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Recording of the Week: Furtwängler Conducts Brahms
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 24th February 2012Brahms is harder to conduct than any other major composer. This difficulty arises because there’s more to his works than the surface of the score indicates. A conductor has to have this music in his heart in addition to his head. A strict literal reading of his music leads to pedestrian performances. A good example…
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