Furtwangler conducts R.Strauss Till Eulenspiegel Part II

[al1936ful]

There's a small chunk missing, where we see dancers acting out the story. It was supposed to come at the end of the first part, or at the beginning of this one.

[pupulique]

simply The GREATEST. thank you so much for this treasure!

[11777766]

Let's give the credit for this great music to Richard Strauss, a modern composer who wrote wonderful operas, musical tone poems, and much more. His score is brilliantly performed here.

[ipmoic]

And you know that "the players hated his hands" because???

Were you there bitchass888?

Furtwangler's hands are magical. How can you say they don't matter? What else do you conduct with? Naturally his eyes and his body language expressed much of what he wanted.

Even if he was unaware of what his left hand was doing--and what a stupid question that was to ask him anyway! lol--he was what I said:

The most gifted conductor of the 20th century.

[ravensfanandrea19962]

PERFECT!

the song is just so energetic with the way he puts iT ENCORE

[IhaveaCstring]

I don't like the fact that it's missing a part.... I can't find where I am in my music when I follow it..... and I need to so I can learn to love this piece....... and do a good job at All-State.

[MartinoBiondi]

Ubfortunately, between the Part 1 and 2, the best clarinet solo is absent... maybe a couple of seconds, but it's a very good part of the music, such a pity that isn't there. Forgive me, I'm a clarinettist :)

[MikeDrewYT]

Best part of the score. Unfortunate.

[alexjrmarino]

@MikeDrewYT yeah i was disappointed pretty much too..

[mrmorganmusic]

Took him long enough to acknowledge the orchestra...

[Tubaweltmeister]

Unbelievable - I wonder if his audiences realized they were hearing perhaps the best performances ever to be made of the works they were experiencing....

[ipmoic]

What a left hand! Have you ever seen a conductor that uses his hands independently in such a musical, expressive way? He was truly God's gift to orchestral conducting.

[myNijinsky]

This wonderful music, was a ballet of Nijinsky the Genius

[japanesesweet]

@myNijinsky i didn`t know that it was turned into a ballet by Nijinsky. I think it could work.

[bitchass888]

sutpid asshole, Furtwangler is the opposite of technical conducting...once someone asked him what should the left hand do, and Furtwangler replied: after 20 years of conducting, I must say I have never thought about it"

If someone else will shake his hands like Furtwangler he'll never get the same result.

It's not his fucking hands, the players hated his hands

[BestLaidPlans]

excellent, although I really wish the D Clarinet solo was more drawn out at the peak.  He had such great tone.