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Furtwängler explains himself in French and in German

Furtwängler explains himself in French and in German

Two very rare videos from our archives.

Watch here.

Today is the 70th anniversary of his death and no orchestra that he worked with – Berlin, Vienna, Philharmonia – has bothered to commemorate it.

Listen to this account of the Tannhäuser overture. Does any other conductor come close to his hypnotic grip?

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