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Furtwängler Brahms Symphony No 3 BPO 27.4.1954 Special transfer to the 70th anniversary of death
Brahms' Symphony No. 3 performed in Titaniapalast in 1954 by Furtwängler and the Berlin Philharmonic is one of his great achivements in the last year of his life. It has real "legislative power". "So it is." Celibidache would have said. I 0:08, II 10:53, III 20:51, IV 27:28 - As opposed to several attempts to improve the original recordings by "digital remastering" I offer transfers that stick as close as possible to the analog sources. In this case it is a 7.5 ips tape that was copied from 15 ips broadcast tape in the 1960s. I hope you recognize the advantage of this approach. (I admit there are really good professional remasterings but they are done by masters.)
For less experienced listeners some CRITERIA by which one can check whether a music video or any other transfer offers a TRUE FURTWÄNGLER ADVENTURE or only claims to do so. There are many reports by visitors and musicians from the concerts. One wrote: "Furtwängler, he shook us through and through". A correct transfer should at least partially cause such an experience. The following typical characteristics should be perceptable also for you:
1 flexible tempo as a result of a natural flow of breathing or a permanent change of tension and relaxation
2 a prominent legato, in a weakened way even in fast and rhythmical sections (there is no hammering)
3 the sound of the orchestra grows from the bass, in general the violins don't dominate the sound. Sharp violins and thin bass prove something being wrong.
1 - 3 together cause a powerful but not aggressive suction that draws you into music. One has not to concentrate and the common inclination to analyze and assess the performance soon disappears, together with the distance to the music upon which it is based. - If there is no experience of this kind while listening to a Furtwängler recording either the transfer or your computer/system is insufficient - or both. Obey the following tips for checking your part.
TIPS FOR LISTENING: Remember that the computer is not designed for music reproduction. If you just listen without bothering, many things will reduce the quality of what you want to enjoy, hence your enjoyment itself. I recommend the following steps:
1) FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT: set the volume control of the computer at 100% (less means above all less bass. This destroys also musical relations, esp. tempo). Control volume by using the volume control of UA-cam below the video at left side. Even better you take external speakers and control the volume with the amplifier (the other controls at 100%).
2) If you have a powerful computer with good sounding speakers use the 1080pHD option of UA-cam. In case of a weak computer choose 480p. Or try 720p that is a good compromise.
3) Close all computer programs you do not need at the moment. If you can switch off the screen do so.
4) I recommend Google's Chrome browser for music videos on UA-cam.
5) If you own a good Hifi system connect your computer with it. Best via a good USB digital-to-analogue converter and an audiophile USB cable (check the other controls).
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Furtwängler: Freischütz Overture most lively! 8-12-1952 Berlin Philharmonic
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Furtwängler: Freischütz Overture, 8-12-1952 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Titaniapalast. TIPS for best listening below. - Like the Eroica of the same concert the Freischütz overture is the slowest of all that Furtwängler conducted (more than 11 minutes). And as with the Eroica this gives extra space for expression. Not automatically of course - the conductor has to be able to fill the space wi...
Furtwängler Beethoven No 4 most lively! Berlin Philharmonic Alte Philharmonie 1943. Special transfer
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Furtwangler conducted Beethoven's symphony No. 4 in four concerts, 27th - 30th June 1943 in the Alte Philharmonie Berlin, as part of a pure Beethoven program, together with Coriolan overture and the 5th Symphony. MOVEMENTS: I 0:11 II 11:23 III 23:23 IV 29:03 - INTRODUCTION & TIPS: Robert Schumann considered Beethoven's No. 4 as "greek and slender (griechisch schlank)". Most conductors follow hi...
Nikisch conducts: FILM 1913 + Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.1 most authentic transfer
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Arthur Nikisch: Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No.1, 1920 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra STARTING TIMES: Silent Film 1913: 0:00 VERSION 1: Side 1 0:55 , Side 2 5:13 Side 3 9:10 Side 4 12:29 VERSION 2: Side 1 15:08 Side 2 19:27 Side 3 23:24 Side 4 26:42 INTRODUCTION to Nikisch's recordings and his art of conducting see below! Arthur Nikisch was the most famous conductor of his times. Unfortunately th...
Furtwängler, Edwin Fischer most lively: Brahms Piano Concerto No.2 live 1942.Special transfer
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Brahms Piano Concerto No.2 B Flat Major, Furtwängler, Berlin Philharmonic & Edwin Fischer 9th November 1942 live. This is one of the most famous of Wilhelm Furtwängler's war time recordings, and certainly a reference for the Brahms concerto. I did my best to maintain the incredible energy and atmosphere of my source. I 0:16, II 17:14, III 25:48, IV 38:16 The transfer makes no use of any digital...
Furtwängler Coriolan most lively! Special transfer of Beethoven's Coriolan 1943, Berlin Philharmonic
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At this channel the Coriolan is the second piece of a series of Furtwängler recordings by the Reichsrundfunkgesellschaft (RRG). Analogue copies of the original RRG tapes were broadcasted in the 1990s. These broadcasts have been recorded with either high quality cassette or VHS recorders. I decided to avoid any digital "improvements". This approach gives you an impression of the full and warm so...
Furtwängler most lively: Tristan Prelude & Liebestod. Special transfer. Berlin Philharmonic 1942
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Tristan, Prelude & Liebestod by Furtwängler, Berlin Philharmonic 1942. With the recording of Wagner’s Tristan, Prelude and Liebestod I present the first of a series of Furtwängler recordings made by the Reichsrundfunkgesellschaft (RRG) between 1942 and 1944. They were broadcasted in the nineteen-nineties from first generation analogue and digital copies that were made without any changes of the...

