Furtwangler: Beethoven Symphony no. 7 (2/4)

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Uploaded by on Aug 19, 2010

Berlin Philharmonic, Wilhelm Furtwangler
Live Recording, April 14, 1953

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  • for God's sake, Allegretto, Allegretto! this is around 50 bpm! LARGO!

    either Beethoven was crazy and idiot, or they're completely misunderstanding his purpose... or maybe musical tempo understanding is different, I don't know. This is not fore sure an allegretto, but a much more slow tempo

  • @newFranzFerencLiszt Actually, an allegretto in Beethoven's time could denote either a fast or a slow tempo, and Berlioz noted that this movement was nearly always called an Andante or Adagio. Beethoven's own metronome marking is 76 BPM, which is a far cry from an allegro (about 138 BPM). That said, I think Furtwangler is a tad bit too slow here; his 1943 recording is more appropriately paced.

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  • Nothing and nobody can ever reach the genius of Furtwängler,....ask Beethoven.

    Thank you for uploading.

  • Furtwängler is definitely for me the conductor who could understand Beethoven the best. Simply divine!

    Thanks for uploading.

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  • @newFranzFerencLiszt So you know Beethoven's purpose or intention? :D

  • Beautiful.

  • @shellac1925 where did you read that? I'm not an expert, but this "sounds" not allegretto... I think that Karajan's is the rightest one. I'm quite young too, so I've listened to this piece so many times in my life: all of them were nearly at this tempo. But, a day, by chance, I've me him, and, wow, I've got it! that's enlightening! maybe we can find compromise with Bernstein's one?

    despite all, this mvmt is a real enigma for me

    thanks for explaining

  • This is not slow... The other recordings are fast

  • no, i take that back , this is not slow. it's mega slow. 

  • boy this is slow...

  • I love the name "Wilhelm Furtwangler". This piece is magnificent!!!! The guy up front looks suspiciously like Art Garfunkle, and a bit like Ed Koch too. Separated at birth - or something like it.

  • @elininkoru77

    And WHO is the best then?

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