David Harbin ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>I would not want to restrict myself to any one conductor for this great
>cycle. I would build a collection based on performance per symphony and
>would go for:
>
>1. Furtwangler/VPO (live NOT STUDIO) 1951
According to both Hunt and Tremine there are 5 Furtwaengler 1sts:
Concertgebouw 13/7/50
VPO (studio 11/52)
VPO 30/11/52
SDR SO 30/3/54
BPO 19/9/54
I presume you mean the 1952 VPO on M&A...
>2. Wand/NDRSO
>3. Furtwangler/BPO 1950
The dating of the 1950 and 1952 Furtwaengler Eroicas is horrbly
confused on CD. Which label do you have this on?
I'd go for his VPO/1944 BTW.
>4. Unsure
C Kleiber on Orfeo
>5 Furtwangler/BPO Live 1942
1943.
>6. Bohm/VPO DG
>7. Furtwangler/BPO 1943 Live (again!)
Godd though this is I've always preferred his 1950 studio recording.
>8. Swallish/RCOA live EMI
Scherchen, Barbirolli.
>9. Furtwangler/BFO 1951 (again! again!) EMI
The Bayreuth? For me the 1942 BPO has more angst and the 1954 Lucerne
(Philharmonia Orchestra, the TAHRA issue sounds good enough to eat)
grander.
>Having said that, I seem to have gone pretty much for one conductor ...
>Let's face it, in Beethoven Furtwangler blows Karajan (who so many people
>recommend) right out of the water.
Well, no argument from me there.
Deryk Barker
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