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  • @Belisaire69
    @Belisaire69 12 днів тому

    Nice job but I prefer the 1943 version in Berlin, which is understandable given the circumstances.

  • @OPUSFURTY
    @OPUSFURTY 20 днів тому

    Fantastique expérience musicale : écoute à fond avec un bon casque HIFI pour la meilleure des transes furtwangleriennes possible ! Félicitations et merci.

  • @bryanbarajasBB
    @bryanbarajasBB 21 день тому

    👍🙏

  • @AnaLuizaDaltro
    @AnaLuizaDaltro 24 дні тому

    This is the best version of this piece I have ever heard. The crescendo at the end of the first movement in particular gives me goosebumps! But I wonder if it is technically possible to edit out these tons of coughs during the performance... They are beyond annoying and really get in the way.

    • @LivingPast_GreatMusicians
      @LivingPast_GreatMusicians 24 дні тому

      Thank you for your commend. I dispense with edit out disturbing noises mainly for two reasons. First, each step of editing reduces liveliness of the recording. Compare my transfer with those that digitally remaster the original sources and remove or reduce loud coughs. For me the losses weigh heavier than the winnings. Secondly, old recordings are documents for me. And I like the feeling to take part in a past event.

  • @pinza20146
    @pinza20146 29 днів тому

    great recomendation on volume adjusting! thank you.

  • @scottgilmore7319
    @scottgilmore7319 Місяць тому

    OMG The Best Ever

  • @scottgilmore7319
    @scottgilmore7319 Місяць тому

    The Best

  • @harryk4840
    @harryk4840 2 місяці тому

  • @leejookwan9746
    @leejookwan9746 3 місяці тому

    Toscanini also impressive too!

  • @gottfriedackermann2220
    @gottfriedackermann2220 4 місяці тому

    Herzlichen Dank.! Mein Vater hat in seinem orchester in Oslo als solobassit gespielt und Nickisch stellte ihm ein wunderbares Zeugnis aus...... ❤

  • @habichvergessen1003
    @habichvergessen1003 4 місяці тому

    Danke, ich war dabei ❤❤❤ ein unvergessliches Erlebnis obwohl ich eher Rock Hard Rock Metal Fannin , aberit Klassik groß geworden😂 und glaube 400 DM pro Person Anno 1986 war schon ne Hausnummer also 1200 DM für 3Personen glaub damals für einige Monats Verdienst. 😂Bin ja nur mit weil ich damals versprochen habe zu dem Horowitz mitzugehen wenn meine Oldies ( 1929/1932 BJ ) auch mit zu dem ACDC Konzert in der Rudi Sedlmeyer Halle gehen Februar 1986😂😂 OK, die waren vorher schon 3x bei AcDc mit mir 🤣🤣🤣 Aber ich musste auch Immer mit zu Klassik Konzerten 😂r

  • @maurizio420
    @maurizio420 4 місяці тому

    semplicemente fantastica, unica con il suo inizio molto drammatico e ricco di pathos. Immenso Furtwangler!!

