Furtwängler - The Early Recordings Vol.3 (CD)

With works by: Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) , Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) , Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

Contributors: Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler

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Weber: Der Freischütz-Ouvertüre: Invitation to the Dance op. 65
+Mendelssohn: Ouvertüre & Bühnenmusik aus "Ein Sommernachtstraum"
+Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust op. 24

Artists:: Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler
Label:: Naxos
Year of recording ca.:: 1929-35
Item number:: 4287318
UPC/EAN:: 0747313300426
Release date:: 30.3.2009

Volume 3 of The Early Recordings is a welcome reminder that Furtwängler's musical sympathies went beyond Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner and Wagner, the composers with whom he is most closely associated. The remake of the overture to Weber's Der Freischütz (Furtwängler's 1926 recording is available on Naxos 8.111003) smoulders with anticipation, a real theatrical prelude. Invitation to the Dance is lovingly turned at the opening and close, with plenty of heady excitement in between. Berlioz's Hungarian (Rakoczy) March is nimble and athletic, remarkably 'straight' but thrilling in its own right. The account of the Overture to Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream is notable for its translucent delicacy.

Disk 1 von 1 (CD)

1 Der Freischutz, J. 277: Act I: Overture
2 Der Freischutz, J. 277: Act Iii: Entr'acte
3 Carl Maria von Weber: Aufforderung zum Tanze (Invitation to the Dance), Op. 65, J. 260 (arr. H. Berlioz for orchestra)
4 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 21: Overture
5 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: The Hebrides, Op. 26, "Fingal's Cave"
6 La damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Part I Scene 3: Hungarian March, "Rakoczy March"
7 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61: Act II: Scherzo
8 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61: Act Iii: Nocturne
9 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61: Act V: Wedding March