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Warner and Universal have cooperated to assemble this box of Wilhelm Furtwangler’s Complete Studio Recordings.
126 recordings of music by 26 composers on 55 CDs.
The music is arranged in chronological order of recording session, 1926 through 1954.
SERIOUS FLAW: Warner forgot to include an alphabetical index. Good luck finding what you want.
So I created an Index – see the end of this review.
Feel free to copy it.
Everything in the Warner box is “newly remastered in 24-bit/192kHz from the original tapes by Art & Son Studio, Annecy”.
I haven’t heard all previous remasterings, so I’m not qualified to say that this is the best possible sound, but these do sound very good.
Modified “original jacket” format, with 190 page booklet in English, French and German.
The new box has one addition to Furtwangler’s discography: The third movement “Elegie” from Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings.
In 1950 he recorded movements 2, 3 and 4 with the Vienna Philharmonic, but only 2 and 4 were issued.
Movement 3 would have fit perfectly between movements 2 and 4 on CD 24.
Unfortunately Warner decided to put it on CD54 with some miscellanea.
The first movement was not recorded.
Furtwangler died in 1954, leaving several recording projects incomplete.
By limiting this collection to studio recordings, Warner has issued a box with enormous and infuriating gaps:
-- No Beethoven Symphonies 2 or 8
-- No Brahms Symphonies 3 or 4
-- No Bruckner Symphonies (just a single movement from the Seventh)
Following Furtwangler’s death, these gaps were filled by broadcast recordings.
Most critics actually preferred the risk-taking “live” Furtwangler to the more cautious conductor of the recording studio.
But at least the studio product is usually better recorded.
For a thorough analysis of the Furtwangler broadcasts, see John Ardoin’s book ‘The Furtwangler Record’ (published 1994).
I wish I could report that Warner has plans to follow this up with a box of the “Complete Broadcast Performances” on these same labels, but I have no inside knowledge.
For what it is, Warner’s “The Complete Wilhelm Furtwangler on Record” is extremely well-done (aside from the missing index).
“LIVE” PERFORMANCES IN THIS BOX:
These were special occasions, recorded by HMV and approved by Furtwangler for possible future release, though none were published during his lifetime.
PRE-WAR LIVE RECORDINGS:
The highlight of this collection.
First authorized release of the recordings made by Furtwangler and the Berlin Philharmonic during their 1937 visit to London. Part of the celebrations for the coronation of King George VI (Edward VIII had recently abdicated to marry an American adventuress).
The recordings were made by HMV engineers, not the BBC.
-- CD 5: Beethoven Ninth Symphony with the Berlin Philharmonic and the London Philharmonic Choir, recorded at a gala concert in Queens Hall in 1937. EMI issued it in 2004 as part of their “Great Conductors of the Century” series, but the repeats in the second movement were cut. This is the first authorized publication of the unedited performance.
-- CD 6-8: Wagner Ring (1937) with Kirsten Flagstad and Lauritz Melchior at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (where the London Philharmonic was the pit band). Reportedly, the entire Ring was recorded, but only Act 3 of Die Walkure, and 110 minutes of Die Gotterdammerung survive.
POSTWAR LIVE RECORDINGS:
-- CD 28: Beethoven Ninth Symphony at the 1951 postwar re-opening of the Bayreuth Festival. HMV issued it on LP in 1955 as a memorial to the recently deceased conductor. The recording on CD 28 is not identical to the famous HMV recording. Previous CD transfers timed in at 75:04. The new transfer is 77:20, but this includes three tracks (2 minutes, 31 seconds) devoted solely to “hall ambience” (audience noise). Perhaps to “prove” that this was recorded in concert, not in rehearsal as rumored.
-- CD 41-43: Bach St. Matthew Passion recorded at the 1954 Salzburg Easter Festival, just a few months before his death - Furtwangler may have sensed his mortality and viewed this as his final testament. In 1995 EMI issued an edited version on two CDs (150 minutes, 40 seconds). The new transfer is on three CDs (163 minutes, 12 seconds).
-- CD 54: Schubert Symphony 8 “Unfinished”: Vienna Philharmonic on tour in Copenhagen (1950). Not approved for release by Furtwangler - not sure what it’s doing here.
INDEX TO COMPOSERS:
(Operas and vocal excerpts are at the end of the list)
BPO = Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, LPO = London Philharmonic Orchestra, VPO = Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
The 1926-1936 recordings on CDs1-4 were made by Polydor, the predecessor of Deutsche Grammophon (they have an asterisk following the date).
The 1937-1954 recordings on CDs 5-54 were made by HMV, unless otherwise indicated.
