Wilhelm Furtwangler | Beethoven The 9 Symphonies | 5CD

Wilhelm Furtwängler is credited as conductor of this set of Beethoven's nine symphonies, with the Wiener Philharmoniker, Stockholm Philharmonic and Bayreuth Festival orchestras. The credits also list the Bayreuth Festival Chorus and vocal soloists, including Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Elisabeth Höngen.

This is a five disc set of mono recordings made between 1948 and 1954 in Vienna, London, Stockholm and Bayreuth, released by Warner Classics in 2016. The recordings were newly remastered at Abbey Road Studios in 2010, and Walter Legge and Lawrance Collingwood are credited as producers.

Track List

Disc 1

1. I. Adagio Molto - Allegro Con Brio
2. II. Andante Cantabile Con Moto
3. III. Menuetto (Allegro Molto E Vivace)
4. IV. Adagio - Allegro Molto E Vivace
5. I. Allegro Con Brio
6. II. Marcia Funebre (Adagio Assai)
7. III. Scherzo (Allegro Vivace)
8. IV. Allegro Molto - Poco Andante - Presto

Disc 2

1. I. Adagio - Allegro Con Brio
2. II. Larghetto
3. III. Scherzo (Allegro)
4. IV. Allegro Molto
5. I. Adagio - Allegro Vivace
6. II. Adagio
7. III. Allegro Vivace -Trio (Un Poco Meno Allegro)
8. IV. Allegro Ma Non Troppo

Disc 3

1. I. Allegro Con Brio
2. II. Andante Con Moto
3. III. Allegro -
4. IV. Allegro - Presto
5. I. Poco Sostenuto - Vivace
6. II. Allegretto
7. III. Presto - Assai Meno Presto
8. IV. Allegro Con Brio

Disc 4

1. I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo (Awakening of Cheerful Feelings On Arriving in the Country)
2. II. Andante Molto Moto (Scene By the Brook)
3. III. Allegro (Merry Gathering of the Country Folk) -
4. IV. Allegro (Storm and Tempest) -
5. V. Allegretto (Shepherd's Song. Happy and Thankful Feelings After the Storm)
6. I. Allegro Vivace E Con Brio
7. II. Allegretto Scherzando
8. III. Tempo Di Menuetto
9. IV. Allegro Vivace

Disc 5

1. I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo, Un Poco Maestoso
2. II. Molto Vivace - Presto - Molto Vivace - Presto
3. III. Adagio Molto E Cantabile - Andante Moderato
4. IV. Presto - Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Allegro Assai - Allegro Assai Vivace - Alla Marcia - Andante Maestoso...