There has long been a theory that the German master lives on in the form of Valery Gergiev, the post-Soviet conductor who provided cultural reassurance and stability for the criminal regime of Vladimir Putin as Furtwängler did for Hitler.
Gergiev also adopted many of Furt’s mannerisms – his wavery beat, distracted air and philosophical pretensions.
But there the parallels end.
Or do they?
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