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Furtwangler / Annual Vienna Philharmonic Ball (1954?)

𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶, 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿, 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄ä𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿, 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻, 𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟵 This historic photograph, taken in Berlin in 1929, brings together five of the most legendary conductors of the 20th century: Bruno Walter,…

𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗙𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘇, 𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟬'𝘀

Otto Klemperer

Otto Klemperer

Otto klemperer in 1947

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 - 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼.𝟯 𝗢𝗽.𝟱𝟱 - 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗔𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘂𝗺 https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-no-3-137564998?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 - 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼.𝟳 - 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗔𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘂𝗺 - 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟭 https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-no-7-137644627?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 - 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 - 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗼𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘇 https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-rene-137686469?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟱. 𝗠𝗮𝘆. 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗮𝘂𝘅 & 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻. 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗭𝗮𝗮𝗹, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗴𝗲𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘄, 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺. 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝗷é 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘀, 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀/𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗰𝗮.

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 - 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗜𝗻 𝗗, 𝗢𝗽.𝟭𝟮𝟯 '𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗮 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗻𝗶𝘀' - 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗕ö𝗵𝗺 - 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟱 https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-mass-d-137737344?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 - 𝟵 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 - 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘁 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-9-john-138221577?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 — 𝗣𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗢 𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗔𝗦 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀 - 𝗥𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗺 (𝗕𝗜𝗦) https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-piano-138221921?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link “𝗔 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻” Beethoven’s 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀 (𝟯𝟮 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹) form…

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘂𝘀 𝗢𝗽.𝟰𝟯 - 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 - 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 A Fabulous Recording https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-of-op-138575073?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘂𝘀, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟰𝟯 “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 — 𝗜𝘁𝘀…

𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗮 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝟳𝟳 𝗖𝗗𝘀 https://www.patreon.com/posts/bruno-walter-139003355?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗖𝗗𝟭 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻: 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗼. 𝟱 𝗶𝗻 𝗘-𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿, 𝗼𝗽. 𝟳𝟯 Rudolf Serkin, piano Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York (New York Philharmonic)…

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼𝘀 𝗡𝗼. 𝟭, 𝟯 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟰 - 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗕𝗖 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethovens-piano-139189664?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 - 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗖 - 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘁 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-messe-139863900?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 - 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗖 “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗔 𝗦𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲” 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗵á𝘇𝘆…

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 - 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗳 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘀 - 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟬 https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-nine-140513909?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗶: 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 The relationship between 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 and 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗶 is one of the most fascinating and complex intersections in the musical life of 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝟭𝟴𝘁𝗵- 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆…

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲, 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗻, 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗴𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲, 𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟵. - 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗶ß𝗲𝗹, 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗻, 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟵 (𝗔𝗜 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟)

𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗠 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗛𝗔𝗨𝗦 — 𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗗𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 “𝗜𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲, 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝗻𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆” 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝘆 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝘂𝘀 was born in…

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 — 𝗢𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗤𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝟭. “𝗜 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁’𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝗺.” Beethoven admired Mozart’s Requiem intensely. In an 1801 conversation relayed by his friend Franz Gerhard Wegeler, Beethoven said:…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗻, 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗲 — 𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟬 𝗔 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗻 Ludwig van Beethoven was born in a modest dwelling at Bonngasse 20, in the small but culturally…

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗼. 𝟱 𝗶𝗻 𝗘-𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟳𝟯 — “𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗿” 𝗔 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗜. 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗲 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻, 𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟴–𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟵 When…