BACH:
-- Brandenburg Concerto No.3: BPO-1930 * (CD3)
-- Orchestral Suite No.3: Air, BPO-1929 * (CD1)
-- St. Matthew Passion: VPO-1954 “live” (CD41-43)
BARTOK: Violin Concerto No.2 with Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia 1953 (CD37)
BEETHOVEN:
-- Symphony No.1: VPO-1952 (CD32)
-- Symphony No.3: VPO-1947 (CD14), VPO-1952 (CD33)
-- Symphony No.4: VPO-1950 (CD23), VPO-1952 (CD34)
-- Symphony No.5: BPO-1926 * (CD1), BPO-1937 (CD9), VPO-1954 (CD38)
-- Symphony No.6: VPO-1943 (CD12), VPO-1952 (CD32)
-- Symphony No.7: VPO-1950 (CD22)
-- Symphony No.9: BPO-1937 (CD5), Bayreuth 1951 (CD29) - both “live” recordings
-- Coriolan Overture: VPO-1947 (CD14)
-- Egmont Overture: BPO-1933 * (CD4)
-- Leonore Overture No.2: BPO-1954 (CD40)
-- Leonore Overture No.3: VPO-1953 (CD 49 included with Fidelio, see “Operas and Vocal Excerpts”)
-- String Quartet Op.130: Cavatina, BPO-1940 Telefunken recording (CD11)
-- Piano Concerto No.5 with Edwin Fischer, Philharmonia 1951 (CD27)
-- Violin Concerto with Yehudi Menuhin: Lucerne 1947 (CD13), Philharmonia 1953 (CD35)
-- Romances for Violin & Orchestra with Menuhin, Philharmonia 1953 (CD35)
BERLIOZ: Damnation of Faust: Rakoczy March, BPO-1930 * (CD 3), VPO-1949 (CD20)
BRAHMS:
-- Symphony No.1: VPO-1947 (CD16)
-- Symphony No.2: LPO-1948 Decca recording (CD17)
-- Hungarian Dance No.1: BPO-1930 * (CD3), VPO-1949 (CD20)
-- Hungarian Dance No.3: VPO-1949 (CD20)
-- Hungarian Dance No.10: BPO-1930 * (CD3), VPO-1949 (CD20)
-- Variations on a Theme by Haydn: VPO-1943 (CD12), VPO-1949 (CD20)
-- Violin Concerto with Yehudi Menuhin, Lucerne 1949 (CD21)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No.7: Adagio, BPO-1942 Telefunken recording (CD11)
CHERUBINI: Anacreon Overture: VPO-1951 (CD25)
DVORAK: Slavonic Dance Op.46, No.3: BPO-1930 * (CD3)
FRANCK: Symphony: VPO-1953 Decca recording (CD36)
FURTWANGLER:
-- Symphony No.2: BPO-1951 DG recording (CD29-30)
-- Symphonic Concerto with Edwin Fischer, second movement: BPO-1939 (CD11)
GLUCK:
-- Alceste Overture: BPO-1942 Telefunken recording (CD11), VPO-1954 (CD40)
-- Iphigenie en Aulide Overture: VPO-1954 (CD40)
HAYDN:
-- Symphony No.88: BPO-1951 DG recording (CD30)
-- Symphony No.94: VPO-1951 (CD26)
LISZT: Les Preludes: VPO-1954 (CD39)
MAHLER: Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen with Fischer-Dieskau, Philharmonia 1952 (CD31)
MENDELSSOHN:
-- Hebrides Overture: BPO-1930 * with rehearsal (CD3), VPO-1949 (CD18)
-- Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture: BPO-1929 * (CD1)
-- Violin Concerto with Yehudi Menuhin, BPO-1952 (CD27)
MOZART:
-- Symphony No.40: VPO-1948 (CD18)
-- Serenade K.361 "Gran Partita": VPO-1947 (CD15)
-- Serenade K.525 “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”: BPO-1936 * (CD3), VPO-1949 (CD20)
-- Abduction from the Seraglio Overture: BPO-1933 * (CD4)
-- Marriage of Figaro Overture: BPO-1933 * (CD4)
NICOLAI: Merry Wives of Windsor Overture: VPO-1951 (CD26)
ROSSINI:
-- Barber of Seville Overture: BPO-1935 * (CD4)
-- Gazza Ladra Overture: BPO-1930 * (CD3)
SCHUBERT:
-- Symphony No.8: VPO-1950 - two recordings: studio (CD22) and “live” (CD54)
-- Symphony No.9: BPO-1951 DG recording (CD29)
-- Rosamunde Overture: BPO-1930 * (CD2), VPO-1951 (CD25)
-- Rosamunde Ballet Music No.2: BPO-1929 * (CD1), VPO-1950 (CD24)
