Étiquette : Conducting

• Furtwangler conducts Wagner

  

  The original podcast (narration in French, English and German subtitles) When people talk about Furtwängler, a certain cliché springs to mind for far too many music lovers. Furtwängler is supposedly a ponderous, slow conductor, embodying the Germanic tradition and a sweeping, extreme expressiveness. He is thus often compared to Otto Klemperer and contrasted with Toscanini.…

  Guilhem Chameyrat

  10 avril 2026

  Discographies & Comparisons, In partnership with the Furtwängler Society, Orchestra, Reviews

  Arturo Toscanini, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Conducting, Die Walkure, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Erich Kleiber, Golden Age, Gotterdamerung, Historical Recordings, History, interpretation, kleiber, La Scala, Leopold Stokowski, Lohengrin, London Symphony Orchestra, Meistersinger, New York Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, Podcast, Ring, Tannhauser, Teatro Colon, Tristan und Isolde, Wagner, Wilhelm Furtwangler

• Interpretations of Mozart’s symphonies, from the Golden Age to period instruments 

  

  Mozart’s symphonies seem to be imbued with a certain idea of perfection, a quest for intelligibility. There’s no denying that these are works with a certain physical impact – and it’s no coincidence that Mozart’s harmonies even have beneficial effects on plants, and are even used in New Zealand to cradle the vines. So how…

  Guilhem Chameyrat

  13 avril 2024

  Discographies & Comparisons, Orchestra

  Charles Mackerras, Christopher Hogwood, Claudio Abbado, Conducting, discography, Frans Bruggen, Golden Age, Guido Cantelli, Herbert von Karajan, Mozart, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Period instruments, Sergiu Celibidache, Wilhelm Furtwangler