RICHARD WAGNER- Furtwängler conduct Entrance of the Gods into Walhalla

[@kennethbriner5390]

For fifty years Furtwaengler has been my favorite Wagnerian (and Beethoven) conductor. I see no need to change my opinion after this.

[@fabiopaolobarbieri2286]

To all who are struck by the sheer splendour of the sound, be appraised that the Rome RAI Orchestra in 1951 was regarded as a less than second-rate outfit. Furtwaengler got the splendour of heaven opening to welcome God Himself out of a group of people who had not been good enough for better orchestras. This is a miracle.

[@eulerleibniz1707]

Je n'ai que des mots dithyrambiques à l'endroit de cette œuvre du grand Wagner . Cette interprétation de ce finale en guise d'apothéose est la plus accomplie que je connaisse. Merci Dr Alex pour le partage de ce morceau d'anthologie.

[@mariveneta]

Furtwaengler's interpretations of Wagner have a unique and unsurpassed pathos! Listening to them I always have the feeling that this is the real Wagner.

[@5758Wanderer]

You are right!!!

[@larrybush5468]

He was great, no argument there, but Wagner's descendants and the Bayreuth folks believed that nothing ever matched Arturo Toscanini's performances----transcendent. Unfortunately he left no full performances behind on recordings.

[@luisademar8986]

Ja, das ist so. Als ich ein Kind war, hatte ich die Schallplatten der Walküre und des Tristan. das gab es damals. Als ich dann später in der Oper andere Aufführungen hörte, meinte ich, die Musik nicht zu verstehen. Ich meinte, es sei eine andere, mir unbekannte Musik. Auf jeden Fall verstand ich Wagner so nicht. - Wie hat Furtwängler das nur so zum Leben erwecken können?!

[@logaemsythgim1818]

Spot on only Bodanzsky surpasses Furthwängler in Wagner :)

[@МихаилХристов-л6г]

@@larrybush5468 Absolutely possible...because this was TOSCANINI!!

[@krischan67]

Wow, what an EPIC performance!

[@richardallen3810]

Magnificent even through the shadows of 1951 sound no one could touch F for world he creates. Wagner’s genius shines like a beacon, the harps especially are glorious

[@gregswail5779]

This performance of Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla is just wonderful. I have searched for a better version and failed miserably.

[@JWP452]

Pickup the Solti Rheingold. It's pretty spectacular.

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

@@JWP452 , e' solo spettacolare.

[@fabiopaolobarbieri2286]

Look up the orchestra he got it out of, and you will call it a miracle. The RAI Rome Symphony Orchestra was professional, but no better than that. Here it shone with mystical splendour.

[@hufemeve]

Furtwängler is unsurpassed on Wagner's music rendition.

[@scottgilmore7319]

The Best. Ever.

[@francoisdelmar3]

Furtwaengler lives! Wagner is god. Singing so wonderful all around. Imagine if it had been recorded in today's technology, or even just 30 years ago, the sheer beauty of this exerpt! Regarding the carpers about the orchestra and minor instrumental glitches--to paraphrase Oscar Wilde: 'A cynic is one who knows the price of everything--and the value of nothing.'

[@thursoberwick1948]

The instrumental glitches are very noticeable.

[@norbert-gottlieb-courlander]

❤

[@fabiopaolobarbieri2286]

@@thursoberwick1948 As I already said twice in this page, the RAI Symphony Orchestra of Rome in 1951 was a less than second-rate outfit. Furtwaengler took a bunch of musical also-rans and made them roar and thunder, and draw in fire the tremendous picture of God entering the royal halls of Heaven. Nobody else I heard - and I heard a dozen of the best from Solti to Boehm - working with the best orchestras in the world, managed anything like this.

[@hedienghelberg3828]

The best of all finale rendering. Despite the recording quality.

[@krischan67]

THIS IS GORGEOUS!

[@giuseppelivolsi3059]

Straordinario!!!

[@hbpe5]

Well, it sounds majestic.

[@hbpe5]

I wish it would have been recorded with current technology...

[@murraybowles3799]

actually it sounds very good. clearer than some of Boulez's.

[@canaleteatrale6662]

@@murraybowles3799 Indeed yes!

[@pinintra]

Furtwangler!!! The best!!!

[@67Cach]

Bellísimo!!! Gracias por difundir!

[@alexsandroalvesartecultura5116]

GRANDIOSO! ISSO É WAGNER!

[@hedienghelberg3828]

Sound quality and recording is not up to par, but the rendering is the most correct from the orchestra point of listening, tempo and harmony.

[@roquerivera9511]

Bravoooooooo!!!!

[@ronaldwilliams9266]

Welhelm the conductor sure doesn't let the performers "shout him down". Therefore the performance comes off with no sense of pressure being put on anyone.

[@ilirllukaci5345]

Thanks.

[@jaimesagaseta1673]

Glorious

[@xlrv1]

Finnish = from Finland. Finish = end. Beautiful version of the Walhalla entrance!

[@larrybush5468]

Hahaha. . .

[@gemeni0]

Oh, no! Fin in Finnish is an adjective of Vänäya. And Vänäya means Russia. Finland means no more than just Russian land. 😂 By the way Venezia means the same. 😉

[@norbert-gottlieb-courlander]

The best conductor of all times; others were only furtwaenglering it, - be that von Karajan, Solti, Klemperer or Toscanini...

[@Jannette-mw7fg]

Wel von Karajan did some Wagner also shine! F.e. Tristan with Martha Modl!

[@Juicio87]

6:30 trumpet fail...

[@5758Wanderer]

It's Rai Orchestra...a disaster!!!

[@lightmotivable]

Who are these wonderful singers? Except for Flagstad, this beats the Solti recording all to hell.

[@lightmotivable]

Never mind. I unhid the list below. They're all terrific, despite the horrible orchestra.

[@kronos77]

Ferdinanc Frantz as Wotan

[@vendelisoperaomnia]

Who is singing here, please.

[@grmaderna]

Donner: Alfred Poell Froh: Lorenz Fehenberger Wotan: Ferdinand Franz Fricka: Ira Malaniuk Loge: Wolfgang Windgassen Woglinde: Sena Jurinac Wellgunde: Magda Gabory Flosshilde: Hilde Rössl-Majdan Orchestra della Radio Italiana di Roma (1953) WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER

[@vendelisoperaomnia]

Viele Dank! Very thanks!

[@grmaderna]

+Wendel Borges de Oliveira you are welcome!

[@azerall0]

!!!!!!!!

[@azerall0]

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[@antoninomarullo8468]

Bellissima esecuzione peccato per alcune cacofonie molto frequenti in Furtwangler.

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[@derekligstezombie]

man hört jeden ton der harfe...

[@antoninomarullo8468]

Dio mio che cacofonia !!!! Da stare male !!!

[@pilouetmissiou]

:-)))))))))))))

[@antoninomarullo8468]

@@pilouetmissiou non voglio commentare sui tempi perchè Furtwangler sostiene il suo stile interpretativo, ma è palese che la musicalità ha parecchie pecche e molte cacofonie complessive e soprattutto nei fiati (ottoni)

[@clairelenoir]

a funny thing - Walhalla is like a shanty round here!

[@anouilh412]

any sort of censorship is just an infringement of free speech

[@GriefTourist]

Richard Wagner did nothing wrong !