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𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦 𝐊𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐟𝐟: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭 𝐎𝐟 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 There are pianists whose greatness is built on force, brilliance, or spectacle, and there are others whose authority comes from something…

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟳 – 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗲𝘅 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗼𝘀𝗼 𝟭. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 By 1907, Wilhelm Backhaus (born in Leipzig in 1884) was no longer the prodigious child who…

𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗠 𝗙𝗨𝗥𝗧𝗪Ä𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗘𝗥 — 𝟮𝟬 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗢𝗖𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗤𝗨𝗢𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 The list below is built mainly from documented translations of his own essays, colloquia, and Beethoven writings, as cited in a…

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻, 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗼.𝟰 - 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗕𝗼̈𝗵𝗺, 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗿 (𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟳) - VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP3OfvqpgCw&t=1568s

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦 𝐊𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐟𝐟: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 There are pianists who astonish by force, brilliance, and the sheer dazzle of their fingers, and there are others whose…

𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐫 - 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐍𝐨 𝟒 '𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜' - 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐎𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦 𝐅𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐰ä𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐫 - 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝟐𝟗 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟏, 𝐃𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦, 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐡 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf6QL1z9H-E&t=821s

𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦 𝐊𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐟𝐟 (𝟏𝟖𝟗𝟓 - 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟏) (𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐅𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐝𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐬 (𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟑 - 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟒) 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧, 𝐁𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐬 𝐀𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐀𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚, 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟒.…

𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦 𝐅𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐰ä𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐫 – 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐨 - Complete Audio recordings in patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/2064325

𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟒 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 – 𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜̧𝐨𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦 𝐅𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐫

𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐌 𝐅𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐖𝐀̈𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐄𝐑 (𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟔–𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟒): 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886–1954) remains one of the most morally and historically controversial figures in twentieth-century music. He was born on 25 January…

𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 - 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐍𝐨.𝟑 “𝐄𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐚” - 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦 𝐅𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐫 - 𝐖𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐫 - 𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟒 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbHD189DAp0&t=234s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbxD-_yNIKw (Good Sound) The 1944 Vienna performance of Beethoven’s Third Symphony conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler with the Wiener Philharmoniker is…

# **Beethoven - The 10 Violin Sonatas - Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Wilhelm Kempff ** **CD 1** Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.1 in D Major, Op.12 Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.2 in A Major, Op.12 Beethoven: Violin Sonata…

Mahler: 𝐈𝟗𝟏𝟎. 𝐒.𝐒. 𝐊𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦 𝐈𝐈. 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟎 𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, 𝟏𝟖-𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟎 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟓-𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟎

# **Wagner - Lohengrin - Wilhelm Schüchter - 1953 ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/wagner-lohengrin-152875247?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/wagner-lohengrin-152875247?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦 𝐅𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟔-𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐡 𝐊𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟖-𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟖

The relationship between 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦 𝐅𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐰ä𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐫 and 𝐀𝐭𝐚ú𝐥𝐟𝐨 𝐀𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚 was not that of master and formal disciple in the strict documentary sense, nor was it a long public partnership built on frequent joint projects. What…

𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐊𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫 (𝟏𝟖𝟗𝟎–𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟔) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐬 (𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟒–𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟗)

𝐖𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫: 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞 - 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦 𝐅𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐫 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGAKgoclJ6A&t=389s 𝐋𝐮𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐬 — Tristan 𝐊𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐝 — Isolde 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐦 — Brangäne 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐟 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐥 — König Marke 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫-𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐮 — Kurwenal 𝐑𝐮𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤 — Seemann /…

𝐌𝐨𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐭 - 𝐃𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐢𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢 - 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦 𝐅𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐰ä𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐫 - 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐎𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚 - 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐳𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟒 https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-don-1954-152526739?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝐂𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐞𝐩𝐢 (Don Giovanni), 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐳𝐤𝐨𝐩𝐟 (Donna Elvira), 𝐄𝐫𝐧𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 (Zerlina), 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐫ü𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 (Donna Anna), 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐚 (Don Ottavio),…

Wilhelm Furtwangler

The text expresses 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗮̈𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗿𝘁. His central idea is that true art: 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀. 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻…

# **Sir Thomas Beecham and Wilhelm Furtwangler**

Wilhelm Furtwangler and Richard Strauss

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗮̈𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿 (1886–1954) 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗿𝘂̈𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 (1911–1986) 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, 29 February 1952, Teatro alla Scala, Milan