More than twenty-five years ago, Michel Chauvy wrote a study on "Furtwängler and Switzerland" for the SWF, published as a "newsletter".
The text of his study is still as good as new. It is rich in information and the comments on some of Furtwängler's performances — one thinks of the rehearsal of the 7th Symphony or Beethoven's First Concerto — are of a rare relevance.
Although the original "paper" brochure was quite attractive, the PDF available to members on the previous website had become outdated and not particularly inviting to read. We therefore thought it best to give it a new layout, by re-editing the text in the same design as the other studies, adding footnotes, and illustrating it with a dozen or so photographs, some of them unpublished or rare.
For the first time, the study is published in both French and English, thus bringing this essential document to a wider audience.
In addition, one of our Swiss members, Christophe Lambinet, wrote a "complement", shedding new light on Furtwängler's "Swiss" discography.
To discover these studies, click on the images below.
