Edition Wilhelm Furtwängler – The complete RIAS recordings

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN

Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastorale'

I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande. Allegro ma non troppo

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

II. Szene am Bach. Andante molto mosso

III. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute. Allegro

IV. Gewitter, Sturm. Allegro

V. Hirtengesang, frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm. Allegretto

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

I. Allegro con brio

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

II. Andante con moto

III. Allegro

IV. Allegro

MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, FELIX

Overture to 'Ein Sommernachtstraum', Op. 21

Allegro di molto

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

I. Allegro ma non troppo

Menuhin, Yehudi (violin)
Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

II. Larghetto

III. Rondo

BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN

Orchestral Suite in D major, BWV 1068

I. Ouverture

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

II. Air

III. Gavotte

IV. Bourrée

V. Gigue

SCHUBERT, FRANZ

Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 'Unfinished'

I. Allegro moderato

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

II. Andante con moto

BRAHMS, JOHANNES

Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

I. Allegro non troppo

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

II. Andante moderato

III. Allegro giocoso – Poco meno presto

IV. Allegro energico e passionato – Più Allegro

BRUCKNER, ANTON

Symphony No. 8 in C minor (2nd Version 1890, Edition Robert Haas)

I. Allegro moderato

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

II. Scherzo. Allegro moderato. Trio. Langsam

III. Adagio. Feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppend.

IV. Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell

SCHUMANN, ROBERT

Overture 'Manfred', Op. 115

Rasch

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

BRAHMS, JOHANNES

Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90

I. Allegro con brio

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

II. Andante

III. Poco Allegretto

IV. Allegro

FORTNER, WOLFGANG

Concerto for Violin and large Chamber Orchestra

I. Allegro con brio

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Taschner, Gerhard (violin)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

II. Canzone. Andantino

III. Introduction e Rondo. Molto Allegro – Allegro poco scherzando – Presto

WAGNER, RICHARD

Götterdämmerung, Funeral Music

Sehr langsam – Feierlich

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

WAGNER, RICHARD

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude to Act I

Sehr mäßig bewegt

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

HäNDEL, GEORG FRIEDRICH

Concerto grosso in D minor, Op. 6 No. 10

I. Ouverture

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

II. Allegro

III. Air. Lentement

V. Allegro

VI. Allegro moderato

BRAHMS, JOHANNES

Variations on a theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a

Thema. Chorale St. Antoni. Andante

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

Variation I. Poco più animato

Variation II. Più vivace

Variation III. Con moto

Variation IV. Andante con moto

Variation V. Vivace

Variation VI. Vivace

Variation VII. Grazioso

Variation VIII. Presto non troppo

Finale. Andante

HINDEMITH, PAUL

Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 38

I. Mit Kraft, mäßig schnelle Viertel

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

II. Sehr schnelle Halbe

III. Marsch für Holzbläser. Nicht zu langsame Viertel

IV. Basso ostinato. Schnelle Viertel

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'

I. Allegro con brio

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai

III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

IV. Finale. Allegro molto

Applause

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

GLUCK, CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD VON

Overture to 'Alceste'

Intrada. Un poco moderato – Andante

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

HäNDEL, GEORG FRIEDRICH

Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6 No. 5

I. Larghetto e staccato

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

II. Allegro

III. Presto

IV. Largo

VI. Menuet. Un poco larghetto

V. Allegro

Applause

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

WEBER, CARL MARIA VON

Overture to 'Der Freischütz'

Adagio – Molto vivace

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

Applause

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

HINDEMITH, PAUL

Symphony 'Die Harmonie der Welt'

I. Musica Instrumentalis. Breit – Marsch. Gewichtig

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

II. Musica Humana. Sehr getragen

III. Musica mundana. Sehr breit – Passacaglia. Ruhig bewegt

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'

I. Allegro con brio

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai

III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

IV. Finale. Allegro molto

Applause

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

SCHUBERT, FRANZ

Overture to ‘Rosamunde’, Op. 26, D 644

Andante – Allegro vivace

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

Applause

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

BLACHER, BORIS

Concertante Musik for Orchestra, Op. 10

Moderato – Molto allegro

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

SCHUBERT, FRANZ

Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 'Unfinished'

I. Allegro moderato

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

II. Andante con moto

SCHUBERT, FRANZ

Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944 'The Great'

I. Andante - Allegro ma non troppo

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

II. Andante con moto

III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace - Trio

IV. Finale. Allegro vivace

BRAHMS, JOHANNES

Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90

I. Allegro con brio

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

II. Andante

III. Poco Allegretto

IV. Allegro

STRAUSS, RICHARD

Don Juan - tone-poem for orchestra, Op. 20 (after Nikolaus Lenau)

Allegro molto con brio

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

WAGNER, RICHARD

Tristan und Isolde

Prelude

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

Isoldes Liebestod

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN

Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastorale'

I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande. Allegro ma non troppo

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

II. Szene am Bach. Andante molto mosso

III. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute. Allegro

IV. Gewitter, Sturm. Allegro

V. Hirtengesang, frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm. Allegretto

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

I. Allegro con brio

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)

II. Andante con moto

III. Allegro

IV. Allegro

Colloquium in the 'Hochschule für Musik', Berlin | Werner Egk and his students interviewing W. Furtwängler

Criteria for casting singers

Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor)

Relationship between conductor and director

Length of breaks / Overture to 'Die Zauberflöte'

Musical tempo

Audience / musical intelligence

General pauses in Bruckner’s works / Principle of the symphony / Future of music / Schott composers

"Emotional music" / freedom in music

Universality of interpretations / Sound volume and size of concert hall

Acoustics of opera houses and concert halls

Casting of Wagnerian roles / impact of gender / perfefefction and charisma

Orchestra pit – covered or open / The orchestra as an accompanying instrument

The art of accompaniment