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Furtwangler - Early Recordings Vol.3 | Naxos - Historical 8111004

Furtwangler - Early Recordings Vol.3

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Label: Naxos - Historical

Cat No: 8111004

Barcode: 0747313300426

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 30th March 2009

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Volume 3 of The Early Recordings is a welcome reminder that Furtwängler’s musical sympathies went beyond Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner and Wagner, the composers with whom he is most closely associated.

The remake of the overture to Weber’s Der Freischütz smoulders with anticipation, a real theatrical prelude. Invitation to the Dance is lovingly turned at the opening and close, with plenty of heady excitement in between.

Berlioz’s Hungarian (Rakoczy) March is nimble and athletic, remarkably ‘straight’ but thrilling in its own right. The account of the Overture to Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is notable for its translucent delicacy.

Contents:
Weber:
Der Freischütz: Overture / Entr’acte
Recorded in June, 1935

Weber (orch. Berlioz):
Invitation to the Dance, Op.65
Recorded in December, 1932

Mendelssohn:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Overture, Op.21
Recorded on 13th June, 1929

Mendelssohn:
The Hebrides ‘Fingal’s Cave’ – Overture, Op.26
Recorded in 1930

Berlioz:
The Damnation of Faust, Op. 24: Hungarian March (‘Rakoczy March’)
Recorded in 1930
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Mendelssohn:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Incidental Music, Op.61: Scherzo / Nocturne / Wedding March
Recorded in 1929
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Erich Kleiber

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