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Wilhelm Furtwängler

real name Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin Wilhelm Furtwängler

Wilhelm Furtwängler is credited on 397 albums across 3,142 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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397

Albums

3,142

Pressings

8

Decades active

3

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German conductor and composer (born January 25, 1886 in Berlin, German Empire; died November 30, 1954 in Baden-Baden, Germany).
Furtwängler is widely regarded as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century.
He started as titular conductor of Berliner Philharmoniker at the age of 26 from 1922 to 1945, and a second period after second world war since 1952 until he died in 1954.
Also was Kapellmeister of Gewandhausorchester Leipzig from 1922 to 1928 and titular conductor of Wiener Philharmoniker from 1927 to 1930.
He died only three months after his legendary Beethoven performance at the on 22 August 1954 (Symphony No. 9 In D, Op. 125).

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397 albums · 3,142 pressings · active 1950–2024

  • Performance · 3,377
  • Other credits · 116

Studios: Wiener Musikverein · Titania-Palast, Berlin · Festspielhaus, Bayreuth · Alte Philharmonie, Berlin

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