1954 (Audio)
Director: Wilhelm Furtwängler
Interpretes:
- Anton Dermota
- Elisabeth Grimmer
- Dietrich Fischer Dieskau
- Marga HoffgenArchivos para descarga:
- http://rapidshare.com/files/47820930/Furtwangler_Bach_SMP_CD_1.zip
- http://rapidshare.com/files/47820879/Furtwangler_Bach_SMP_2.zip
- http://rapidshare.com/files/47820949/Furtwangler_Bach_SMP_3.zip
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This performance of Bach’s “St Matthew Passion” was conducted by Wilhelm Furtwaengler in Vienna during Easter 1954, a few months before his death.
There is greatness in Furtwaengler’s view of the work, but there are many of his eccentricities also . His preference for slow tempi is apparent. Indeed, the choral, at each repetition, becomes slower and slower. Expect a rallentando, also, at the end of each item. The soloists provide some of the most luscious, also the most dramatic, singing I have ever heard in this work. It is a public performance. You will be able to detect when the chorus stands and seats itself.