Furtwängler: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon & Decca - DG
Contents List

Contents
Disc 01 [74’15]
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Op. 21
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: June 1929
Recording Venue: Hochschule für Musik, Berlin

Bach, J S: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: Air ('Air on a G String')
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: December 1929

Schubert: Rosamunde, D797: Ballet Music No. 2
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: June 1929
Recording Venue: Hochschule für Musik, Berlin

Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75: Prelude to Act 1
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 1930
Recording Venue: Berlin

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 1930

Schubert: Rosamunde, D797: Overture
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 1930
Recording Venue: Hochschule für Musik, Berlin

Strauss, R: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 1930
Recording Venue: Hochschule für Musik, Berlin

Disc 02 [66’55]
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, Op. 26
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 1930
Recording Venue: Hochschule für Musik, Berlin

Berlioz: Rákóczi March (from La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 1930
Recording Venue: Hochschule für Musik, Berlin

Schubert: Rosamunde, D.797: Entr'acte No. 3 - Andantino
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 1930
Recording Venue: Hochschule für Musik, Berlin

Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV1048
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: October 1930
Recording Venue: Hochschule für Musik, Berlin

Rossini: La gazza ladra Overture
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 1930
Recording Venue: Hochschule für Musiik, Berlin

Brahms: Hungarian Dances, No. 1 in G minor, No. 10 in F major
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 1930
Recording Venue: Hochschule für Musik, Berlin

Dvořák: Slavonic Dances Nos. 1-8, Op. 46 Nos. 1-8
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 1930
Recording Venue: Hochschule für Musik, Berlin

Weber: Invitation to the Dance, Op.65 (Orch. Berlioz)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: December 1932
Recording Venue: Hochschule für Musik, Berlin

Wagner: Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Trauermarsch
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 1933-11
Recording Venue: Hochschule für Musik, Berlin

Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, Op. 26
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 1930
Recording Venue: Hochschule für Musik, Berlin

Disc 03 [69’50]
Beethoven: Music To Goethe's Tragedy "Egmont", Op. 84: Overture
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: June 1933
Recording Venue: Polydor Studios, Berlin

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492: Overture
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: November 1933
Recording Venue: Hochschule für Musik, Berlin

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384: Overture
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: November 1933
Recording Venue: Hochschule für Musik, Berlin

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia Overture
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: June 1935
Recording Venue: Hochschule für Musik, Berlin
 
Weber: Der Freischütz
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: June 1935
Recording Venue: Berlin

Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G major, K525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: January 1937

Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus Overture
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: December 1936
Recording Venue: Hochschule für Musik, Berlin

Strauss, R: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 1930
Recording Venue: Hochschule für Musik, Berlin



The Wartime Recordings: 1942 – 1945

Disc 04 [67’42]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major (Haas edition)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: October 1942
Recording Venue: Alte Philharmonie, Berlin

Disc 05 [72’46]
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83
Edwin Fischer (piano), Arthur Troester (cello)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: November 1942
Recording Venue: Alte Philharmonie, Berlin

Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 1943
Recording Venue: Rundfunkhaus, Berlin

Disc 06 [52’25]
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Walter Gieseking (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 1942-03
Recording Venue: Alte Philharmonie, Berlin

Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Tibor de Machula (cello)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 1942-10
Recording Venue: Alte Philharmonie, Berlin

Disc 07 [78’10]
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: February 1944
Recording Venue: Staatsoper, Berlin

Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 'The Great'
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: December 1942
Recording Venue: Alte Philharmonie, Berlin

Disc 08 [78’28]
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: June 1943
Recording Venue: Alte Philharmonie, Berlin

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 27^th June 1943
Recording Venue: Alte Philharmonie, Berlin

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 30^th June 1943
Recording Venue: Alte Philharmonie, Berlin

Disc 09 ]72’10]
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Conrad Hansen (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 3^rd October 1943
Recording Venue: Alte Philharmonie, Berlin

