture (recorded March 1944)
• Weber: Euryanthe Overture (recorded May 1954)
• Weber: Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65 (recorded 1932)

Contains:

• 34 CDs covering all creative periods of Furtwängler’s recording career on Deutsche Grammophon and Decca, as well as his early Polydor recordings and post-war radio broadcasts, plus an interview with the maestro presenting general insights about musical interpretation and philosophy (in German).

• 1 DVD featuring Furtwängler’s iconic Don Giovanni at Salzburg Festival 1954 with a captivating cast including Cesare Siepi, Elisabeth Grümmer, Anton Dermota, Erna Berger, Lisa della Casa, Walter Berry and the Wiener Philharmoniker.

• Each album has a colour-coded sleeve to give easy access to and an overview on the repertoire segments.

• 76-page booklet (En/De) with insightful essays:

• “The Fall and Rise of Wilhelm Furtwängler” biography by Norman Lebrecht

• “A Childlike Dionysos” by Furtwängler expert Rob Cowan, discussing the recorded legacy itself

• Rare and rediscovered photo material