Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwangler – Bruckner: Symphony No.4; Wagner: Parsifal (2016) [SACD / Praga Digitals – PRD/DSD 350 130]

Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwangler - Bruckner: Symphony No.4; Wagner: Parsifal (2016)

Title: Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwangler – Bruckner: Symphony No.4; Wagner: Parsifal (2016)
Genre: Classical
Format: SACD ISO

Recorded in 1951, this recording features Wilhelm Furtwängler leading the Wiener Philharmoniker in one of the most infamous readings of Bruckner’s Symphony No.4. The legendary maestro is also joined by the Berlin Philharmonic for the Good Friday Music from Wagner’s Parsifal.

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Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler – Brahms: Symphony No. 1 · Gluck – “Alceste” Overture (1951-1952/2011) [SACD / Universal (Japan) – UCGG-9018]

Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler - Brahms: Symphony No. 1 · Gluck -

Title: Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler – Brahms: Symphony No. 1 · Gluck – “Alceste” Overture (1951-1952/2011)
Genre: Classical
Format: SACD ISO

Furtwängler’s broadcast recording of Brahms, which he was most skilled at alongside Beethoven. The recording venue, Titania-Palast, was a movie theater that had been renovated for use as a concert hall during this period, as the old Philharmonie had been destroyed by bombing.

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