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 3^rd November 1943
Recording Venue: Alte Philharmonie, Berlin


Disc 10 [51’55]
Sibelius: En Saga, Op. 9
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: February 1943
Recording Venue: Alte Philharmonie, Berlin

Strauss, R: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: November 1943
Recording Venue: Alte Philharmonie, Berlin

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé - Suite No. 2
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: March 1944
Recording Venue: Staatsoper, Berlin

Disc 11 [78’55]
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
Erich Röhn (violin)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 12^th January 1944
Recording Venue: Alte Philharmonie, Berlin

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 30^th June 1943
Recording Venue: Alte Philharmonie, Berlin

Disc 12 [70’38]
Strauss, R: Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 12^th January 1944
Recording Venue: Alte Philharmonie, Berlin

Strauss, R: Don Juan, Op. 20
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: February 1942
Recording Venue: Alte Philharmonie, Berlin

Weber: Der Freischütz Overture
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: March 1944
Recording Venue: Alte Philharmonie, Berlin

Disc 13 [58’45]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (Orel, ed)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 7^th October 1944
Recording Venue: Berlin

Disc 14 [76’43]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor
Wiener Philharmoniker
Recorded: October 1944
Recording Venue: Musikverein, Großer Saal, Vienna

Disc 15 [53’02]
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Wiener Philharmoniker
Recorded: January 1945
Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
Wiener Philharmoniker
Recorded: June 1944
Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

Disc 16 [38’37]
Franck, C: Symphony in D minor
Wiener Philharmoniker
Recorded: 1945-01
Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

The Postwar Recordings 1947 – 1954: The Radio Recordings I

Disc 17 [42’06]
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 27^th May 1947
Recording Venue: Titania-Palast, Berlin

Beethoven: Music to Goethe's Tragedy "Egmont", Op. 84: Overture
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 27^th May 1947

Disc 18 [64’16]
Strauss, R: Don Juan, Op. 20
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: September 1947
Recording Venue: Gemeindehaus Dahlem, Berlin

Strauss, R: Metamorphosen
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 27^th October 1947
Recording Venue: Titania-Palast, Berlin

Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: September 1947
Recording Venue: Titania-Palast, Berlin

Disc 19 [81.22]
Bach, J S: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 22^nd October 1948
Recording Venue: Gemeindehaus Dahlem, Berlin

Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 5 in D major, HWV323
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 27^th April 1954
Recording Venue: Titania-Palast, Berlin

Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 10 in D minor, HWV328
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 1944-02
Recording Venue: Staatsoper, Berlin

Gluck: Alceste, Wq. 37: Overture
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 5^th September 1951
Recording Venue: Titania-Palast, Berlin

Disc 20 [61.19]
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: December 1949
Recording Venue: Titania-Palast, Berlin

Wagner: Tannhäuser: Overture
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: May 1951
Recording Venue: Rome

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: April 1954
Recording Venue: Titania-Palast, Berlin

Wagner: Good Friday Spell (from Parsifal, WWV 111)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: April 1951
Recording Venue: Alexandrie

Wagner: Siegfried's Funeral March (from Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: December 1949
Recording Venue: Titania-Palast, Berlin

Disc 21 [62.26]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 23^rd April 1951
Recording Venue: Cairo

Disc 22 [81’55]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major 'Romantic'
Wiener Philharmoniker
Recorded: 22^nd October 1951
Recording Venue: SDR, Studio, Stuttgart

Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole
Wiener Philharmoniker
Recorded: October 1951
Recording Venue: Waldheim, Stuttgart-Degerloch

Disc 23 [48’34]
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique'
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 1951-04-22
Recording Venue: Cairo


The DGG Recordings

Disc 24 65’26]
Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G major
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 5^th December 1951
Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin

Schumann: Manfred Overture, Op. 115
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: December 1949
Recording Venue: Titania-Palast, Berlin

Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 14^th May 1953
Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin

Disc 25 [65’45]
Schubert: Die Zauberharfe (The Magic Harp), D 644 - Overture
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 15^th September 1953
Recording Venue: Titania-Palast, Berlin

Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 'The Great'
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 4^th December 1951
Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin

Disc 26 [82’15]
Furtwängler: Symphony No. 2 in E minor
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: December 1951
Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin


The Radio Recordings II

Disc 27 [66’08]
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 10^th February 1952
Recording Venue: Titania-Palast, Berlin

Beethoven: Grosse Fuge in B flat major, Op. 133
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 1952-02-10


Disc 28 [65’45]
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 14^th April 1953
Recording Venue: Titania-Palast, Berlin

Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 14^th April 1953
Recording Venue: Titania-Palast, Berlin

Disc 29 68’42]
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 18^th May 1953
Recording Venue: Titania-Palast, Berlin

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 18^th October 1949
Recording Venue: Gemeindehaus Dahlem, Berlin

Weber: Overture Euryanthe, Op. 81
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 4^th May 1954
Recording Venue: Théâtre de l'Opéra, Paris

Disc 30 [81’00]
Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a 'St Anthony Variations'
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 1950-06
Recording Venue: Titania-Palast, Berlin

Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 27^th April 1954
Recording Venue: Titania-Palast, Berlin

Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: February 1952
Recording Venue: Titania-Palast, Berlin


The Decca Recordings

Disc 31 [73’00]
Franck, C: Symphony in D minor
Wiener Philharmoniker
Recorded: December 1953
Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

Schumann: Symphony No .1 in B Flat Major, Op. 38 "Spring"
Wiener Philharmoniker
Recorded: October 1951
Recording Venue: Kongreßhalle, Deutsches Museum, Munich

Disc 32
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
Wiener Philharmoniker
Recorded: 29^th October 1951
Recording Venue: Kongreßhalle, Deutsches Museum, Munich

Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 25^th March 1948
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Disc 33 [65’31]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major 'Romantic'
Wiener Philharmoniker
Recorded: October 1951
Recording Venue: Kongreßhalle, Deutsches Museum, Munich

BONUS CD: Disc 34 [75’54]
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: June 1926
Recording Venue: Berlin

Furtwängler: Wilhelm Furtwängler spricht über Musik 1. Teil
Wilhelm Furtwängler (speaker)
Recorded: 27^th February 1951
Recording Venue: Hochschule für Musik, Berlin

Über das Wesen des Symphonischen, das Tempo und die Generalpause
Akustik in grossen und kleinen Sälen
Besetzungsfragen, Instrumentaltechnik, Ausdruck, Melodik und Legato

Furtwängler: Wilhelm Furtwängler spricht über Musik 2. Teil
Wilhelm Furtwängler (speaker)
Recorded: 27^th February 1951
Recording Venue: Hochschule für Musik, Berlin

Stilfragen, Bezeichnungen, Fassungen
Dirigenten-Probleme, Konzertpubliken, Bruckner’s Musik, das Begleiten, Sänger
Musik in der Oper
Verdi’s Othello
Weber: Der Freischütz

BONUS DVD: Don Giovanni, Soloists, Chor der Wiener Statsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker, Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, July 1954. [120’57]

CAST
Cesare Siepi – Don Giovanni
Dezsö Ernster – Il Commendatore
Elisabeth Grümmer – Donna Anna
Anton Dermota – Don Ottavia
Lisa Della Casa – Donna Elvira
Otto Edelmann – Leporello
Walter Berry – Masetto
Erna Berger – Zerlina
WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER, conductor


ORCHESTRAS
Berliner Philharmoniker
Wiener Philharmoniker
London Philharmonic Orchestra


SOLOISTS
Cesare Siepi
Dezsö Ernster
Otto Edelmann
Elisabeth Grümmer
Anton Dermota
Erna Berger
Lisa della Casa
Walter Berry
Edwin Fischer (piano)
Walter Gieseking (piano)
Conrad Hansen (piano)
Tibor de Machula (cello)
Erich Röhn (violin)
Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin)