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Wilhelm Furtwangler

Ludwig van Beethoven - Recordings during War Time conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler

By Wilhelm Furtwangler

Label: Andromeda
Released: 2014
Track listing: Symphony No. 3, Op. 55; Symphony No. 4, Op. 60; Symphony No. 5, Op. 67; Symphony No. 6, Op. 68; Symphony No. 7, Op. 92; Symphony No. 9, Op. 125; Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58; Violin Concerto, Op. 61; Overture Lenore III, Op. 72a; Overture Coriolan, Op. 62; Cavatina from String Quartet No. 13, Op. 130.

Ludwig van Beethoven - Recordings during War Time conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler

by C. Michael Bailey
April 19, 2014

German conductor and composer Wilhelm Furtwangler (1886--1954) remains a difficult enigma in music. Though never a member of Germany's NAZI party he was nevertheless associated with the regime both tacitly and unwittingly through the long-term efforts of Dr. Josef Goebbels' Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. Socially and politically naïve, Furtwangler believed that German Art and ...