Discography of Furtwängler compositions


Orchestral Works

Symphony Nº1 in B minor
Composed 1938 - 1941. The Symphony was withdrawn by the composer after he led the Berlin Philharmonic through the work in a single rehearsal.


orchester_01 Alfred Walter
Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
May 1989, Kosice		 Marco-Polo 8.223295, CD
orchester_02 George Alexander Albrecht
Staatskapelle Weimar
18./19. March 2000, Weimar		 Arte Nova 74321 76828 2, 2 CD

Symphony Nº2 in E minor
Composed 1944 - 1946, Revised in 1951. Premiered February 22, 1948 in Berlin by the Berlin Philharmonic under Wilhelm Furtwängler.


orchester_03 Wilhelm Furtwängler
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
18. October 1948, Hamburg		 SWF 921-2, 2 CD
Live, Original version
orchester_04 Wilhelm Furtwängler
Berliner Philharmoniker
22. November - 4. December 1951, Berlin		 DG 457 722-2, 2 CD
DG LPM 18 017/18, 2 LP
orchester_05 Wilhelm Furtwängler
Sinfonieorchester des Hessischen Rundfunks
15. December 1952, Frankfurt / M.		 Delta Classics DCCA 0013, 2 CD
GFS TMK 2006 01921, 2 CD
Seven Seas K19C 363/64, 2 LP
Revised version
orchester_06 Wilhelm Furtwängler
Wiener Philharmoniker
22. February 1953, Wien		 Orfeo C 375 941 B, CD
Revised version
orchester_07 Wilhelm Furtwängler
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
30. March 1954, Stuttgart		 Archipel ARPCD 0276, 2 CD
Mediaphon JA 75100, 2 CD
HAEN94215 SWF 8301/02, 2 LP
Revised version
orchester_08 Eugen Jochum
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
9./10. December 1954, München		 BR-Klassik 900702, 2 CD
Live Original version
orchester_09 Takashi Asahina
Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Juli 1984, Tokyo		 JVC VDC-5007-8, 2 CD
Live, Revised version
orchester_10 Alfred Walter
BBC Symphony Orchestra
January 1992, London		 Marco Polo (Naxos) 8.223436, CD
Original version
orchester_11 Daniel Barenboim
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
12. - 15. December 2001, Chicago		 Teldec 0927 43495 2, 2 CD
Revised version
orchester_12 George Alexander Albrecht
Staatskapelle Weimar
9./10. November 2003, Weimar		 Arte Nova 82876 57834 2, 2 CD
Revised version

Symphony Nº3 in c sharp minor
Composed in 1951 - 1954. Fourth movement unfinished. At first the four movements had programmatic headings: "Disaster", "Under compulsion to life", "Beyond" and "The conflict continues". The first three movements were premiered March 6, 1956 in Berlin by the Berlin Philharmonic under Joseph Keilberth.


orchester_1 Joseph Keilberth
Berliner Philharmoniker
6. March 1956, Berlin		 SWF TMK 017198, CD
3 Movts, Live
Lorin Maazel
Berliner Philharmoniker
30. November 1979, Berlin		 Three Zero Classics TH-038, CD
3 Movts, Live
orchester_14 Wolfgang Sawallisch
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
7. January 1980, München		 Orfeo C 406 961 B, CD
SWF 8603, LP
3 Movts, Live
orchester_15 Alfred Walter
RTBF Symphony Orchestra
December 1987, Brüssel		 Marco Polo (Naxos) 8.223105, CD
4 Movts.
orchester_16 George Alexander Albrecht
Staatskapelle Weimar
28./29. November 1998, Weimar		 Arte Nova 74321 72103 2, CD
4 Movts.
Takeo Noguchi
Furtwängler Institute Philharmonic Orchestra
26. August 2006, Tokyo		 CD
4 Movts.

