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Hello, I am searching for symphonic music in the tradition of Anton Bruckner. What I have found so far: Hans Rott (1858-1884): 1 symphony His style stands inbetween Bruckner and Mahler. Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): 11 symphonies Paul Büttner (1870-1943): 4 symphonies More lyrical and...

It's taken me the longest to love of his four symphonies, but I am now hooked on Brahms 1. And I'm looking for a new version - specifically, one with a really powerful first movement, where those timpani and strings are at their most intense and foreboding. I have Dohnanyi, Wand, Levine CSO...

I was somewhat surprised to find that there does not appear to be a specific discussion of favoured recordings of Beethoven's 9th on this forum, or at least not when I filtered it. I will get the ball rolling with: Ferenc Fricsay and BPO. Von Karajan and BPO (1963) Furtwängler and Philharmonia...

I own the Music & Arts Bruckner 8th from 3/15/49 and didn't know that Furtwangler recorded an 8th the night before. I consider the 3/15 8th one of my "desert island" discs - would any of you recommend the 3/14 version over it? Any insights on sound quality versus the 3/15?

I was searching Amazon for some "complete Furtwangler" sets, when I noticed a listing for Furtwangler's complete Beethoven symphony cycle. I have not kept up with comings and goings on the recording industry over the years and I am working off of 40 year old information, here. But it is my...

After hugely enjoying Furtwangler's Schubert 9, I would like to acquire some of his Beethoven. But there is a bewildering array of Furtwangler's Beethoven out there - sets, single symphonies, different orchestras, EMI/DG, etc. Can anyone recommend any discs in particular? E.g. both EMI and DG...

Beethoven's 7th Symphony is, for me, the greatest piece of music ever written and will always be my desert island disc. It just seems to have everything that anybody could ever wish for. Until very recently, Carlos Kleiber's recordings with the Vienna Philharmonic and his DVD recording with...

Any new Furtwangler recordings are a rarity and an occasion for celebration rather than the norm. Keeping that in mind and the vast number of box sets of Furtwangler released, I was wondering: To have all known records of Furtwangler, would the following box sets suffice?: If not, then...

Certain sections of the society [Of which, most are older gentlemen] have a deep love for mono and analogue recordings from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. The era of Klemperer, Walter, Furtwangler, Schuricht, Bohm and others... They are called "the greats". People who were old enough to have met...

Furtwangler: Hero or Villain? I was recently reading about Arthur Rubinstein and came across his threat to boycott the CSO if Furtwangler was appointed. I've read a bit on Karajan and Bohm but never Furtwangler so I read his Wikipedia page. I was expecting to read he was a card carrying Nazi...