Dear list, I am new to the group and would like to know where I could obtain Furtwangler performances recorded during the 30's and 40's....the video segments...
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Lloyd Mair
lloyd@...
Nov 16, 2000 2:36 pm
Superbly put, Mr. Golescu ! (Well-written and excellently thought out !) ... * POSTED to furt-l - the Furtwangler Mailing List * Send new posts to...
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Simon Trezise
strezise@...
Nov 16, 2000 2:24 pm
... Thank you. What an amazing collection. Simon ... * POSTED to furt-l - the Furtwangler Mailing List * Send new posts to furt-l@... * To...
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EskenasyV@...
Nov 16, 2000 2:24 pm
You are right, but why do you need this comparation to excuse Furtwangler? It sounds like a diversion. Let's compare the comparables subjects. Let's say Fritz ...
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EskenasyV@...
Nov 16, 2000 2:03 pm
Dear Boyd, I have the impression that you enter the territory of revisionist history. Of course, you can condemn, if you like, Prokofiev, but why do you need...
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Boyd D. Cathey
parsifal@...
Nov 16, 2000 2:03 pm
Eric, I think your very vivid reaction indicates that any response we make is necessarily conditioned by our undeniable political, religious, and cultural ...
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Mark Berry
mkb1002@...
Nov 16, 2000 1:54 pm
... Whilst I have no desire to censure Prokofiev, it should be remembered that he actually returned to Russia at the height of the Stalinist Terror, having...
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EskenasyV@...
Nov 16, 2000 1:51 pm
Hi, Simon, You can order them at http://www.dreamlife.co.jp/e_id_kiroku.html - See under "Documents" for "Great Conductors". A very good service, but quite......
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Walter Pancik
wpancik@...
Nov 16, 2000 1:00 pm
How about Peter Gutmann who has the Classical Notes web site, has written quite eloquently about Furtwangler, and is, I believe, a DC area resident? Walter ......
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Simon Trezise
strezise@...
Nov 16, 2000 11:13 am
... I'm curious to know where these videos may be viewed. I'd be most grateful for the information. the only footage I have so far seen is in the two Art of...
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samir golescu
golescu@...
Nov 16, 2000 4:58 am
This is not precisely to answer Mr. Kisch--whose posting makes perfect sense to me--but my own thoughts on the matter. With respect for everyone's postings and...
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Eric Kisch
kischmir@...
Nov 16, 2000 4:16 am
Boyd Cathey, responding to my posting says he is ... to ... I guess my only comeback is that it depends on whether you are the disemboweller or the...
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Eric Kisch
kischmir@...
Nov 16, 2000 4:11 am
Boyd Cathey, responding to my posting says he is ... to ... I guess my only comeback is that it depends on whether you are the disemboweller or the...
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David Sobelsohn
dsobelso@...
Nov 15, 2000 11:47 pm
... I am not aware of any production of "Taking Sides" planned for the Washington, DC area. I lead Footlights, the DC area's only modern-drama discussion...
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Boyd D. Cathey
parsifal@...
Nov 15, 2000 11:12 pm
Eric, A thoughtful message, and one that seems to creep into our discussions every few months. About a year or two ago, discussion on a number of these serious...
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Ponzetto
ponzetto@...
Nov 15, 2000 11:02 pm
Although I have never seen any video recording of Furtwaengler, with or without Nazi grandees, I strongly agree with Eric Kisch's comments; I think there is no...
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Deryk Barker
dbarker@...
Nov 15, 2000 11:00 pm
Thus spake Ponzetto (ponzetto@...): [...] ... I think it's worth pointing out that he was *encouraged* to stay by a number of departing jewish artists,...
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Walter Pancik
wpancik@...
Nov 15, 2000 5:51 pm
Mr. Sobelsohn, Will the play be performed in the DC area around that time? If so, please provide details. Thanks, Walter Pancik ... ...
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Eric Kisch
kischmir@...
Nov 15, 2000 5:33 pm
Recent praise for WF's 1942 Beethoven 9th affords an opportunity to share impressions from viewing some video footage of WF that I've recently been given....
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samir golescu
golescu@...
Nov 15, 2000 11:53 am
... I am rather srattled by this statement! (-; ... * POSTED to furt-l - the Furtwangler Mailing List * Send new posts to furt-l@... * To...
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Peter Quantrill
pquantrill@...
Nov 15, 2000 10:15 am
I agree: it takes a degree of objectivity I don't have not to become attached to the recorded sound of a great WF interpretation, especially one where, as in...
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David Sobelsohn
dsobelso@...
Nov 15, 2000 5:16 am
I am looking for someone to lead a discussion of the play "Taking Sides," about the de-Nazification of Wilhelm Furtwangler after the second world war. The...
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Yen Jui-Yuan
d85010@...
Nov 15, 2000 2:50 am
Furtwängler News! A COMPLETE survey of ordering composition scores of WF's main works. (by Yen Jui-Yuan) Original publishers of WF's composition scores. Te...
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George Bittancourt
bittanct@...
Nov 15, 2000 1:10 am
... Dug out my Turnabout Vox LPs. I think the recording has a natural "open mic" sound in the quiet passages, though rather distorted otherwise. Could it be ...
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George C. Rosenwald
gcro@...
Nov 14, 2000 10:58 pm
Some time ago I saw a posting here, I believe, that mentioned a Japanese supplier of Toshiba recordings. Can anyone recall that source? GCR ... * POSTED to...
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Bruce Guisti
guisti@...
Nov 14, 2000 10:16 pm
Thank you all fro not only where to purchase the St. Matthew Passion, but also some insight into the recording. Now, how about some controversy? Most of us...
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Manny Nadelman
enadelman@...
Nov 14, 2000 4:01 pm
Furtwangler thought the St. Matthew Passion too long to be performed complete for a concert audience and was upset with Klemperer for having done so....
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Peter Quantrill
pquantrill@...
Nov 14, 2000 10:30 am
or you could look for the Melodram issue - not easy to find, I know, but EMI elected to omit two movements (I can't remember which ones from memory, but they...
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Remy Bruno
remy.bruno@...
Nov 14, 2000 8:44 am
... So do I... ... I think you can find it at the fnac (www.fnac.com) and at alapage (www.alapage.com), both french sellers. They have many CDs by...
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Bratton, Timothy
bratton@...
Nov 14, 2000 6:14 am
Dear George: The 1942 Adagio from the Bruckner 7th appeared on Teldec 9031-76435-2, and was coupled with Gluck's "Alceste" Overture and the Cavatina (arranged...