Symphonic Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B minor
Composed in 1924 - 1937, revised in 1954 Dedicated to Edwin Fischer. Premiered October 26, 1937 in Munich by Edwin Fischer and the Berlin Philharmonic under Wilhelm Furtwängler.


orchester_17 Edwin Fischer (piano)
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Berliner Philharmoniker
19. January 1939, Berlin
 Pilz History CD 78 004, CD
Live Original version
orchester_18 Edwin Fischer (piano)
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Berliner Philharmoniker
25. April 1939, Berlin		 Testament SBT 1170, CD
Naxos 8.110879, CD
HVM HLM 7027, LP
2. Movement Original version
orchester_19 Erik Then-Bergh (piano)
Rafael Kubelik
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
26. June 1963, München		 Tahra TAH 197, CD
Revised version
orchester_20 Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Zubin Mehta
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
1971, Los Angeles
 Phorion LP 9001, LP
Bongiovanni PR 13, CD
orchester_21 David Lively (piano)
Alfred Walter
Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
1990, Kosice
 Marco Polo (Naxos) 8.223333, CD
Revised version
Hirokuni Ishikura (piano)
Takeo Noguchi
Furtwängler Institute Philharmonic Orchestra
July 1996, Tokyo
 WING WCD 115, CD
2. Movement Revised version

Symphony in D major
Composed in 1902 - 1903. Premiered November 1903 in Breslau by Georg Dohrn.


orchester_22 Alfred Walter (piano)
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
12. February 1993, Kosice
 Marco Polo 8.223645, CD
1. Movement

Symphony in B minor: Largo (1st movement)
Completed in 1908. The slow movement premiered February 1906 in Munich by the Kaim Orchestra under Wilhelm Furtwängler. The composer took the principal theme of the Largo as the leading theme for the first movement of his Symphony Nº1.


orchester_22 Alfred Walter
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
31. August 1993, Kosice
 Marco Polo 8.223645, CD
Takeo Noguchi
Furtwängler Institute Philharmonic Orchestra
1995, Tokyo
 WING
WCD104, CD

Overture in E flat major
Completed in 1899. The overture is the first pure orchestral composition by Furtwängler.


orchester_22 Alfred Walter
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
30. June 1993, Kosice
 Marco Polo 8.223645, CD
Takeo Noguchi
Furtwängler Institute Philharmonic Orchestra
1997, Tokyo
 WING
WCD104

Festive Ouverture in F major
Completed in 1904.


Takeo Noguchi
Furtwängler Institute Philharmonic Orchestra
1998, Tokyo
 WING
WCD120-1, CD

Chamber Music

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Piano Quintet in C major
Composed in 1912 - 1935. There was no public performance of this work in Furtwängler´s lifetime.


kammer_23 Daniele Bellik (piano)
Quatuor Elyseen
1979, Heidelberg		 BAYER BR 100 269, 2 CD
Da Camera 92814-5, 2 LP
kammer_24 François Kerdoncuff (piano)
17./20. May 1993, Corseaux		 TIMPANI 1C1018, 3C1092, 2 CD
kammer_25 Clarens Quintet
(Sebastian Krahnert, piano u. a.)
2003, Köln		 Tacet 119, 2 CD
kammer_26 Erwin Stein (piano)
Michael Arlt, Albena Danailova (violin)
Ruth Elena Schindel (viola)
Dietrich von Kaltenborn (violoncello)		 WFFC-0601, 2 CD

Violin Sonata Nº1 in D minor
Composed in 1916 - 1935. Premiered March 4, 1937 in Leipzig by Hugo Kolberg, the concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and the composer at the piano.


kammer_27 Dong-Suk Kang (violin)
Fran çois Kerdoncuff (piano)
23./24. December 1994, Poissy		 TIMPANI 1C1029 3C1092, CD
Annette Unger (violin)
Brunhild Webersinke (piano)
1997		 Sächsische Tonträger, CD
Hisaya Sato (violin)
Masaru Okada (piano)
Tokyo		 MTDV 201, Japan, CD
kammer_28 Matthias Wollong(violin)
Birgitta Wollenweber(piano)
October /November 2004, Berlin		 CPO 777 217-2, CD
kammer_29 Bettina Boller (violin)
Walter Prossnitz (piano)
21. - 23. November, Boswil		 GUILD
GMCD 7326/27

Violin Sonata Nº2 in D major
Composed in 1938 - 1939. Premiered on February 19, 1940 in Munich by Georg Kulenkampff and Wilhelm Furtwängler.


