Volume 2 of our complete Polydor collection is now available in the shop.
Wagner is honoured with the Prelude and Liebestod, the first in a long series, but above all with a Prelude from Lohengrin, in which the strings of the BPO reveal their incredible flexibility. And let us remember that it was only a year earlier that Furtwängler conducted this opera for the first time!
Furtwängler always knew how to bring out the grandeur — yet with a certain touching naivety — of the overture to Rosamunde, as well as the exuberance, in an impeccable performance, of Till Eulenspiegel.
As with the previous volume, Félix Matus-Echaiz has written an analytical essay, staying as true as possible to the conductor’s intentions.
Content: Wagner Lohengrin: Prelude – Wagner Tristan & Isolde: Prelude, Liebestod – Schubert Rosamunde: Overture – R. Strauss Till Eulenspiegel – Till Eulenspiegel (rehearsal)
Next episode: August/September.