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Beethoven, Furtwangler, Vpo
Symphonies Complete (1951 Bayreuth Festival)
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (8) - Disc #1
1. Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21: 1. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
2. Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21: 2. Andante cantabile con moto
3. Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21: 3. Menuetto (Allegro molto e vivace) & Trio
4. Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21: 4. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace
5. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ('Eroica'), Op. 55: 1. Allegro con brio
6. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ('Eroica'), Op. 55: 2. Marcia funebre (Adagio assai)
7. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ('Eroica'), Op. 55: 3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace) & Trio
8. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ('Eroica'), Op. 55: 4. Finale (Allegro molto - Poco andante - Presto)
Track Listings (8) - Disc #2
1. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36: 1. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
2. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36: 2. Larghetto
3. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36: 3. Scherzo (Allegro) & Trio
4. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36: 4. Allegro molto
5. Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60: 1. Adagio - Allegro vivace
6. Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60: 2. Adagio
7. Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60: 3. Minuetto (Allegro vivace) & Trio (un poco meno allegro)
8. Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60: 4. Allegro ma non troppo
Track Listings (8) - Disc #3
1. Symphony No. 5 in C minor ('Fate'), Op. 67: 1. Allegro con brio
2. Symphony No. 5 in C minor ('Fate'), Op. 67: 2. Andante con moto - Pi? mosso - Tempo 1
3. Symphony No. 5 in C minor ('Fate'), Op. 67: 3. Allegro
4. Symphony No. 5 in C minor ('Fate'), Op. 67: 4. Allegro - Presto
5. Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92: 1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
6. Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92: 2. Allegretto
7. Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92: 3. Presto - Assai meno presto
8. Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92: 4. Allegro con brio
Track Listings (9) - Disc #4
1. Symphony No. 6 in F major ('Pastoral'), Op. 68: 1. Awakening of happy feelings on arriving in the country (Allegro ma non troppo)
2. Symphony No. 6 in F major ('Pastoral'), Op. 68: 2. Scene by the brook (Andante molto mosso)
3. Symphony No. 6 in F major ('Pastoral'), Op. 68: 3. Merry gathering of the country folk (Allegro)
4. Symphony No. 6 in F major ('Pastoral'), Op. 68: 4. Storm and tempest (Allegro)
5. Symphony No. 6 in F major ('Pastoral'), Op. 68: 5. Shepherds' Song. Happy and thankful feelings after the storm (Allegretto)
6. Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93: 1. Allegro vivace e con brio
7. Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93: 2. Allegro scherzando
8. Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93: 3. Tempo di menuetto
9. Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93: 4. Allegro vivace
Track Listings (4) - Disc #5
1. Symphony No. 9 in D minor ('Choral'), Op. 125: 1. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
2. Symphony No. 9 in D minor ('Choral'), Op. 125: 2. Molto vivace
3. Symphony No. 9 in D minor ('Choral'), Op. 125: 3. Adagio molto e cantabile. Andante moderato. Adagio
4. Symphony No. 9 in D minor ('Choral'), Op. 125: 4. Presto. Allegro ma non troppo. Allegro assai. Presto. Allegro assai. Allegro assai

CD Details

All Artists: Beethoven, Furtwangler, Vpo
Title: Symphonies Complete (1951 Bayreuth Festival)
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Angel Records
Release Date: 7/1/1991
Genre: Classical
Styles: Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 5
SwapaCD Credits: 5
UPC: 077776360621

CD Reviews

Beethoven:9 Symphonies/Wilhelm Furtwangler

KIM JONG BACK | 11/23/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I wonder why there has been no review for this box set of CD. It is the essential item for classical listeners, especially for BEETHOVEN Symphonies. If anybody listens these CDs, he may know that Karajan is just a imitation. Especially, this box contains the greatest performance of Symphony 9 which was approved to publish by Mrs. Furtwangler afer his death. You can feel and even breethe the Beethoven with this performance."

Simply the best

y_botteron | 02/12/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Furtwangler's Beethoven symphonies are now part of legend. Especially the Ninth symphony, recorded in Bayreuth just after WWII. This recording is full of tension and also of hope. No one ever understood Beethoven as well as Furtwangler. A must have for any Beethoven listener. (By the way, the recordings are in mono, but who cares ? )"

A MUST FOR BEETHOVEN AND FURTWANGLER FANS!

y_botteron | 10/19/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I can't add much to the superlatives already expressed below except to quote the one and only Maria Callas while listening to a recording of the 8th symphony in a taxi and immediately recognizing the interpreter, "Furtwangler was Beethoven." You are not likely to hear this type of interpretation again, fully romantic, fully integrated and fully Beethoven. Truly inspired readings from the soul of Furtwangler and Beethoven. This has been remastered with EMI's ART technology and released in Europe (CHS 567496-2). The sound is considerably better, especially in Nos. 2 & 8. You might find more critically acclaimed individual interpretations of the symphonies, but as a whole, this is very impressive. Enjoy!"

Classic, great, but there's one even better

Joel Rafi Zabor | Brooklyn, NY United States | 07/22/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"As great as this set undoubtedly is, it is surpassed by Furtwangler's wartime performances of Symphonies 3 - 7 and the Ninth, now available, stupendously well remastered, on a 4CD set from Music & Arts. The set also includes the wartime 1942 Berlin Ninth, an inspiring, frightening thing that to me is clearly the greatest single orchestral performance ever recorded--also available as a single CD from Music & Arts, whose CEDAR remastering is now the only way in which to hear it, superceding all previous releases. The sound on the Eroica and the Fifth in the 4CD set is nearly miraculous in its clarity, given the age and circumstances of the recordings.

Furtwangler's postwar Beethoven performances are more Olympian, measured and serene--the Pastorale on the EMI set is unbeatable (except for a rare live version from 1947), its noble Eroica is a revelation, and the Seventh and Fourth may have an edge on their more hyper wartime version--but in general the voltage of the wartime performances, in which the conductor was trying to maintain the height of true human culture in the midst of our history's ultimate nightmare, is unmatchable. I hope the circumstances will never be repeated anywhere, but the turn of that particular screw wrung from the greatest of all recorded conductors the highest reaches of his extraordinary art. Fans of this great artist will, of course, want this set too."

Should be the last one ..!

Partha Chakrabarti | Germany | 10/28/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This must be the last Beethoven cycle that one should get(after trying Karajan and Bernstein and Bohm and .... otherwise you might not like others who are also good enough ); then only you can judge why this is the best. The sound quality is not as great as the others (sadly) and it is mono (who cares..!!) but any classical collection is incomplete without this. Particularly the ninth one is sublime.It tears everything apart,devastates the world,and without hope, without belief,reconstructs the world. A must have for anyone..."