kammer_30 Wolfgang Müller-Nishio (violin)
Rudolf Dennemarck (piano)
December 1971, Heidelberg		 BAYER BR 100 268, CD
Da Camera 93314, LP
kammer_31 Alexia Galpérine (violin)
François Kerdoncuff (piano)
8./9. June 1989, Paris		 TIMPANI 1C1001 3C1092, CD
Hisaya Sato (violin)
Masaru Okada (piano)
Tokyo		 MTDV 201 Japan, DVD
kammer_32 Nakako Yokoyama (violin)
Miyuki Washimiya (piano)
18. June 2004, Kawaguchi		 WFFC-0405, CD
Live
kammer_28 Matthias Wollong (violin)
Birgitta Wollenweber (piano)
October /November 2004, Berlin		 CPO 777 217-2, CD
kammer_34 Sophie Moser (violin)
Katja Huhn (piano)
23. - 25. October, Leipzig		 Profil Medien PH11023, CD

Violin Sonata in A minor
Composed in 1899.


klavier_43 Roberto Ranfaldi (violin)
Caroline Doerge (piano)
1998		 Disques Dom, CD

Piano Trio Nº1 in F major
Composed in 1896.


klavier_43 Caroline Doerge (piano)
Roberto Ranfaldi (violin)
Massimo Macri (violoncello)
1998		 Disques Dom, CD

Piano Trio Nº2 in E major
Composed in 1900.


Keiko Namiki (piano)
Asako Yoshikawa (violin)
Yu Nakata (violoncello)
1999, Tokyo		 Mukei Label MT99014-5, CD

Vocal Music

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Te Deum
Composed in 1902-1909. Premiered in 1910 in Breslau by Georg Dohrn.


vocal_36 Hans Chemin-Petit
Edith Mathis (soprano)
Sieglinde Wagner (alto)
Georg Jelden (tenor)
William Dooley (bass)
Berliner Philharmoniker (Chor), der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale
12. March 1967, Berlin		 NAS 2506, CD
SWF001/002, CD
Live
vocal_37 Alfred Walter
Guido Pikal (tenor)
Philharmonisches Orchester und Singakademie Frankfurt / Oder
1993, Frankfurt / O.		 Marco Polo (Naxos) 8.223546, CD
vocal_38 Martin Fischer-Dieskau
Christine Schäfer (soprano)
Gabriele Schreckenbach (mezzosoprano)
Frieder Lang (tenor)
Michael Kraus (baritone)
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Akademischer Chor Latvija
29. November 1994, Berlin		 IPPNW-Concerts 40, CD
Live
vocal_39 Takeo Noguchi
Sayuri Ota (soprano)
Aya Kasiwagi (alto)
Tsutomu Kobayashi (tenor)
Kentaro Yoshikawa (baritono)
Koichi Tachibana (organ)
Furtwängler Institute Philharmonic Orchestra ,
The Furtwängler 50th Memorial Choir 2004		 Musik Office Japan MT25119-20, CD

Religiöser Hymnus


vocal_37 Alfred Walter
Guido Pikal (tenor)
Philharmonisches Orchester und Singakademie Frankfurt / Oder
1993, Frankfurt / O.		 Marco Polo 8.223546, CD

Schwindet, ihr dunklen Wölbungen


vocal_37 Alfred Walter
Philharmonisches Orchester und Singakademie Frankfurt / Oder
1993, Frankfurt / O.		 Marco Polo (Naxos) 8.223546, CD

Songs


vocal_37 Guido Pikal (tenor)
Alfred Walter (piano)
1993		 Marco Polo (Naxos) 8.223546, CD
Yoshie Matsumoto (soprano)
Tomoko Aizaki (piano)
1999, Tokyo		 Mukei Label MT99014-5, CD
Masaya Hosooka (baritono)
Yoshiko Ikuta (piano)
 Mukei Label MT26014
vocal_41 Ute Neumerkel (Sopmus et Piano)
2007, Berlin		 Ute Neumerkel Recordings, CD

Piano Works

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klavier_42 Robert Rivard
5. April 1986, Baton Rouge (USA)		 WING WCD 120-1, CD / CC
Sonata C minor
Two Fantasies
Two Fugues
Theme and Variations
Yoshiko Ikuta
1998, Tokyo		 WING WCD120-1, CD
Sonata D minor
Sonata D major
Sonatina
Izumi Goto
1998, Tokyo		 WING WCD120-1, CD
Sonata D minor
Two Fantasies
klavier_43 Caroline Doerge
1998		 Disques Dom, CD
Sonata D minor
klavier_44 Mitsutaka Shiraishi
2002		 King Records KKCC- 3003, CD
Three Piano pieces