| Contents |
Part one. The musician and the man: The German school of conducting ; Pathway to the podium ; Furtwängler and Toscanini ; Furtwängler in perspective -- Part Two. The repertory: The Baroque era: Bach, Handel ; The Classical era: Gluck, Haydn, Mozart ; Beethoven ; The Romantic era: Cherubini, Weber, Rossini, Schubert, Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Nicolai, Liszt, Verdi, Franck, Dvor?k, Smetana, J. Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Grieg ; Wagner ; Bruckner and Brahms ; The post-romantic era: Mahler, Wolf, Debussy, R. Strauss, Glazunov, Sibelius, Pfitzner, Ravel, d'Albert, Furtwängler ; The modern era: Bartók, Stravinsky, Honegger, Castro, Hindemith, Pepping, Blacher, Fortner, Höller. |
| Abstract |
This book is a study of Furtwangler's subjective, compelling, and creative style of music-making. The introductory Part One is devoted to an overview of Furtwangler's place in the mainstream of the German school of conducting, his career and personality, and the quality of his art. Part Two, the bulk of the book, consists of detailed, illuminating commentaries on each of his recorded performances. |
