Wilhelm Furtwängler conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in a performance of Bruckner and Wagner

Wilhelm Furtwängler conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in a performance of Bruckner and Wagner

In this live account of Bruckner No. 4 the echoey acoustic and less than immaculate horn playing – crucial, given the instrument’s key role – may deter all but the most devoted Furtwängler fans.


Daniel Jaffé

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Daniel Jaffé

Published: September 28, 2018 at 2:36 pm

COMPOSERS: Bruckner,Wagner
LABELS: Praga Digitals
ALBUM TITLE: Bruckner * Wagner
WORKS: Bruckner: Symphony No. 4; Wagner: Parsifal - Good Friday Music
PERFORMER: Vienna Philharmonic; Berlin Philharmonic/Wilhelm Furtwängler
CATALOGUE NO: PRD/DSD 350 130 (1951)




In this live account of Bruckner No. 4 the echoey acoustic and less than immaculate horn playing – crucial, given the instrument’s key role – may deter all but the most devoted Furtwängler fans.

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Daniel Jaffé

Daniel Jaffé

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Daniel Jaffé has been associated with BBC Music Magazine since 2004 when he was the reviews editor, working in that post until he went freelance in 2011. Previously he was on the editorial teams of Classic CD and Gramophone. A specialist in both Russian and 20th-century British music, he has also written articles and programme notes for various orchestras and festivals both in the UK and abroad, published two books – Sergey Prokofiev (Phaidon), and a Historical Dictionary of Russian Music (Scarecrow Press) – and contributed extensively to the Cambridge Stravinsky Encyclopedia (CUP).
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