  • @jackatherton0111
    @jackatherton0111 4 місяці тому

    As a kid my introduction to this marvel of grandeur and late Brahms tranquility was the Richter/Leinsdorf recording, which Richter disliked. Would that moody Titan have been happier with the originally chosen conductor, the Chicago Symphony’s own Fritz Reiner? Perhaps. But Slava still wouldn’t have been Fischer, a musician with not a tenth of Richter’s technique but overflowing with innigkeit and humanity. As you can hear, Furtwangler adored him. If you haven’t yet heard Fischer’s Well-Tempered Clavier or Schubert Impromptus you haven’t lived. Thanks for sharing this vivid transfer.

  • @SehrLukas
    @SehrLukas 5 місяців тому

    What a performance! So captivating, diverting and exciting. But it frightens me that it was recorded in Berlin during the Nazi-regime... who knows what monsters were in the audience attending after a long day's work of killing innocent people?

  • @walter4610
    @walter4610 5 місяців тому

    This is a much underrated work by Beethoven. Its artistic value is comparable to No. 3, 5, 6, 7, and 9

  • @erichall7068
    @erichall7068 5 місяців тому

    Thank you for going to the trouble of conserving and maintaining this masterpiece

  • @Tungusqa
    @Tungusqa 5 місяців тому

    Is this recording transferred to CD? Could you tell the reference, please? Thank you.

    • @LivingPast_GreatMusicians
      @LivingPast_GreatMusicians 5 місяців тому

      According to John Hunt's Discography the recording has been published on CD by TAHRA, France , AUDITE, Germany, MUSIC AND ARTS, USA and some other labels, more or less dubious.

  • @polonaise
    @polonaise 6 місяців тому

    42:07

  • @DavidPerez-wd6tx
    @DavidPerez-wd6tx 6 місяців тому

    Magnífico, hermosa interpretación la la4ta de l V B. Que mejor que con Furtwangler conductor.

  • @carlpoteat8396
    @carlpoteat8396 6 місяців тому

    Best version of the Third that I have heard in my sixty years of listening.

  • @leonardopiodafonseca1500
    @leonardopiodafonseca1500 6 місяців тому

    Leitura simplesmente impressionante e arrebatadora, nela de fato sente - se todo o drama e grandeza incontrastada, a força revulsiva de Beethoven, a encarnar o espírito do seu tempo, órgão máximo dele,

  • @montanamontana80
    @montanamontana80 7 місяців тому

    Cello: Arthur Troester

  • @gfweis
    @gfweis 7 місяців тому

    Wonderful transfer. Many thanks. Fischer & WF seem to be simpatico. For example, both find some accelerandos in this piece, to very good effect, that one doesn't typically hear. (Btw, both were born in 1886.)

  • @pedrosalinas992
    @pedrosalinas992 7 місяців тому

    Sin dudas el mejor pianista de todos los tiempos. Es ya inmortal. Un verdadero genio de la interpretación, inigualable.

  • @themanitoueatery1543
    @themanitoueatery1543 7 місяців тому

    The guy who couldn't stop coughing has made history.

  • @markhasleton6403
    @markhasleton6403 7 місяців тому

    Beautiful music , beautifully orchestrated , lovingly performed...while the funking Nazis torched Europe...

  • @ferdinandhelbing3351
    @ferdinandhelbing3351 8 місяців тому

    This was the most fascinating concert of my life. A huge gesture of forgiving. There was so much love in that concert hall and lots of people cried throughout the concert. At the end my shirt was completely wet. Unforgettable.

  • @marcomicheletti9957
    @marcomicheletti9957 9 місяців тому

    9:42, ripresa 12:50, Takt 536 15:11, batt. 631 15:40, trombe aggiunte?

  • @weerawanchantanavanich5518
    @weerawanchantanavanich5518 10 місяців тому

    sorry maestro, ur first mvmt is too slow it aint brahms

  • @周越智
    @周越智 11 місяців тому

    Wilhelm Furtwaengler, A real mestro of mestros!

  • @nuevopianista
    @nuevopianista 11 місяців тому

    PURA PERFECCIÓN SUBLIME

  • @manuelprietohernandez4820
    @manuelprietohernandez4820 11 місяців тому

    Esto es historia de la música, amigos mios. ¡Qué grandeza!

