Offer,Furtwängler conducts Beethoven
The Best of the World War II Legacy
Tilla Briem (soprano), Elisabeth Höngen (contralto), Peter Anders (tenor), Rudolf Watzke (bass)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Philharmonic Choir, Wilhelm Furtwängler
Recording quality from Berlin and Vienna varies, but there are rewards, if not always comfortable ones: the finale of the Fifth is more desperate than triumphant, and the finale of the Ninth... — More…
4 CDs
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Wilhelm Furtwängler
I. Allegro con brio
II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai
III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
IV. Finale. Allegro molto
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
- Berliner Philharmoniker
- Wilhelm Furtwängler
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Wilhelm Furtwängler
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
- Berliner Philharmoniker
- Wilhelm Furtwängler
I. Allegro con brio
II. Andante con moto
III. Allegro
IV. Allegro
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'
- Berliner Philharmoniker
- Wilhelm Furtwängler
I. Awakening of Cheerful Feelings Upon Arrival in the Country. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Scene by the Brook. Andante molto mosso
III. Merry Gathering of Country Folk. Allegro
IV. Thunderstorm. Allegro
V. Shepherd's Song - Happy and Thankful Feelings after the Storm. Allegretto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
- Berliner Philharmoniker
- Wilhelm Furtwängler
I. Adagio - Allegro vivace
II. Adagio
III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace
IV. Allegro ma non troppo
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
- Berliner Philharmoniker
- Wilhelm Furtwängler
I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
II. Allegretto
III. Presto, assai meno presto
IV. Allegro con brio
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
- Tilla Briem (soprano), Rudolf Watzke (bass), Elisabeth Höngen (alto), Peter Anders (tenor)
- Bruno Kittel Choir, Berliner Philharmoniker
- Wilhelm Furtwängler
I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
II. Molto vivace
III. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato - Adagio
IV. Finale: Presto - Allegro assai