Wilhelm Furtwängler has enjoyed a wide upswing in popularity during the last decade. This is striking, since today most orchestras, especially within the United States, make no attempt whatsoever to bear fruit of any similarity to the artistic, contemplative, and somewhat mystical results that Furtwängler so frequently achieved. What, if anything then, is the real attraction of Furtwängler today? Listeners who are accustomed to modern recordings by orchestras that assert whistle-clean technical perfection and crystalline ...
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Wilhelm Furtwängler has enjoyed a wide upswing in popularity during the last decade. This is striking, since today most orchestras, especially within the United States, make no attempt whatsoever to bear fruit of any similarity to the artistic, contemplative, and somewhat mystical results that Furtwängler so frequently achieved. What, if anything then, is the real attraction of Furtwängler today? Listeners who are accustomed to modern recordings by orchestras that assert whistle-clean technical perfection and crystalline sound clarity (often completely unrealistic) at the expense of deeper musical spirit may struggle with this very question.Those listeners, though, who can use their imagination to fill in some of the gaps through the grain of these somewhat sandy performances will find that all of Furtwängler's music-making carries one element frequently lost today: meaning. The idea is easily lost today, especially within classical music that is not based on a text. By design this music typically...
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