Year: 2021
News
Dear members,
The Wilhelm Furtwängler Gesellschaft (WFG) proposes a 30% reduction on its catalog. We present it to you. The SWF here only promotes these products.
All orders and inquiries should be addressed to info@furtwaengler.org.
This operation is valid until January 31, 2022.
| Title | Reference | New price |
| Furtwängler dirigiert seine Zweite Symphonie
Gluck: Ouvertüre zu Iphigenie in Aulis |
2 CDs TMK 200601921  |
12 € |
| Festkonzert zum 70-jährigen Bestehen der Berliner Philharmoniker (10.2.1952)Beethoven: Große Fuge op.133 Honegger: Mouvement symphonique Nr. 3 Schubert: Symphonie h-Moll Brahms: Symphonie Nr.1 c-Moll op.68 u.a. |
2 CDs TMK 2006020  |
12 € |
| Furtwängler in Wien 1944
Beethoven: Symphonie Nr. 3 Es-Dur, Leonoren-Ouvertüre Nr. 3 |
2 CDs TMK 200406151  |
12 € |
| W. Furtwängler dirigiert Mozart in Salzburg und Wien 1944 – 1952
Ouvertüre Die Zauberflöte, Klavierkonzert Nr. 22 Es-Dur KV 482 |
1 CD TMK 200406152  |
7 € |
| W. Furtwängler – Dirigent und Komponist
Beethoven, Symphonie Nr. 1 C-Dur |
1 CD TMK 017198  |
7 € |
| W. Furtwängler – Aus Konzerten in Berlin 1942 – 1944
Beethoven: Ouvertüre Coriolan; Ravel: 2. Suite aus Daphnis et Chloé |
1 CD TMK 017204  |
7 € |
| W. Furtwängler – Konzert vom 3. 2. 1952 in Wien
Beethoven: Symphonie Nr. 9 d-Moll |
1 CD TMK 002038  |
7 € |
| W. Furtwängler in Salzburg 1950
Bach: Brandenburgische Konzerte Nr. 3 G-Dur und Nr. 5 D-Dur Strawinsky: Symphonie in drei Sätzen |
1 CD TMK 102196  |
7 € |
| W. Furtwängler – Aus Konzerten in Berlin 1948 und 1949
Bach: Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur; Schubert: Symphonie h-Moll; |
1 CD TMK 012681  |
7 € |
| W. Furtwängler – Aus Opern und Konzerten in Wien und Salzburg 1948-1954Beethoven: Ouvertüre Fidelio, Leonoren-Ouvertüre Nr. 3 Pfitzner: Symphonie C-Dur; Gluck: Ouvertüre Iphigenie in Aulis Weber: Ouvertüre Der Freischütz + Ausschnitte aus Vorträgen Wiener Philharmoniker |
1 CD TMK 10670  |
7 € |
| W. Furtwängler – Aus den Konzerten in Berlin 1947
Beethoven: Symphonien Nr. 6 F-Dur und Nr. 5 c-Moll |
2 CDs TMK 008080  |
12 € |
| W. Furtwängler – Aus Konzerten in Berlin 1951 – 1953
Gluck: Ouvertüre zu Alceste; Honegger: Mouvement symphonique 3 |
1 CD TMK 005294  |
7 € |
| W. Furtwängler – Konzert vom 15. März 1949 in Berlin
Bruckner: Symphonie Nr. 8 c-Moll |
1 CD MMS 9103  |
7 € |
| Bruckner: Symphonie Nr. 5 B-Dur (1942)
Berliner Philharmoniker |
1 CD WFG 2011-1  |
7 € |
| Beethovens Neunte Symphonie (Bayreuth 29. Juli 1951)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth Höngen, |
1 CD WFHC 013  |
10 € |
| Furtwängler: Symphonie Nr. 1 h-Moll
Staatskapelle Weimar, George Alexander Albrecht |
2 CDs 74321  |
12 € |
| Furtwängler: Symphonie Nr. 2 e-Moll
Staatskapelle Weimar, George Alexander Albrecht |
2 CDs 82876  |
12 € |
| Furtwängler: Symphonie Nr. 3 cis-Moll
Staatskapelle Weimar, George Alexander Albrecht |
1 CD 74321  |
7 € |
| Furtwängler: Symphonien Nr. 1, 2, 3
Staatskapelle Weimar, George Alexander Albrecht |
5 CDs
|
25 € |
Dear members,
One of our members, Mr. Pascal Auffinger, sent us an article which appeared on the site of the Venezuelan Symphony Orchestra in 2015. It refers to the concerts given by Furtwängler in Caracas.
The SWF contacted the site managers to request permission to translate and publish the text on our site. It was kindly given to us.
The SWF thanks the OSV and Mr. Pascal Auffinger.
The text presented here is an adaptation for our website. You will find the link to the original article at the end. This includes a recording of Don Juan.
“The Venezuelan Symphony Orchestra (OSV) celebrates 85 years of uninterrupted activity. A pioneer of the national symphonic movement, it is the result of the hard work of musicians who have struggled to give it continuity over time.
The Acoustic Shell of Bello Monte , known as José Angel Lamas Amphitheater , is related to the OSV since its creation and remains a fundamental place for culture and influence in the capital. In these lines, we want to remember the day it was inaugurated, March 19, 1954, under the regime of General Marcos Pérez Jiménez, with a concert of our institution under the direction, on the one hand, of the famous German conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler whose presence in Caracas was considered as an event in our country and, on the other hand, of our dear Vicente Emilio Sojo.
