Furtwängler : the pre-war HMV recordings.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Furtwängler, Wilhelm, 1886-1954, conductor.

Contributor:

Fischer, Edwin, 1886-1960, performer.

Berliner Philharmoniker, performer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Symphonies.

Concertos (Piano)--Excerpts.

Concertos (Piano).

Operas--Excerpts.

Operas.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Excerpts.

Physical Description:

2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

[London] : Biddulph, [1993]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

mono

digital recording

Contents:

[cd. 1] Symphony no. 5 in C minor / Beethoven (31:52)

Tristan und Isolde. Prelude (11:12) ; Liebestod (6:57) / Wagner

Parsifal. Prelude to Act I (14:05) ; Good Friday music (10:35) / Wagner

[cd. 2] Symphonic concerto in B minor. Adagio solemne / Furtwängler (11:00)

Symphony no. 6 in B minor : Pathétique / Tchaikovsky (48:40).

Participant:

Edwin Fischer, piano (4th work) ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ; Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor.

Notes:

Biddulph: WHL 006-7 (WHL 006--WHL 007)

Title from container spine.

Recorded Oct. 8 & Nov. 11, 1937 (1st work), Feb. 11, 1938 (2nd work), Mar. 15, 1938 (3rd work), Aug. 1939 (4th work), and Oct.-Nov., 1938 (5th work).

Compact discs.

Program notes concerning the recordings by Bill Newman inserted in container.

Contains:

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Symphonies, no. 5, op. 67, C minor

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Parsifal. Charfreitagszauber

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Parsifal. Vorspiel

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde. 1. Aufzug. Einleitung

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde. Liebestod

Furtwängler, Wilhelm, 1886-1954. Symphonisches Konzert. Symphonic dialogue

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Symphonies, no. 6, op. 74, B minor

OCLC:

37279959

Publisher Number:

4471830072

WHL 006-7 Biddulph

WHL 006 Biddulph

WHL 007 Biddulph