Complete Wilhelm Furtw... - Wilhelm Furtwaengler - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

Wilhelm Furtwängler is a musical titan, one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century. Some would say he is the greatest of all. A supreme, inimitable interpreter of the Austro-German symphonic repertoire, and of Wagner’s music dramas, he remains a towering point of reference for performers and audiences.

The Complete Wilhelm Furtwängler on Record, a 55-CD box, is unparalleled in its scope: the first collection to unite Furtwängler’s entire catalogue of studio recordings, it also includes every live recording he made with a view to commercial release. There is even previously unpublished material, recorded in Vienna and Copenhagen. The entire collection has been fully remastered in high definition and the recordings are complemented by a substantial booklet and an audio documentary, Wilhelm Furtwängler – a memoir.

The recordings in the collection were made between 1926 and 1954, the year of Furtwängler’s death. The majority are devoted to Austro-German symphonic and operatic music of the 19th century, but the full list of composers suggests the range of Furtwängler’s repertoire: Bach, Bartók, Beethoven, Berlioz, Brahms, Bruckner, Cherubini, Dvořák, Franck, Gluck, Haydn, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Nicolai, Rossini, Schubert, Schumann, Smetana, Johann Strauss, Richard Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Weber.

The collection also includes Furtwängler’s own Symphony No 2 and Symphonic Concerto for Piano & Orchestra in B minor; he himself was a composer of substance.

The orchestras are: Wiener Philharmoniker; Berliner Philharmoniker; Bayreuther Festspiele; London Philharmonic; Philharmonia; Lucerne Festival Strings; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Among the soloists are: • Instrumentalists: Yehudi Menuhin; Edwin Fischer. • Singers: Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Martha Mödl, Leonie Rysanek, Sena Jurinac, Elisabeth Grümmer, Lauritz Melchior, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Wolfgang Windgassen, Ludwig Suthaus.

The collection constitutes an exceptional, groundbreaking tribute to an artist of supreme stature. The recordings are accompanied by a substantial and detailed 160-page booklet (in English, French and German) that includes: • A comprehensive essay on Furtwängler. • An article explaining the methodology for sourcing and remastering the recordings, by Stéphane Topakian, former Vice-President of the Société Wilhelm Furtwängler France, and Christophe Hénault of Art & Son Studio. • Numerous photographs. • Complete tracklisting and full details of the recordings (date/venue/technical staff/matrices/original catalogue number). • Biographical timeline.

The 55CDs and 160-page booklet are contained in a premium-quality two-piece box with wallets based on the original artwork.

Label: Parlophone | Origin: Holland

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