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| Disc: 1 |
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| 1. Symphony no. 39 in E flat major - Mozart |
| 2. Overture "Coriolan", op. 62 - Beethoven |
| 3. Symphony no. 4 in B flat major, op. 60 - Beethoven |
| Disc: 2 |
| 1. Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67 - Beethoven |
| 2. Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 60 - Beethoven |
| Disc: 3 |
| 1. Violin concerto in D major, op. 61 - Beethoven |
| 2. Concerto grosso in D minor, op. 6 no. 10 - Handel |
| Disc: 4 |
| 1. Symphony no. 9 in C major, D.944 "The Great" - Schubert |
| 2. Overture "Der Freischutz" - Weber |
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4CD W/Berliner Phil./Works:Beethoven, Handel, Mozart, Schub
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
For anyone that has any kind of interest in classical music, a begginer or a connaisseur, this set is as essential as having ears to listen.
Prepare yourself for the bad sound: these are recordings from the II WW Period, taken in Berlin. But put in your mind that Furtwängler and BPO played this music under air-strikes, playing as if it was the last thing to do.
I recommend all the set (the Weber overtures are a little bit less interesting), because of the absolute way of Furtwängler of revising the score and bringing its darker and most painful side. But definitely, I recommend mainly the 5th and 7th, that are the most haunting performances ever. Everything here screams deepness, inner universes, a devastating strength. The 5th first mouvement seems to gather all the darkness of the beggining and the end of the world: the music emerges with a daunting authority, as it was played for the last time. If you have the EMI Furtwängler's recordings of Beethoven, these are other recordings, and very different from the other 5th and 7 th presented there, more mild in their own type of darkness.
The "Coriolanus" Overture has a titanesque reading. The timpani and the winds draw a line that we cannot be sure if it is from death to life.
You cannot be the same after listening to these recordings. Please don't forget your neighbours.
Prepare yourself for the bad sound: these are recordings from the II WW Period, taken in Berlin. But put in your mind that Furtwängler and BPO played this music under air-strikes, playing as if it was the last thing to do.
I recommend all the set (the Weber overtures are a little bit less interesting), because of the absolute way of Furtwängler of revising the score and bringing its darker and most painful side. But definitely, I recommend mainly the 5th and 7th, that are the most haunting performances ever. Everything here screams deepness, inner universes, a devastating strength. The 5th first mouvement seems to gather all the darkness of the beggining and the end of the world: the music emerges with a daunting authority, as it was played for the last time. If you have the EMI Furtwängler's recordings of Beethoven, these are other recordings, and very different from the other 5th and 7 th presented there, more mild in their own type of darkness.
The "Coriolanus" Overture has a titanesque reading. The timpani and the winds draw a line that we cannot be sure if it is from death to life.
You cannot be the same after listening to these recordings. Please don't forget your neighbours.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Ronan
Format:Audio CD
That these live recordings even survived is part of the appeal, as they were taken by the Russians as they looted what was left of Berlin in 1945. Somehere in Stalin's retinue was someone who saw beyond the immediate wish to avenge themselves by destroying all the symbols of their enemies.
Then that the earlier recordings took place in the Alte Philharmonie in Berlin, and elsewhere after its total destruction by Allied bombing in 1944, nowhere does the trauma of this come through in the later interpretations.
The sound quality is extremely good for the period, and will be better than you expect.
While the Beethoven goes without saying, personally I found the 10-minute "Freischutz" overture to be the most powerful I have heard. Equally interesting is the "big orchestra" sound of the Handel, compared to what we are used to now with smaller groups and period instruments. Not better or worse, just different.
Then that the earlier recordings took place in the Alte Philharmonie in Berlin, and elsewhere after its total destruction by Allied bombing in 1944, nowhere does the trauma of this come through in the later interpretations.
The sound quality is extremely good for the period, and will be better than you expect.
While the Beethoven goes without saying, personally I found the 10-minute "Freischutz" overture to be the most powerful I have heard. Equally interesting is the "big orchestra" sound of the Handel, compared to what we are used to now with smaller groups and period instruments. Not better or worse, just different.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
These wartime recordings (Vols. 1 & 2) are most enjoyable throughout.
Sound quality certainly is a drawback, but one you quickly overcome once you get tuned to Furtwangler artristy. And most of these performances are terribly captivating indeed!
Furtwangler was arguably the best conductor ever. In a time when recorded classical music sounds so uniform, the subjectivity and idiosyncrasy of these performances are nothing less than outstanding.
These are essential recordings in any self-respectable classical music collection.
Sound quality certainly is a drawback, but one you quickly overcome once you get tuned to Furtwangler artristy. And most of these performances are terribly captivating indeed!
Furtwangler was arguably the best conductor ever. In a time when recorded classical music sounds so uniform, the subjectivity and idiosyncrasy of these performances are nothing less than outstanding.
These are essential recordings in any self-respectable classical music collection.
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