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 Furtwängler: Symphonie Nr.2 e-Moll (Frankfurt 1952) Sinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks	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 Schubert: Zwischenaktmusik Nr. 2 aus Rosamunde Bruckner: Symphonie Nr. 8 c-Moll Wiener Philharmoniker	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 (Paul Badura-Skoda), Symphonie Nr. 40 g-Moll KV 550 Wiener Philharmoniker	1 CD TMK 200406152	7 €
W. Furtwängler – Dirigent und Komponist Beethoven, Symphonie Nr. 1 C-Dur Furtwängler: Symphonie Nr. 3 cis-Moll (Sätze 1-3) Berliner Philharmoniker W. Furtwängler, J. Keilberth	1 CD TMK 017198	7 €
W. Furtwängler – Aus Konzerten in Berlin 1942 – 1944 Beethoven: Ouvertüre Coriolan; Ravel: 2. Suite aus Daphnis et Chloé Schubert: Symphonie Nr. 8 C-Dur Berliner Philharmoniker	1 CD TMK 017204	7 €
W. Furtwängler – Konzert vom 3. 2. 1952 in Wien Beethoven: Symphonie Nr. 9 d-Moll Hilde Güden, Rosette Anday, Julius Patzak, Alfred Poell Wiener Singakademie, Wiener Philharmoniker	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 Wiener Philharmoniker	1 CD TMK 102196	7 €
W. Furtwängler – Aus Konzerten in Berlin 1948 und 1949 Bach: Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur; Schubert: Symphonie h-Moll; Fortner: Konzert für Violine und großes Kammerorchester Gerhard Taschner, Berliner Philharmoniker	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 Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Ouvertüre Ein Sommernachtstraum Beethoven: Violinkonzert D-Dur (Yehudi Menuhin) Berliner Philharmoniker	2 CDs TMK 008080	12 €
W. Furtwängler – Aus Konzerten in Berlin 1951 – 1953 Gluck: Ouvertüre zu Alceste; Honegger: Mouvement symphonique 3 Brahms: Symphonie Nr. 1 c-Moll Berliner Philharmoniker	1 CD TMK 005294	7 €
W. Furtwängler – Konzert vom 15. März 1949 in Berlin Bruckner: Symphonie Nr. 8 c-Moll Berliner Philharmoniker	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, Hans Hopf, Otto Edelmann, Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele	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