Wilhelm Furtwängler dirigiert (CD)

With works by: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) , Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) , Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Contributors: Wiener Philharmoniker, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

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Mendelssohn: Die Hebriden
+Brahms: Ungarische Tänze Nr. 1-3; Violinkonzert op. 77
+Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll

Artists:: Wiener Philharmoniker, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler
Label:: Naxos
Year of recording ca.:: 1949
Item number:: 1562950
UPC/EAN:: 0636943199923
Release date:: 1.10.2007

Although Furtwängler's recorded legacy is extensive, recordings of concertos are relatively few. This 1949 recording of Brahms' Violin Concerto is notable for the legendary conductor's highly expressive accompaniment. In the Hungarian Dances Furtwängler's innate understanding of their idiom brings a variety of subtleties and inflexions that make this recording particularly memorable. In Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture his structural strength of line, together with a natural fluidity of tempo underpinning the thematic imagery, strikes a perfect balance. Last but not least, the heart-warming performance of Wagner's Siegfried Idyll demonstrates once again that even when Furtwängler conducted the lighter works of those composers whose output could be considered predominantly serious, he always brought the same questing spirit to search out the soul of the music.

Disk 1 von 1 (CD)

1 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: The Hebrides, Op. 26, "Fingal's Cave"
2 Johannes Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (version for orchestra): Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
3 Johannes Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (version for orchestra): Hungarian Dance No. 2 in D minor
4 Johannes Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (version for orchestra): Hungarian Dance No. 3 in F major
5 Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77: I. Allegro ma non troppo
6 Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77: II. Adagio
7 Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 77: Iii. Allegro Giocoso, Ma Non Troppo Vivace
8 Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll