Re: Furtwängler radio recordings 1939-1945

On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 4:44:40 +0000, DeepBlue wrote:

On Thu, 14 Nov 2024 11:56:24 +0000, Roland van Gaalen wrote:

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#classicalmusic - I already have copies of
copies of many of these recordings (radio
concerts with extreme intensity): Berlin
Philharmonic, 1939-1945, Furtwängler
conducting. From tapes returned by
Soviet Union. Haven't opened this
box (issued 2019, still available)
yet.
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Recordings of concerts given while
WF was on Hitler's payroll. Treif!
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Thinking about B5 mov 4 — Furtwängler was as idealistic and as
unreflected as Beethoven… thinking himself to be some kind of hero
saving the German music from the Nazis - who were Germans…