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Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 / REMASTERED (ct.rc.: Wilhelm Furtwangler, Berliner Philharmoniker 1943)
https://youtu.be/g8oQptdWSz8

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Symphonie No. 7 by Wilhelm Furtwangler / New Mastering

00:00 Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 - I. Poco sostenuto, Vivace (Remastered 2022)
12:44 Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 - II. Allegretto (Remastered 2022)
22:35 Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 - III. Presto (Remastered 2022)
30:58 Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 - IV. Allegro con brio (Remastered 2022)

Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwangler
Live recording in 1943, at Berlin
New mastering in 2022 by AB for CMRR

For those who don't know it yet, this is the greatest 7th symphony of Beethoven in the history of recording and probably performed by the greatest conductor of all time. A public performance in the middle of the war, of extreme tension and culminating in a finale with a rhythm of increasing rapidity that makes you dizzy. Indeed, Wilhelm Furtwangler is almost the only conductor who is completely free with the measure and who is able to use rubato with his whole orchestra in an improvised way. Indeed, rehearsals were of little importance to him, the most important thing was the present time and the construction of an overall architecture leading to the climax of the work, all this directed with an iron fist. In Furtwangler's hands, everything is living matter, and Furtwangler, like a potter who shapes his clay, shapes his orchestra. The musical experience becomes almost mystical. We no longer speak of musical notes but of matter, of telluric force..