Title from container.

With 2 exceptions (see Notes, p. 51), presented in the original concert order.

Compact discs.

Program notes about the conductor by Habakuk Traber & about the tapes by Rüdiger Albrecht, in German & English (51 p.) laid in container.

Recorded from the live performances broadcast by RIAS Berlin, chiefly from the Titania-Palast, between May 1947 & May 1954. "1st master release, original tapes"--Container. Transferred directly from the surviving 76 cm/s reel to reel tapes stored at Deutschland-radio Kultur, Berlin.

[cd. 1 : May 25, 1947]. Symphony no 6 in F, op. 68 : "Pastorale" (42:24) ; Symphony no 5 in C minor, op. 67 (32:38) / Beethoven

[cd. 2 : Sept. 28, 1947 (Mendelsohn & Beethoven) & Dec. 24, 1948 (Bach)] . Overture to A midsummer night's dream, op. 21 / Mendelssohn (12:58) ; Violin concerto in D, op. 61 / Beethoven (Yehudi Menuhin, violin) (44:06)

Suite in D, BWV 1068 / J.S. Bach (21:11)

[cd. 3 : Oct. 24, 1948]. Symphony in B minor, D 759 : "Unfinished" / Schubert (23:39) ; Symphony no 4 in E minor, op. 98 / Brahms (41:24)

[cd. 4 : Mar. 15, 1949]. Symphony no 8 in C minor (2nd version 1890, ed. Haas) / Bruckner (76:04)

[cd. 5 : Dec. 18, 1949]. Overture "Manfred", op. 115 / Schumann (13:21) ; Symphony no 3 in F, op. 90 / Brahms (38:44) ; Concerto for violin and large chamber orchestra / Fortner (Gerhard Taschner, violin) (22:21)

[cd. 6 : Dec. 19, 1949 (Wagner) & June 20, 1950 (remainder)]. Götterdämmerung : Trauermarsch (9:35) ; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg : Prelude to Act I (9:23) / Wagner

Concerto grosso in D minor, op. 6 no 10 / Händel (16:42) ; Variations on a theme by Joseph Haydn, op. 56a / Brahms (20:22) ; Concerto for orchestra, op. 38 / Hindemith (12:42)

[cd. 7 : June 20, 1950 (Beethoven), Sept. 4, 1951 (Gluck), Apr. 27, 1954 (Handel] : Symphony no 3 in Eb, op. 55 : "Eroica" / Beethoven (52:26)

Overture to Alceste / Gluck (9:34)

Concerto grosso in D, op. 6 no 5 / Händel (17:53)

[cd. 8] : Dec. 8, 1952]. Overture to Der Freischütz / Weber (13:39) ; Symphony "Die Harmonie der Welt" / Hindemith (36:32)

[cd. 9 : Dec. 8, 1952 (Beethoven), Sept. 15, 1953 (Schubert) & Apr. 27, 1954 (Blacher)]. Symphony no 3 in Eb, op. 55 : "Eroica" / Beethoven (55:06)

Overture to Rosamunde, D 644 / Schubert (12:12)

Concertante Musik für Orchester, op. 10 / Blacher (9:54)

[cd. 10 : Sept. 15, 1953]. Symphony in B minor, D 759 : "Unfinished" (23:17) ; Symphony in C, D 944 : "The great" (52:30) / Schubert

[cd. 11 : Apr. 27, 1954]. Symphony no 3 in F, op. 90 / Brahms (37:04) ; Don Juan, op. 20 / Strauss (18:14) ; Tristan und Isolde : Prelude (11:01) ; Isoldes Liebestod [orch.only] (6:43) / Wagner

[cd. 12 : May 23, 1954]. Symphony no 6 in F, op. 68 : "Pastorale" (44:37) ; Symphony no 5 in C minor, op. 67 (34:35) / Beethoven

[cd. 13 : Appendix]. Colloquium in the Hochschule für Musik. Berlin, Feb. 27, 1951 : Werner Egk and his students interviewing Furtwängler ["on the art of interpretation" ; spoken in German] (63 min.).

Furtwängler, Wilhelm, 1886-1954 > Interviews.

Operas > Excerpts.

Music > Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)

Berliner Philharmoniker.