• Wilhelm Furtwängler's Symphony No. 1 in B minor, written between 1938 and 1941, is based on an earlier piece he wrote, a Largo in B minor from 1908. To...
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  • 1958 Symphony No. 1 (Furtwängler) in B minor by Wilhelm Furtwängler, 1938–41 Symphony No. 1 (Glass) (Low) by Philip Glass, 1992 Symphony No. 1 (Glazunov)...
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    permeate this Swan song: no doubt Furtwängler sensed his end was near...", Sami Habra, CD Furtwängler, Beethoven's Choral Symphony, Tahra FURT 1101–1104...
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    The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, is a choral symphony, the final complete symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1822 and 1824. It...
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    Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21, was dedicated to Baron Gottfried van Swieten, an early patron of the composer. The piece was...
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    The Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, also known as the Fate Symphony (German: Schicksalssinfonie), is a symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven between...
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  • The Symphony No. 1 in B♭ minor is one of two symphonies by the English composer William Walton. The composer had difficulty in completing the work, and...
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    Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major WAB 105, was written in 1875–1876, with minor changes over the next two years. It came at a time of trouble...
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    Hindemith composed the symphony in 1934, while plans for the opera were in their preliminary stages. The conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler asked him at that time...
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    edition) Wilhelm Furtwängler conducting the Vienna Philharmonic, live performance, Stuttgart, 1951 (multiple labels) Wilhelm Furtwängler conducting the...
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    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36, was written between 1877 and 1878. Its first performance was at a Russian Musical Society...
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    Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in C minor, WAB 108, is the last symphony the composer completed. It exists in two major versions of 1887 and 1890. It...
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    Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107, is one of the composer's best-known symphonies. It was written between 1881 and 1883 and was revised...
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    London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's symphony orchestras...
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    The Symphony No. 4 in B♭ major, Op. 60, is the fourth-published symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was composed in 1806 and premiered in March 1807 at...
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    The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, WAB 109, is the last symphony on which Anton Bruckner worked, leaving the last movement incomplete at the time of his death...
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  • his Symphony No. 2. Later Bruckner decided to leave the F-minor symphony unnumbered, and he called the C-minor symphony of 1865/66 his “Symphony No. 1”....
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  • symphonies Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886–1954), German composer of 3 symphonies Henri Gagnebin (1886–1977), Belgian–Swiss composer of 4 symphonies Carlo Giorgio...
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  • all recordings of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 that have ever been available to the public. Dettmer, Roger. Symphony No. 3 (Eroica), analysis and discography...
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    The Symphony No. 6 in A major, WAB 106, by Austrian composer Anton Bruckner (1824–1896) is a work in four movements composed between 24 September 1879...
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    York Philharmonic is an American symphony orchestra based in New York City. Known officially as the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc., and...
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  • only two in his output which he labelled concertante symphonies.[citation needed] Wilhelm Furtwängler completed in 1937 his Symphonic Concerto for Piano...
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    Arthur Nikisch (category London Symphony Orchestra principal conductors)
    [1]. Henry Wood, My Life of Music, Gollancz 1938, p. 211. Elisabeth Furtwängler, Pour Wilhelm, Paris, 2004, p. 32. Hans-Hubert Schönzeler, Furtwängler...
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    The BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO) is a British orchestra based in London. Founded in 1930, it was the first permanent salaried orchestra in London, and...
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  • Berlin Philharmonic (category German symphony orchestras)
    approached the podium to shake Furtwängler's hand. This concert led to intense criticism of Furtwängler after the war. After Furtwängler (who was personally opposed...
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  • orchestra closed down on 1 September 1944. Their first post-war concert occurred on 16 September 1945, performing Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 3. Under the direction...
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    several compositions. In 1897, following the disastrous premiere of his Symphony No. 1, Rachmaninoff entered a four-year depression and composed little, until...
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  • Mehta Borodin : Symphony No. 2 conducted by Rafael Kubelík Brahms : Symphony No. 2 conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler Brahms : Symphony No. 4 conducted by...
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    where Wilhelm Furtwängler praised his conducting. He turned down an offer to conduct twelve concerts with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, believing...
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    ISBN 978-3-254-00199-3. English version as "The Hindemith Case", in Wilhelm Furtwängler, Furtwängler on Music, edited and translated by Ronald Taylor, 117–20. Aldershot...
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