Among the CDs issued by the SWF, one is out of print: Bruckner's 7th Symphony, recorded on 18 October 1949 with the Berlin Philharmonic.
It was missing. So the SWF is about to provide you with this record as a "high definition" download, with, as always, the files in CD format, the digital booklets (French and English), and — to allow you to keep a compact disc in your record library if you wish — something to print out the cover and the inlay card of a jewel box.
For this exceptional performance of Furtwängler's most performed symphony by Bruckner — along with the Fourth — it was necessary to start from a flawless document. Warner Classics provided us with the files digitised by Abbey Road Studios (ex-EMI studio), from a copy of the first source (Pathé-Marconi), which has not aged a bit.
From this source, Christophe Hénault established a master that respects the incredible original dynamics and the splendour of the orchestra, even though it was recorded — without an audience — in what was then the Berliner's rehearsal hall, the Gemeindehaus in Berlin-Dahlem, which was of modest dimensions...
This product will be available on 30 January, at the usual price of € 8,00.
Furtwängler and his Berliner at the Gemeindehaus of Berlin.