-- Rosamunde Entr’acte No.3: BPO-1929 * (CD1), VPO-1950 (CD24)
SCHUMANN:
-- Symphony No.4: BPO-1953 DG recording (CD36)
-- Manfred Overture: VPO-1951 (CD26)
SMETANA: Vltava (Moldau) from Ma Vlast: VPO-1951 (CD26)
J.STRAUSS:
-- Die Fledermaus Overture: BPO-1936 * (CD4)
-- Emperor Waltz: VPO-1950 (CD23)
-- Pizzicato Polka: VPO-1950 with and without glockenspiel (CD24)
R.STRAUSS:
-- Don Juan: VPO-1954 (CD39)
-- Till Eulenspiegel: BPO-1930 * with rehearsal (CD2), VPO-1954 (CD39)
-- Death and Transfiguration: VPO-1950 (CD23)
TCHAIKOVSKY:
-- Symphony No.4: VPO-1951 (CD25)
-- Symphony No.6: BPO-1938 (CD10)
-- Serenade for Strings, movements 2,3,4: VPO-1950 (CD24 + CD54)
WAGNER - ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS:
-- Fliegende Hollander Overture: VPO-1949 (CD19)
-- Gotterdammerung - Siegfried’s Rhine Journey: VPO-1949 (CD19), VPO-1954 (CD39)
-- Gotterdammerung - Funeral March: BPO-1933 * (CD4), VPO-1950 (CD24), VPO-1954 (CD39)
-- Lohengrin Prelude to Act One: BPO-1930 * (CD2), Lucerne 1949 (CD21), VPO-1954 (CD40)
-- Meistersinger Prelude to Act One: VPO-1949 (CD20)
-- Meistersinger Prelude to Act Three: VPO-1950 (CD24)
-- Meistersinger - Dance of the Apprentices: VPO-1949 (CD20)
-- Parsifal - Prelude & Good Friday Music: BPO-1938 (CD9)
-- Siegfried Idyll: VPO-1949 (CD19)
-- Tannhauser Overture VPO-1949 (CD19), VPO-1952 (CD34)
-- Tristan und Isolde Prelude & Liebestod: BPO-1930 * (CD2), BPO-1938 (CD9)
-- Die Walkure - Ride of the Valkyries: VPO-1949 (CD20)
WEBER:
-- Euryanthe Overture: VPO-1954 (CD40)
-- Der Freischutz Overture: BPO-1926 * (CD1), BPO-1935 * (CD4), VPO-1954 (CD40)
-- Der Freischutz Prelude to Act 3: BPO-1935 * (CD4)
-- Oberon Overture: VPO-1950 (CD24)
-- Invitation to the Dance (orch. Berlioz): BPO-1932 * (CD3)
CD 54: PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED HMV TEST PRESSINGS (1950)
with the Vienna Philharmonic:
-- SCHUBERT: Symphony No.8 ‘Unfinished’ (recorded live on tour in Copenhagen)
-- TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings: Elegy (third movement), Furtwangler’s only recording.
+ alternate takes of Schubert, J.Strauss, Wagner
CD 55: DOCUMENTARY: “Memories of Furtwangler”
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COMPLETE OPERAS AND VOCAL EXCERPTS:
BEETHOVEN: Fidelio: 1953 VPO (CD48-49)
with Modl, Windgassen, Jurinac, Schock, Frick, Edelmann
MOZART: Die Zauberflote arias: “O zitt’re nicht”, “Der Holle Rache” 1950 VPO (CD24)
with Wilma Lipp soprano
WAGNER: Die Walkure:
--- 1937 Act 3: “live” Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (LPO) (CD6)
with Flagstad, Muller, Bockelmann
--- 1954 complete opera VPO (CD50-53)
with Modl, Suthaus, Frantz, Rysanek, Klose, Frick
WAGNER: Die Gotterdammerung:
--- Excerpts from the Prologue and all three Acts (110 minutes) 1937 “live” Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (LPO) (CD7-8)
with Flagstad, Melchior, Janssen, Nezadal, Weber
--- Act 3: Brunnhilde’s Immolation:
with Kirsten Flagstad: 1948 Philharmonia (CD18), 1952 Philharmonia (CD31)
WAGNER: Tristan und Isolde:1952 Philharmonia (CD44-47)
with Flagstad, Suthaus, Thebom, Greindl, Fischer-Dieskau
* Polydor recordings, 1926-1936 (Polydor was the predecessor of Deutsche Grammophon). |
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