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Have you heard Furtwangler's '42 9th?

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jdaniel@jps.net

In Reply to: RE: Spoiler alert! More on Toscanini posted by TGR on April 30, 2015 at 08:25:13

No fussiness, they just play the hell out of it. Trombones in the central part of the Scherzo are positively jolly, showing that Furt *can* smile once and awhile. Main body of 1st mov't is terrifying, slow mov't played SO much better than the classic EMI '51.

Wouldn't want to be without this one, though sound is pretty bad, not the excellent mono of the Legge years.

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RE: Have you heard Furtwangler's '42 9th? - semuta 12:33:59 04/30/15 (0)
Probably the most intense 9th I have ever heard. Read somewhere that Goebbels and Himmler were there.
RE: Have you heard Furtwangler's '42 9th? - TGR 10:26:15 04/30/15 (1)
No, not one of the 3 I own - I have the @39 on the GCOTC (has the Eroica and the 5th as well), the Bayreuth, and the late Lucerne recording. To me they are all of a piece, which belies the reputation for spontaneity. OK, I AM very negative on his approach, and in this day and age....does it matter? Nope.
- In the end--as I've mentioned before--Scherchen sets my foot tapping in the Beethoven Symphonies more than - jdaniel@jps.net 18:16:50 04/30/15 (0)
  anyone else at this point. Reminds me so much of Schnabel playing the sonatas.

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