Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 'Emperor' - Furtwangler, Fischer 1951 (I. Allegro)

--------- ReSound Project --------
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.5. I. Allegro //
Edwin Fischer, piano - Philharmonia Orchestra - Wilhelm Furtwangler, cond. //
recorded 1951

[@ckzf1842]

Awesome!!! Fischer & Furtwangler ... majestic !!!

[@renejungling6864]

superbe interprétation du grand art merci messieurs Fisher et Furtwangler

[@ReSoundWorks]

Thanks! Basically, the process involves several stages.. Re-equalization, expansion/compression, noise shaping... in this particular recording, the piano sounded rather dull, so I had to manage to carefully unveil those hidden freqs watching not to affect the orchestra sound... It took me weeks :)

[@phdp65]

Could you do please the same treatment to the so called mid-war 5th and 7th symphonies?

[@scottalbers2518]

You've really done a fantastic job!

[@stochasticmusic]

Bravo!

[@jls4382]

This is amazing! Thank-you so much for all your long hard work! You too are an artist. Bless you!

[@johnh7990]

YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB! I'd thought the sound of the Pristine Classics remastering was top-of-the line but the sound on this version is much richer and more natural.

[@ivanvladimirtomeoamigo7733]

The best version of the History!!!!!!

[@marinomarinelli1398]

Che meraviglia! Due sommi interpreti e pure (specie W.F.) due tra i più grandi scrittori in tema di arte musicale.

[@turidemarcodeeustachijs3926]

un esempio di interpretazione di incommensurabile bellezza.

[@65attila]

STUNNING music and performances by pianist, conductor and orchestra.

[@asmith8815]

Truly magnificent. Absolutely brilliant performance of the "Emperor" Concerto.

[@noblekime319]

Spectacular Historic Performance --- Technicolor Sound! Thanks for your great work on this!

[@JeanJacques1936]

Extraordinaire interprétation. Et le souffle de Furtwängler dans l'introduction du 2ème mouvement ne fait qu'ajouter à la densité de cette exécution. Un très grand moment !

[@francescaemc2]

Vous avez raison!!!!

[@Maralegar2009]

Jean-Jacques B Sublime en effet

[@francescaemc2]

Je suis d'accord!! Bonne journée!!

[@marianeheins1917]

Er war Der grosste und ist Der grosste Furtwengler immer noch

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

Two old-fashioned mads of old Germany (german Switzerland included) playing Ludwig van , the cream of the cream .....

[@iaMikaruK]

This remastering is really amazing! I've listened to it for 4~5 times since last night.

[@vova47]

One of the greatest recorded masterpieces with much improved sound. Thank you for this treat!

[@robertdeoliveira13]

une pure merveille inégalée

[@vivacepuletti2944]

Un miracolo musicale e tecnico!!! Una referenza discografica in assoluto!!!

[@andreasmakarewitsch1978]

Thank you. My mother returned from a trip to Germany in 1971 with lots of goodies for me, including an LP of this exact recording. I almost wrecked it by endless plays on our old Telefunken gramaphone, whose tone arm weight at the stylus end must have felt like a kilogram in the record's groove! Sleeve notes: Die Volks Platte: SMVP 8039 ... WIDESOUND-STEREO auch MONO abspielbar. Kristall Gesellschaft M.B.H Koeln. Printed in Germany. Only the DECCA full set of L.v.Beethoven's piano concertos by Friedrich Gulda/Horst Stein saved it.

[@keithdavis4997]

I had more than one of those turntables. One I used to balance pennies on the back end of the tone arm to lighten the tracking weight.

[@rafaelbanusirusta5430]

Dos genios reunidos...

[@JAMESBOND77778]

WONDERFUL!

[@ReSoundWorks]

Eventually, I will get to work on that recording, as soon as I get a decent source. Yet, it's one of my favourite renditions of that work. Everytime I listen to the slow movement, a chill runs down my spine

[@gregm5775]

To echo others before me-great job. Heartfelt thanks for sharing!

[@1955etienne]

Sans . doute la meilleure interprétation de ce concerto.....symbiose magnifique entre l' interprète au piano, le chef et l' orchestre....ça sonne tellement vrai qu ' on se dit que c ' est . l' évidence même

[@sallykoep]

Fabulous. Thank you so much for your efforts! This music brings tears to my eyes. There are so many beautiful moments... 05:50 and 06:19 are favourites among so many. Wonderful! This is truly one of life's pleasures. Thank you Resoundworks, and of course, thank you Beethoven.

[@francescaemc2]

grazie di nuovo

[@gayathriparthasarathy9099]

Just one word for this version: WOW!!! Another pianist...

[@jc2971]

Simply outstanding performance.

[@blightyish9271]

This is the one perfomance that towers over all others ever made.

[@scottalbers2518]

I think I agree with you! It really comes together doesnt it?

[@VladVexler]

Truth, no other reading compares. It even throws us in the middle movement, where the music making is so extraordinary we don't know what to make of the incorrect tempo.

[@sallykoep]

Thank you so much. Your skill and hard work are most appreciated.

[@leestamm3187]

Simply splendid. Among the very best performances of this piece I've heard. Beautifully restored. Well done.

[@magnusjonsson1316]

VF, the ultimate Beethoven conductor.

[@francescaemc2]

Grazie infinite.

[@turbosport]

Fantastic remastering!

[@mozpiano2]

Oh my god, the remastering is most fantastic. I envy your skills! How did you do it?

