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Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin Wilhelm Furtwängler (UK: / ˈ f ʊər t v ɛ ŋ ɡ l ər / FOORT-veng-glər, US: /-v ɛ ŋ l ər /-lər, German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈfʊɐ̯tvɛŋlɐ] ⓘ; 25 January 1886 – 30 November 1954) was a German conductor and composer.
There also exist several public recordings, some of them having been released : with the Hamburg Philharmonic in 1948 (Société Wilhelm Furtwängler), with the Orchestra of Hesse Radio in Frankfurt in 1952 (Wilhelm-Furtwängler-Gesellschaft), with the Vienna Philharmonic in 1953 (Orfeo) and with the South-German Radio Symphony Orchestra in ...
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The Symphonic Concerto for piano and orchestra in B minor by Wilhelm Furtwängler was composed between 1924 and 1937. Its world premiere took place in Munich on 26 October 1937, with Edwin Fischer as soloist; Furtwängler conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. In January 1939 there was a radio broadcast which has survived as the only ...
Wilhelm Furtwängler's Symphony No. 3 in C-sharp minor was written between 1951 and 1954. It is in four movements: Largo; Allegro; Adagio; Allegro assai; At first, the four movements had programmatic headings: "Disaster," "Under compulsion to life," "Beyond" and "The conflict continues."
Notes 1943 Arturo Toscanini: Westminster Choir, NBC Symphony Orchestra: Vivien Della Chiesa Herbert Jansssen Naxos 8.110839 (historical CD reissue) sung in English 1947 Herbert von Karajan: Choral Society of the Friends of Music, Vienna, Vienna Philharmonic: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Hans Hotter: EMI: 1948 Wilhelm Furtwängler: Lucerne Festival Choir,
Wilhelm Furtwängler's Symphony No. 1 in B minor, written between 1938 and 1941, is based on an earlier piece he wrote, a Largo in B minor from 1908. To this he added three more movements for a 4-movement work: Largo; Scherzo. Allegro; Adagio
Conductor, opera house and/or orchestral and choral forces Label information Notes 1964 Waldemar Kmentt Pilar Lorengar Walter Kreppel Roberta Peters Walter Berry Renate Holm: István Kertész Vienna State Opera and Philharmonic DVD: VAI 4520 Released June 2010 Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (1964) 1968 Peter Schreier Helen ...