Since you are interested in Beethoven: Symphony No 5 / Egmont Overture (with overtures by Rossini & Weber) [rec 1926-1935], here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
HAYDN
Symphony No 88 / Schumann - Symphonie No. 4 (Rec 1951) Berliner Philharmoniker / Wilhelm Furtwangler [ DG Musik ... Sprache der Welt / CD - released 12/Aug/2004 ] Although Furtwängler is known to have conducted Haydn's works around 200 times in the concert hall, he recorded very few of the symphonies. One exception is the Symphony no. 88, which he committed to disc in Berlin in December 1951 |
Taking Sides (Der Fall Furtwangler)
Soundtrack [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD ] Official Australian import. Soundtrack featuring the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Staatskapelle Berlin conducted by Daniel Barenboim and Wilhelm Furtwängler. |
LUDWIB van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.5 & 7 (Rec 1950 & 1954) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwangler [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] Wilhelm Furtwangler's admiration of Beethoven's music started early. By the age of 12, it is said, he knew much of it by heart - so it is no surprise that he performed the Fifth symphony more than 100 times between 1918 and his death in 1954 with the... |
BACH / MOZART / SCHUBERT
Furtwangler Early Recordings, Vol. 1 (Incls 'Brandenburg Concerto No. 3' & 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik') [rec 1929-37] Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Wilheim Furtwangler [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] "The Berlin Philharmonic is, to no great surprise, revealed in Mark Obert-Thorn's excellent sonic remastering as one of the most sophisticated orchestras of its era" (MusicWeb June 2008) |
BACH / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / BRUCKNER / GLUCK / MOZART / etc
Wilhelm Furtwangler: Complete recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Decca Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, London Philharmonic, Wilhelm Furtwangler, with Edwin Fischer (piano) [ Deusche Grammophon / 35 CD/DVD Box Set - released 18/Oct/2019 ] This box includes much rare material (such as Beethoven's Grosse Fuge, Strauss's Metamorphosen) and some seminal examples of Furtwängler's interpretative art (a Brahms First and a Bruckner Ninth) |
BEETHOVEN / WAGNER / FURTWANGLER
Furtwangler Vol. 2: Orchestral Concert (1937-1939) Edwin Fischer (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Wilhelm Furtwangler (conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 18/Nov/2007 ] "This disc offers a good example of why Wilhelm Furtwängler is regarded by so many good musical judges as a great conductor. These are performances that will grace any collection and I strongly recommend this disc." -- John Quinn, MusicWeb, 4... |
WAGNER
Walkure (Die) (1954) Johanna Blatter / Ferdinand Frantz / Gottlob Frick / Gerda Schreyer / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Wilhelm Furtwangler (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical / 3 CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] This memorable 1954 recording of Die Walküre was both the first complete studio recording of the opera, and the last studio recording made by Wilhelm Furtwängler, who would die less than two months later. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Four (4) Last Songs (with Wagner-Extracts) (Rec 1950) Kirsten Flagstad (sop) / Philharmonia Orchestra/Wilhelm FurtwANngler [ Testament / CD - released 1/May/2007 ] "Flagstad and Furtwängler caught on the wing - this is a real treasure...not least historically as the world premiere performance. Flagstad and (especially) Furtwängler seem to find the very pulse of life here, even as it unravels as death draws... |
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3 / Coriolan Overture (Furtwangler, Commercial Recordings 1940-50, Vol. 2) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwangler (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] The recordings presented on this disc of Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture and his Third Symphony, the ‘Eroica’, formed part of the extensive schedule of concerts and recordings which Furtwängler undertook with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra during... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 / Haydn Variations (Furtwangler, Commercial Recordings 1940-50, Vol. 5) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Wilhelm Furtwangler [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 17/Jul/2007 ] Listening to Furtwängler's performances from the postwar period is to participate in some of the most intense realisations of the repertoire he held most dear, including that of Brahms with whom he shared a consuming interest in the roots of their... |