[@abrildemonserrat5060]

Maravillosa intervención de Willem Furtwangler, un Director genial, es sensacional sentir el espíritu de LV Beethoven vivir a través de la música, del espacio y el tiempo... y por supuesto la genial interpretación que hizo de Napoleón Bonaparte aunque hubiera sido una idealización. Es maravilloso sentir que se cabalga junto al titán, a través de la majestuosidad de la tempestad y la diáfana mañana!!. La Dama del simbolismo.

[@martincook318]

Having got a copy of this famous 1951 Recording Recorded by His Master's Voice on ALP 1051 Mono only it seems such a Remarkable Performance even though the Recording is 68 years old and how tragic that Willhelm Furtwangler was to die just three year's later on Winston Churchill's Birthday November 30th 1954 and Edwin Fisher was to six year's later and thank God for the Gramophone and the chemistry is there between both artists and what I admire in Willhelm Furtwangler is his stand against Hitler and the Nazi's in Germany and he helped a lot of Jewish Musicians not just in Germany but in Austria as well

[@rohanbansal2324]

Your comment was incredibly useless and irrelevant.

[@marianeheins1917]

Er ist Der grosste und ist Der grosste Furtwengler

[@affonsosantos5729]

@@rohanbansal2324 It reflects a side of Furtwängler’s greatness and which cost him such misery, due to pig-headed opposition, during stressful moments after the war. So, why not mention it in an eulogy of a recording, achieved after he was absolved and returned to the podium?

[@jefolson6989]

GREAT sound. Fisher is underrated or forgotten these days and I have a preference for the 39 recording he did with Boehm, but I never really HEARD this until now. I ,like many are making lists if all the recordings we hope you can work your magic on! Thank you for your work

[@opera93]

Thank you, also...Nice Fifth.

[@markuswendelin5448]

great wonderful ..........👏👍❤💘🌝

[@yanjohn1259]

incredible work.

[@juathimlim4236]

This was the best Beethoven Emperor Concerto I ever heard from Edwin Fisher with Furtwangler who was the Hallmark conductor for all Beethoven’s works. I highly recommend this CD to my customers. Beethoven violin concerto by Menuhin with Furtwangler.

[@gordon8463]

Bon là on s'incline et on écoute...!!!...

[@chestnutfieldmas7490]

The sound has been improved much from the previous CD of EMI. This is No.1 of Beethoven's piano concerto No.5 to me. The picture is interesting and has a sense of humour.

[@user-uy2cf5fm3w]

임윤찬님이 소개? 들었다고 해서 찾아 왔습니다. 고맙습니다.

[@sandrocalandrini9174]

GRAZIE

[@elektra671]

prachtvoll!

[@francescaemc2]

Grazie ancora

[@JoseMedina-sv8uy]

Mil gracias por compartir.

[@francescopagliari4311]

entusiasmante !!!

[@LuizGuilhermePozzi]

Great job!!! I was wondering if you could do the same for the recording featuring the Brahms's second piano concerto (with the Furt&Fischer as well).

[@mirceapetre]

Ascult aceasta inregistrare de cel putin 50 de ani si nu cred ca are un echivalent modern!!

[@douglasmurphy9127]

this one kicks ass the szell gulda vienna festwochen one does too

[@guillermojuliodoghel6052]

gracias a la tecnologia podemos disfrutar estas leyendas...

[@mogenseliasen1802]

Fantastic! Excellent work! This does not sound like a Steinway piano - my guess would be a Bösendorfer, for its soft sound that matches this music much better! Can anyone conform that?

[@opera93]

Interesting question.... Anyways, I prefer Steinways........more Timbre & sound in my terrible hearing... Cannot tell on , for sure, rbis Recording..etc. Now, that BOSENDORFER, MENTIONED: not sure of all I have listened to: JUST BASICALLY DO Beethoven,Mozart, & Chopin ( seems like most Artists end up STEINWAYS, & YAMAHA?

[@mogenseliasen1802]

​@@opera93 I think this is because a Steinway is a little easier to play than a Bösendorfer. Sometimes, it can feel a little "heavy" (I have had a Bösendorfer myself).

[@Hotspur77]

This is a Bechstein. But your point still stands: Bosendorfer and Bechstein pianos seem to be a much better fit for Beethoven (and Mozart, Haydn, and Schubert) than a Steinway. The “Bs” are clean and sparkling in the treble and miles deep in the bass. Much cleaner yet somehow fuller sound than a Steinway. Of course, Fischer has something to do with the magic heard here...but he definitely chose the right tool for the job.

[@paganviodio]

Sir, you did a great Job, I wonder how you did this. I got much newer Vinlies, I want to do that too...I dont get it like you do.

[@mozpiano2]

ah, that's the secret ingredient, time! I do a similar process (re-equalise to a modern reference recording), hiss reduction etc, but I unfortunately my time is limited :(

[@markmanning2545]

Furtwangler begins sleepily, then erupts, and then goes dormant again. We do not know his landscape of destructiom.

[@francescaemc2]

please.. where are second and third movements?

[@user-zt6yb9he2y]

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[@joedeegan3870]

What hall was it recorded in ?

[@juangreen8194]

emperor I'm trying to remember

[@alessandrocolagrossi9571]

15:10

[@gayathriparthasarathy9099]

Is there a Beethoven's fourth Piano Concerto by these two?

[@ulfwernernielsen6708]

There is a recording of Concerto 4 with Fischer as soloist and conductor on EMI 1954 and a live performance with Eugen Jochum from 1951 and a live performance with Conrad Hansen and Wilhelm Furtwaengler from 1943 .

[@alessandrocolagrossi9571]

6:10

[@alessandrocolagrossi9571]

10:37

[@fbh3872]

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