Wilhelm Furtwängler - FURTWÄNGLER. The Wartime Recordings 1942-1944 (Restored in 2026) (2026)

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Title: FURTWÄNGLER. The Wartime Recordings 1942-1944 (Restored in 2026)
Year Of Release: 2026
Label: Urania Records
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 3:37:47
Total Size: 659 MB
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Tracklist:

1. Symphony No. 3: I. Allegro con brio (15:06)
2. Symphony No. 3: II. Marcia funebre (17:13)
3. Symphony No. 3: III. Scherzo. Molto vivace (06:18)
4. Symphony No. 3: IV. Allegro molto (12:20)
5. Overture Leonore III (14:05)
6. Symphony No. 5: I. Allegro con brio (08:11)
7. Symphony No. 5: II. Andante con moto (11:03)
8. Symphony No. 5: III. Allegro (05:57)
9. Symphony No. 5; IV. Allegro (08:17)
10. Symphony No. 7: I. Poco sostenuto. Vivace (12:33)
11. Symphony No. 7: II. Allegretto (09:40)
12. Symphony No. 7: III. Presto (08:17)
13. Symphony No. 7: IV. Allegro con brio (06:33)
14. Overture Coriolan (08:58)
15. Symphony No. 9: I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso (17:18)
16. Symphony No. 9: II. Molto vivace (11:22)
17. Symphony No. 9: III. Adagio molto e cantabile (20:05)
18. Symphony No. 9: IV. Presto. Allegro assai (24:24)

Furtwängler's Beethoven recordings have long been considered milestones in twentieth-century interpretation. Among the Beethoven recordings made by the German maestro during the war (1942–1944), they have always enjoyed great prestige. This edition, based on sources from the RRG broadcasts, offers, after a balanced restoration, perhaps the finest audio version of these important documents. The quality is guaranteed to be comparable to the finest recordings of the 1960s.