The Complete Wilhelm Furtwängler on Record - Warner
Contents List
CD1 [70’35]
Weber Der Freischütz, J 277: Overture
Beethoven Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Op. 21, MWV P3
Bach Orchestersuite Nr. 3 BWV 1068: Air
Schubert Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, D797: Entr'acte no 3 and Ballet no 2
Berliner Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD2 [60’44]
Wagner Lohengrin: Act 1 Prelude
Wagner Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod
Schubert Rosamunde, D 797/Op. 26: no 1, Overture (D 644)
Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
Berliner Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD3 [55’10]
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"
Berlioz La Damnation de Faust Op. 24: Marche Hongroise (Marche de Rákóczy). Allegro marcato
Dvořák Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: No. 3
Bach Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048: 1st and 3rd movements
Rossini La gazza ladra: Overture
Brahms Hungarian Dances nos. 1 and 10
Weber Invitation to the Dance, 'Aufforderung zum Tanze', J260 (Op. 65)
Berliner Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD4 [70’01]
Wagner Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Funeral March
Beethoven Egmont, Op. 84
Mozart Serenade no 13 in G major, K 525 "Eine kleine Nacht Musik
Mozart Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492: Overture
Mozart Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K 384:
Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture
Weber Der Freischütz, J 277: Overture and Act 3 Prelude
Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus: Overture
Berliner Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD5 [74’40]
Beethoven Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Erna Berger (Soprano), Gertrude Pitzinger (Alto), Walther Ludwig (Tenor), Rudolf Watzke (Bass)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir
Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD6 [62’59]
Wagner Die Walküre: Act 3
Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano), Maria Müller (Soprano), Rudolf Bockelmann (Bass Baritone), Mae Craven (Soprano), Thelma Bardsley (Soprano), Linda Seymour (Alto), Gladys Ripley (Mezzo-Soprano), Elsa Stenning (Soprano), Edith Coates (Alto), Gwladys Garside (Mezzo Soprano), Evelyn Arden (Mezzo Soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD7 [50’44]
Wagner Götterdämmerung: Prologue
Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano), Lauritz Melchior (Tenor), Margarete Klose (Mezzo Soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD8 [57’13]
Wagner Götterdämmerung: Excerpt(s) by Richard Wagner
Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano), Lauritz Melchior (Tenor), Herbert Janssen (Baritone), Maria Nezadal (Soprano), Ludwig Weber (Bass)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Covent Garden Chorus of the Royal Opera/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD9 [75’11]
Beethoven Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Wagner Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod
Wagner Parsifal: Excerpt(s)
Berliner Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD10 [48’39]
Tchaikovsky Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique"
Berliner Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD11 [50’59]
Furtwängler Symphonic Concerto for Piano in B minor: Adagio
Edwin Fischer (Piano)
Beethoven String Quartet in B-flat, Op. 130: Cavatina [arr. for string
Bruckner Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107: 2nd movement, Adagio
Gluck Alceste: Overture by Christoph W. Gluck
Berliner Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD12 [65’39]
Brahms Variations in B flat major on a theme by Haydn, Op. 56a "St. Anthony"
Beethoven Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
Wiener Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD13 [45’14]
Beethoven Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61
Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Lucerne Festival Orchestra/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD14 [66’20]
Beethoven Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Beethoven Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62
Wiener Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD15 [40’19]
Mozart Serenade for Winds no 10 in B flat major, K 361 (370a) "Gran Partita
Soloists of Wiener Philhamoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD16 [47’06]
Brahms Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Wiener Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD17 [55’49]
Brahms Symphony no 2 in D major, Op.
London Philharmonic/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD18 [54.05]
Wagner Götterdämmerung: Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene
Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)/Philharmonia Orchestra
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"
Mozart Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550
Wiener Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD19 [54’52]
Wagner Siegfried Idyll
Wagner Tannhäuser:
Wagner Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Rhine Journey - Excerpt(s)
Wagner Der fliegende Holländer: Overture
Wiener Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD20 [64’13]
Brahms Variations in B flat major on a theme by Haydn, Op. 56a "St. Anthony"
Brahms Hungarian Dances nos 1, 3, and
Wagner Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries
Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Excerpt(s)
Berlioz La Damnation de Faust Op. 24: Marche Hongroise (Marche de Rákóczy). Allegro marcato
Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Wiener Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD21 [49’12]
Wagner Lohengrin: Act 1 Prelude
Brahms Concerto for Violin in D major, Op.
Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Lucerne Festival Orchestra/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD22 [62’39]
Beethoven Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92
Schubert Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"
Wiener Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD23 [70’32]
Strauss Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24, TrV 158
Johann Strauss II Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437
Beethoven Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op.60
Wiener Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD24 [60’49]
Wagner Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Funeral Music
Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act 3 Prelude
Weber Oberon, J 306: Overture
Schubert Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, D797: Entr'acte no 3 and Ballet no 2
Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C major, op. 48: 2. Valse: Moderato (Tempo di valse)
Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48: 4th movement,
Johann Strauss Jr Pizzicato Polka
Mozart Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Arias for the Queen of the Night
Performer: Wilma Lipp (Soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD25 [65’21]
Schubert Rosamunde, D. 797: Overture (The Magic Harp)
Tchaikovsky Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Cherubini Anacréon: Overture
Wiener Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD26 [56’45]
Haydn Symphony no 94 in G major, H 1 no 94 "Surprise"
Nicolai The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture
Schumann Manfred, Op. 115:
Smetana Má vlast: no 2, Moldau, T 111
Wiener Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD27 [66’14]
Beethoven Concerto for Piano no 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor"
Performer: Edwin Fischer (Piano)
Mendelssohn Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64
Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Philharmonia Orchestra/Berliner Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD28 [77’20]
Beethoven Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano), Elisabeth Höngen (Alto), Hans Hopf (Tenor), Otto Edelmann (Bass)
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Chorus/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD29 [79’32]
Schubert Symphony no 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"
Furtwängler Symphony no 2 in E minor (1st Movement)
Berliner Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD30 [79’01]
Furtwängler Symphony no 2 in E minor (1st Movement)
Haydn Symphony Nr.88
Berliner Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD31 [38’26]
Wagner Götterdämmerung: Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene
Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) (version for voice and orchestra)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD32 [70’34]
Beethoven Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21
Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
Wiener Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD33 [52’24]
Beethoven Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Wiener Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD34 [50’03]
Beethoven Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
Wagner Tannhäuser: Overture
Wiener Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD35 [62’35]
Beethoven Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61
Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40 Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F major, Op. 50
Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Philharmonia Orchestra/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD36 [70’52]
Schumann Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. 120
Franck Symphony in D minor, M 48
Berliner Philharmoniker/Wiener Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD37 [37’45]
Bartók Concerto for Violin no 2, Sz 112
Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Philharmonia Orchestra/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD38 [35’56]
Beethoven Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Wiener Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD39 [71’58]
Wagner Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Funeral Music and Rhine Journey
Strauss Don Juan, Op. 20
Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
Liszt Les préludes, S 97
Wiener Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD40 [65’27]
Wagner Lohengrin: Act 1 Prelude
Weber Der Freischütz, J 277: Overture
Weber Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81: Overture
Gluck Alceste: Overture
Gluck Iphigénie en Aulide: Overture
Beethoven Leonore Overture no 2 in C major, Op. 72
Wiener Philharmoniker/Berliner Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD41 – CD43 [79’34 + 44’28 + 39’10]
Bach Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Anton Heiller (Harpsichord), Franz Schütz (Organ), Otto Edelmann (Bass), Marga Höffgen (Alto), Elisabeth Grümmer (Soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Anton Dermota (Tenor)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Sängerknaben, Wiener Singakademie
Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD44 – CD47 [78’37 + 71’00 + 76’53 + 30’56]
Wagner Tristan und Isolde
Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano), Ludwig Suthaus (Tenor), Blanche Thebom (Mezzo Soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Rudolf Schock (Tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Covent Garden Chorus of the Royal Opera
Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD48 – CD49 [71’31 + 62’36]
Beethoven Fidelio, Op. 72
Martha Mödl (Soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (Tenor), Otto Edelmann (Baritone), Gottlob Frick (Bass), Sena Jurinac (Soprano), Rudolf Schock (Tenor), Alwin Hendricks (Tenor), Franz Bierbach (Bass)
Wiener Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD50 – CD53 [66’38 + 63’18 + 29’31 + 69’50]
Wagner Die Walküre
Martha Mödl (Soprano), Ferdinand Frantz (Bass Baritone), Margarete Klose (Mezzo Soprano), Ludwig Suthaus (Tenor), Leonie Rysanek (Soprano), Gottlob Frick (Bass), Gerda Scheyrer (Soprano), Judith Hellwig (Soprano), Dagmar Schmedes (Mezzo Soprano), Ruth Siewert (Mezzo Soprano), Erika Köth (Soprano), Hertha Töpper (Alto), Johanna Blatter (Mezzo Soprano), Dagmar Hermann (Mezzo Soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD54 – Bonus Disc (Unpublished Recordings) [67’37]
Schubert Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"
Schubert Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, D797: Entr'acte 3
Johann Strauss Jr. Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437
Wagner Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Funeral Music
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48: 3rd movement, Elégie
Tuning/buzzers/false starts (Lucerne Festival)
Wiener Phiharmoniker/Lucerne Festival Orchestra/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CD55 Bonus Documentary [56’58]
Narrated and Produced by Jon Tolansky
Complete list of Artists in set:
Singers & Soloists:
Erna Berger, Gertrude Pitzinger, Walther Ludwig, Kirsten Flagstad, Rudolf Bockelmann, Lauritz Melchior, Herbert Janssen, Edwin Fischer, Yehudi Menuhin, Wilma Lipp, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth Höngen, Hans Hopf, Otto Edelmann, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Anton Dermota, Elisabeth Grümmer, Rudolf Schock, Ludwig Suthaus, Martha Mödl, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gottlob Frick, Sena Jurinac, Leonie Rysanek
Choruses:
Choir of the Bayreuth Festival, Vienna Boys' Choir, Vienna Sing Academy, Choir of the Vienna State Opera
Orchestras:
Berliner Philharmoniker, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Wiener Philharmoniker
CONDUCTOR
Wilhelm Furtwängler
