Wilhelm Furtwängler
German conductor and composer (1886–1954)
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He stayed. While others fled the Reich, Furtwängler held the baton at the Berlin Philharmonic through the Nazi years — openly opposed to antisemitism, never a party member, but never leaving either. That choice, and whether his presence gave the regime a cultural alibi, has shadowed his name ever since.
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Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin Wilhelm Furtwängler was born 25 January 1886 and became principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic in 1922, a post he held until 1945. He also led the Gewandhaus Orchestra from 1922 to 1926 and guest-conducted the Vienna Philharmonic and other major ensembles. When the Nazis took power he did not leave Germany, unlike many peers, and remained the foremost conductor in the country despite his open opposition to antisemitism and Nazi symbolism — the regime tolerated him at Joseph Goebbels' insistence, for propaganda value. After the war he returned to the Berlin…
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- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: Anniversary Edition2023
- Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies and Overtures (2021 Remaster)2021
- The Complete Wilhelm Furtwängler on Record2021
- Siegfried‐Idyll & Orchestral Excerpts from the Operas2021
- Mendelssohn: Concerto in E minor / Beethoven: Concerto in D major2021
- Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 "Choral"2018
- Furtwangler: Beethoven Symphony No. 92016
- Furtwängler IV2015
- Symphony No.9 "Choral"2014
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