John G. Deacon wrote:

>In the London Financial Times of April 17th Andrew Clark wrote:
>
>>For Barenboim, a former pupil of Furtwaengler, the artistic directorship
>>of the Berlin Philharmonic would be the summit of a brilliant career.
>
>Some talented pupil (b.1940) to have studied with WF (d.1954)!!

I believe he was present at the 1951 recording by WF of the Schumann
Fourth Symphony.  Not that _that_ counts as being a pupil, of course.

Tony Duggan
Staffordshire,
United Kingdom.