The first part of the program included works by José Angel Lamas and José Antonio Caro de Boesi under the direction of Vicente Emilio Sojo. The second, under the direction of WF, Handel’s Concerto Grosso op. 6 N°10, Richard Strauss’s Don Juan and, finally, Overture to Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner.
Master Furtwängler stayed a few days in Caracas. After the first concert, WF conducted a second on March 21 which was recorded. The program included: Handel’s Concerto Grosso op 6 N° 10, Don Juan by Richard Strauss and Brahms’s First Symphony. This live recording, which remains a treasure to this day, exhibits the inevitable imperfections and lack of balance between the instruments.”
Translation: Félix Matus-Echaiz and Thibaut Lily
Link to the original article (in Spanish): https://www.venezuelasinfonica.com/la-sinfonica-de-venezuela-en-la-creacion-de-un-espacio-vital-para-caracas/
Dear members,
The SWF has decided to launch a consultation with all of its members.
The purpose of this is to allow you to express yourself on your expectations, requests, wishes, so that the SWF reflects your aspirations.
To allow you to express yourself freely on all subjects, there is no precise questionnaire. You can write your text in French, English, Spanish, German, etc.
The deadline for sending your responses has been set for January 8, 2022. Once the responses received, they will be studied by the Executive Board which will make a summary and set an action plan that will be presented to you at a meeting that will take place between the end of January and the beginning of February.
While waiting to read and meet you, we wish you a happy end of year.
The Executive Board
PS: You can contact us by email: fmatus@wanadoo.fr
or by mail:
Société Wilhelm Furtwängler
c / o Félix Matus-Echaiz
86, Impasse de Pissefontaine
78955 Carrières-sous-Poissy
November 15, 2021
As announced earlier in the week, a new product is available for download: SWF D09, Bruckner’s Symphony No.4 , Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler, recorded December 14-16, 1941.
1. Bewegt, nicht zu schnell
2. Andante quasi allegretto
3. Bewegt
4. Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
This moving recording is brought to you thanks to the authorization of the Wilhelm Furtwängler Center of Japan and its President Masayuki Nakamura whom the SWF would like to thank.
This version is, unfortunately, truncated. The WFCJ has intelligently overcome this problem. The missing parts have been replaced by the recordings from 1951. It is therefore possible to listen to this symphony without interruption.
The digital pack contains two presentation texts written by Philippe Jacquard (Copyright website https://concertsarchiveshd.fr/) and Henning Smidth. The SWF would like to thank them for giving permission to publish these texts as a complement to Anton Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony .
Dear members,
In the next few days, we will be offering you an exceptional document for download: a recording of Anton Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony that Furtwängler conducted in 1941.
This moving recording is brought to you thanks to the authorization of the Wilhelm Furtwängler Center of Japan and its President Masayuki Nakamura whom the SWF would like to thank.
This version is, unfortunately, truncated. The WFCJ has intelligently overcome this problem. The missing parts have been replaced by the recordings from 1951. It is therefore possible to listen to this symphony without interruption.
We hope that this rare document will find a great resonance among you.
Dear members, dear members,
We are pleased to present the last two productions of the Japanese WF Centre.
WFFC2004-HYM
Beethoven
Seventh Symphony (January 1950) & Coriolan overture (November 1947) – Wiener Philarmoniker
CD WFFC2005-HYM
Tchaikovsky
Sixth Symphony (1938) – Berliner Philarmoniker & Sérénade (1950) (movements 2 and 4) – Wiener Philarmoniker
We can only praise the quality of the work of the WFCJ.
These CDs are available at a price of 17 € each.
Dear members,
On January 16, our Extraordinary General Assembly was to take place. We learned on January 10 that, for health reasons, the room where it was to take place can no longer accommodate us.
The current situation does not allow us to have visibility. Fixing a new date for our EGM would be a more than uncertain gamble.
However, this should not prevent the SWF from moving forward. To do this, the Board has taken the decision to ask you to give your opinion by email or by post on the points that were on the agenda *:
1) Vote on the new statutes
2) Election of the Executive Board (new body of the SWF)
As indicated in the Agenda, the Executive Board will only be elected if the new statutes are approved. As a result, the vote you cast for this new body will only be taken into account if the new statutes are approved.
The end of this vote will be January 16 at 12 p.m. HF (postmark as proof).
To vote, please send your answers to the two questions here below,
- either by email at fmatus@wanadoo.fr
- or by post/mail to 86, Impasse de Pissefontaine 78955 Carrières-sous-Poissy
1 / Do you approve the new statutes?
YES NO2 / Do you approve the candidate list?
YES NO
Click here to download a paper version.
It goes without saying that the votes require a quorum for a GM to be held. We are aware that this is a special procedure, but so is the situation. We regret of course that this case of force majeure prevents us from meeting and discussing with each other.
We hope you will understand this choice.
The Steering Committee
* For details, please refer to this News (18 December 2020).
Dear members,
A difficult year has just ended. While caution is in order, we can still hope that 2021 will be a renaissance.
Please therefore receive our best wishes for this New Year.
I take this opportunity to remind you that our EGM, except for new government instructions, will take place on January 16. If you can’t attend, please remember to send your proxy.
Musically yours,
Felix Matus-Echaiz