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録音:11944.12/19,20、2461943.6/27-30、 31944.6/2、51944.3/20-22、 71943.10/31,11/3、81942.3/22-24 「フルトヴェングラーのベートーヴェン、戦前録音集」 1交響曲第3番変ホ長調/2「コリオラン」序曲/ 3序曲《レオノーレ》第3番/4交響曲第5番ハ短調/ 5交響曲第6番ヘ長調「田園」/6交響曲第4番変ロ長調 7交響曲第7番イ長調/8交響曲第9番ニ短調
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These may be the most gripping performances of Beethoven's symphonies you'll ever hear. No, not necessarily the most enjoyable or even the most accurate, but gripping--to say the least. In these wartime performances of Symphonies Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9, Wilhelm Furtwängler is at his most expressive, angry self. Conducting six of the world's greatest symphonies for audiences in Nazi Germany, Furtwängler has an inner turmoil that seems to shoot straight through his baton. He drives the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics to the edge of disaster, but miraculously they keep up--rising to the occasion. The
Eroica and the Ninth are particularly emotion-filled; the latter features the great Bruno Kittel Choir and the BPO in fine form, but they--like everyone else here--are overshadowed by the conductor's bipolar mood swings and furious pacings. Brace yourself. These are shocking, awesome, thought-provoking performances that--thanks to a great remastering--have never sounded better.
--Jason Verlinde