BRAHMS: THE SYMPHONIES, CONCERTOS, EINE DEUTSCHES REQUIEM - FURTWANGLER (6 CDS)

MONO • HISTORICAL RECORDINGS FROM 1942-1952

Wilhelm Furtwängler saw “a wild, fantastic and even demonic universe” in the symphonies of Brahms. “Music is not something that is invented and constructed,” he wrote, “but something that grows, emerging … directly from the hands of nature.”

With organic development so crucial to Brahms’ music, his symphonies were destined for a prominent place in Furtwängler’s repertoire. Among the other works in this collection are the Violin Concerto with Yehudi Menuhin, and the Piano Concerto No. 2 with Edwin Fischer, both recognised as landmark interpretations.

Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102

Willi Boskovsky (violin), Emanuel Brabec (cello)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Wilhelm Furtwängler

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45

Bernhard Sonnerstedt (baritone), Kirstin Lindberg Torlind (soprano)
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Stockholm Philharmonic Chorus
Wilhelm Furtwängler

Brahms: Hungarian Dances
Brahms: Hungarian Dances (excerpts)

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83

Edwin Fischer (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Wilhelm Furtwängler

Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

Wiener Philharmoniker
Wilhelm Furtwängler

Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

Berliner Philharmoniker
Wilhelm Furtwängler

Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90

Berliner Philharmoniker
Wilhelm Furtwängler

Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

Berliner Philharmoniker
Wilhelm Furtwängler

Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a 'St Anthony Variations'

Wiener Philharmoniker
Wilhelm Furtwängler

Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77

Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Wilhelm Furtwängler