Anton Bruckner - Symphony n. 8, Furtwängler 3 (2/3)

Furtwängler conducts Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in c minor. Berliner Philharmonic Orchestra.
15 March 1949 (Titania Palast).
3. Adagio. Feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppend (second part of three).

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[elainebmack]

@Chazzan805 And maybe you would have done the same. I wrote another comment about this same posting under the name elainebmack. If you care to do so, look it up and read it to see my other opinion about this posting.

[Chazzan805]

@stickershomeplus What would you have done? You probably would have been right there in Nazi Germany with baton in hand turning your head away from the blood of 11 million people while you play your beloved Bruckner.

[saveusmilkboy]

furtwangler was an absolute genius. critics call him sloppy, but as far as my personal preferences go, I like emotion before precision. Sloppy or not, his interpretations were always forceful and perhaps closer to the composer's idea than the well defined, highly technical products of today. After all, his main interests were Beethoven, Mahler, Bruckner, Brahms and Wagner - all of whom were about passion and catharsis rather than machinery.

[stickershomeplus]

Continued comment from 3 (1/3). This interpretation is truly remarkable in its depth of feeling. I try to imagine what it must have been like during this time - to be an artist like Furtwangler attempting to preserve and salvage the best of a culture caught in the throes of destruction and evil. It's so easy to criticize him from a 21st century perspective, but ultimately unfair. Again, I have to ask, "What would I have done?"

[relham27]

Sounds more "Wagnerian" than other interpretations that I've heard. I guess one can expect that, especially in post-war Berlin.

[gaelguitarra]

absolument merveilleux! les phrasés sont tendus et intenses...tout est vécu et animé...génie du rubato et de son intégration dans les grandes lignes.Merci.