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To kick it off, I'll start with my two favorite recordings of Beethoven's 9th Symphony:
Felix Weingartner conducting the Vienna Sympony Orchestra, 1935
and Wilhelm Furtwängler conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1942.
There are multiple recordings Wilhelm Furtwangler conducted of Beethoven's 9th.....but none as urgent, dramatic, pertinent and emotional as this infamous concert. Literally the best and worst of humanity in one room, every note dripping with meaning.....often multiple meanings. Heroic and heartbreaking! Not a museum piece!
(nothing can touch the Weingartner recording though for the voices on the last movement, the last movement I have to give it to Weingartner, I don't think those voices will ever be bested.)
Felix Weingartner conducting the Vienna Sympony Orchestra, 1935
and Wilhelm Furtwängler conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1942.
There are multiple recordings Wilhelm Furtwangler conducted of Beethoven's 9th.....but none as urgent, dramatic, pertinent and emotional as this infamous concert. Literally the best and worst of humanity in one room, every note dripping with meaning.....often multiple meanings. Heroic and heartbreaking! Not a museum piece!
(nothing can touch the Weingartner recording though for the voices on the last movement, the last movement I have to give it to Weingartner, I don't think those voices will ever be bested.)
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