  • @manuelprietohernandez4820
    @manuelprietohernandez4820 11 місяців тому

    ¡Qué maravilla de obertura! Una interpretación de las grandes. Como la grandiosa de la "Eroica" que dirigiría Furtwangler en ese mismo concierto.

  • @gongfei
    @gongfei Рік тому

    lovely!

  • @parandungidts2616
    @parandungidts2616 Рік тому

    What piece he is conducting in video???

    • @LivingPast_GreatMusicians
      @LivingPast_GreatMusicians Рік тому

      As far as I know nobody knows.

    • @borisbrinkmann
      @borisbrinkmann Місяць тому

      I know a musicologist who was researching on that. It is known that he recorded some Tchaikovsky movements for video. It's not clear which one. Probably 2nd mvt. of 5th symphony. (He subdivides one beat of the 12/8.)

  • @grahamnancledra7036
    @grahamnancledra7036 Рік тому

    @33:14 The bassoon solo. There is a wonderful story of a London orchestra at about the same time of this recording and the bassoonist who was struggling to get spare parts for his treasured instrument; parts being so difficult to find during the war. The bassoon was stuffed with cotton wool, rags and string to try to keep it from squeaking, wailing and moaning. During rehearsals for Beethoven's fourth, and this part at 33:14 the bassoonist was having a tremendous difficult time with the solo, and asked to try again and again and again, with lots of dreadful sounds emanating from the bassoon. During a break, a violinist played the solo on his instrument showing off, at which the bassoonist stopped trying to repair his instrument, put it down and marched over to the violinist, picked up the violin and bow, and played the solo perfectly. He handed back the violin and bow telling the astounded violinist. "Now you go and play it on that bloody thing". I just love that story. I think of it every time I hear the fourth movement and think of Beethoven and his bassoon jokes as written in his music.

  • @ilirllukaci5345
    @ilirllukaci5345 Рік тому

    Thanks.

  • @ProfDrislane
    @ProfDrislane Рік тому

    Interesting to hear the vastly different approaches shown by conductor and pianist. Fischer sometimes engages in accentuations which disrupt the musical line, breaking it into smaller units, while Furtwängler consistently thinks in long lines, but allows for the details contained therein to be clearly heard..obviously this is a war-time performance, and a certain overbearing quality can be heard in a few places..

  • @townsendjean
    @townsendjean Рік тому

    The Mazurkas were so strikingly intimate that you could hear a pin drop.

  • @juano.garcia1138
    @juano.garcia1138 Рік тому

    Only for the opposite way to Conducte ..for Hitler..we must to be thanks..HUMAN AND BIG MAN...GEBELS said you conducte in the onomastic birtday OR I OR WE KILL YOU...GRANDE..GRANDE

  • @MusikPiratCH
    @MusikPiratCH Рік тому

    For me the Eroica is easily Beethoven's very best symphony!

  • @richardresseguier1
    @richardresseguier1 Рік тому

    25'33 à 35'30❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @juano.garcia1138
    @juano.garcia1138 Рік тому

    It was the "One"...all learn from him..Karaja..Giulini...all..

  • @stephanerodier5212
    @stephanerodier5212 Рік тому

    Great posting, thank you! I am trying to find the recording of the 60th anniversary and having trouble finding the correct one. Anyone can help?

  • @KEIGOTSUJINO
    @KEIGOTSUJINO Рік тому

    What do you think about performance by Szell/Serkin ?

  • @OE1FEU
    @OE1FEU Рік тому

    I just wish someone at the Berlin Radio station would smuggle out the original digital master so we wouldn't have to live with this off-the-air FM radio recording.

  • @concerned1
    @concerned1 Рік тому

    It’s over 70 years old but cuts like a razor compared to contemporary versions.

  • @antoniocucumazzo387
    @antoniocucumazzo387 Рік тому

    The best!

  • @petervonberg2711
    @petervonberg2711 Рік тому

    I cannot imagine anything more sublime than the Kreisleriana. I felt like it was Horowitz's farewell to life.

  • @sherinkrederdt7642
    @sherinkrederdt7642 Рік тому

    genio Furtwangler dirigiendo al virtuoso Fischer sherin krederdt