Edition Wilhelm Furtwängler: The Complete RIAS Recordings (Bonus Track Version) [Complete RIAS Recordings from Berlin, 1947-1954]

Berlin Philharmonic, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Yehudi Menuhin & Gerhard Taschner

Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2009-05-15
Explicitness: notExplicit
Country: USA
Track Count: 118
Album Price: 22.79
℗ 2009 Ludger Boeckenhoff Audite Musikproduktion

Tracks

	Title	Artist	Time
1	Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op.	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	11:04
2	Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op.	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	12:58
3	Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op.	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	5:32
4	Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op.	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	4:04
5	Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op.	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	8:41
6	Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op.	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	8:13
7	Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op.	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	10:35
8	Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op.	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	5:47
9	Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op.	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	7:59
10	Overture to 'Ein Sommernachtst	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	12:58
11	Violin Concerto in D Major, Op	Yehudi Menuhin, Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	23:44
12	Violin Concerto in D Major, Op	Yehudi Menuhin, Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	10:26
13	Violin Concerto in D Major, Op	Yehudi Menuhin, Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	9:56
14	Orchestral Suite in D Major, B	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	8:11
15	Orchestral Suite in D Major, B	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	6:39
16	Orchestral Suite in D Major, B	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	2:51
17	Orchestral Suite in D Major, B	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	0:54
18	Orchestral Suite in D Major, B	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	2:34
19	Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D.	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	11:36
20	Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D.	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	12:02
21	Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op.	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	12:45
22	Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op.	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	12:22
23	Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op.	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	6:27
24	Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op.	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	9:46
25	Symphony No. 8 in C Minor (2nd	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	15:30
26	Symphony No. 8 in C Minor (2nd	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	13:41
27	Symphony No. 8 in C Minor (2nd	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	24:54
28	Symphony No. 8 in C Minor (2nd	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	21:53
29	Overture 'Manfred', Op. 115: R	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	13:21
30	Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op.	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	13:16
31	Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op.	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	9:42
32	Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op.	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	6:23
33	Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op.	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	9:22
34	Concerto for Violin and Large	Wilhelm Furtwängler, Gerhard Taschner & Berlin Philharmonic	6:16
35	Concerto for Violin and Large	Wilhelm Furtwängler, Gerhard Taschner & Berlin Philharmonic	9:44
36	Concerto for Violin and Large	Wilhelm Furtwängler, Gerhard Taschner & Berlin Philharmonic	6:20
37	Götterdämmerung, Funeral Mus	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	9:35
38	Die Meistersinger Von Nürnber	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	9:23
39	Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	2:11
40	Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	2:53
41	Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	4:44
42	Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	4:00
43	Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	2:51
44	Variations On a Theme By Josep	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	2:08
45	Variations On a Theme By Josep	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	1:19
46	Variations On a Theme By Josep	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	1:04
47	Variations On a Theme By Josep	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	2:06
48	Variations On a Theme By Josep	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	2:58
49	Variations On a Theme By Josep	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	0:57
50	Variations On a Theme By Josep	Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic	1:25

Reviews

RIAS: Radio in the American sector in Berlin [after the war]

5
By Basicrep

Starting in 1947, RIAS broadcast Furtwangler and the Berlin Philharmonic performing a variety of works until 1954. There were tapes made of these broadcasts, and Audite has made an arrangement to issue all of the available recordings, taken from the original tapes. This was released in 2009, and is by far the best sounding set of performances from Furtwangler from that era. Of course sound quality is relative, and these are mono recordings, and if you are only happy with the latest digital surround disks, you should move on. However, all of the recordings go from decent to good, and the performances are downright stellar. Furtwanglers takes on these works are from another era, and a few are not wonderful, but overall this is something that you will not hear from any recording these days. There is Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Schumann, some Bach and Handel, plus a few works that you may never even heard of from composers that are no longer in the Top 20 anymore.
Dramatic, Energetic, Flawless

5
By El Chulo de la Muerte

In my view these may be the most balanced performances amogst the XX century great conductors, they are dramatic, intense, fluid and structurally clear. Well worth putting up with the recording quality