Considered to be the most important conductor of the 20th century, Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886-1954) successively led the Berlin Philharmonic, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, the New York Philharmonic and the Berlin Opera. The German composer and conductor, a fierce opponent of the ruling Nazi Party, found refuge in Switzerland. Back at the helm of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1948, the Beethoven, Bruckner and Wagner specialist also worked at the Lucerne and Bayreuth festivals.
| Prosit Neujahr! A Viennese New Year's 2025 Concert with the Wiener Philharmoniker |
| Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 "Eroica", 5 & 6 "Pastoral" |
| Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen |
| Berliner Philharmoniker - Brahms |
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Schubert: Symphony No. 8, D. 759 "Unfinished" & Entracte from Rosamunde
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Furtwängler Conducts Furtwängler, Strauss, Bruckner & Berlioz
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| Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 "Choral" |
| Wagner: Immolation Scene and Funeral March from Götterdämmerung, Preludes from Lohengrin & Die Meistersinger |
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Haydn: Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" - Gluck: Overture from Alceste
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Wagner: Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, Prelude & Good Friday Music from Parsifal
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Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings, Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6 "Pathétique"
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| Furtwängler Remastered: Beethoven, Wagner, Mozart, Strauss, Brahms |
| Liszt: Les préludes - Wagner, Weber & Gluck: Overtures |
| Wagner: Die Walküre & Götterdämmerung (Excerpts, Live) |
| Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a & Symphony No. 1, Op. 68 |