This is the one I learned it on, fifty years ago. It is hard to go from a fast to a slower performance; so, although I revere Furtwaengler, I am restless listening to his more profound performance.
Hard-bitten??? This performance is actually a good half minute longer than the earlier (1946) commercially recorded version and Toscanini personally wanted this version put on record - a very rare invitation from the "old man" notorious for hating almost all of his own performances. Toscanini is still - in my mind - the greatest interpreter of this work - as well as of all the Beethoven symphonies. I only wish he had performed more Schumann (alas, only the 2nd and 3rd Symphonies)
colto in pieno l'animus schumaniano...grandissimo Toscanini
Grandissima interpretazione, altro che!
Struggente, malinconica, passionale, disperata, furente, supplichevole, accorata, lirica, potente... e infine, quieta, pacificata, affranta, vinta.
Un'opera magnifica. Un'interpretazione superba.
La Musica avrebbe potuto salvare il mondo.
Magnifique commentaire, félicitations et surtout merci Robert Schumann
Beautiful, passionate performance.
This is the one I learned it on, fifty years ago. It is hard to go from a fast to a slower performance; so, although I revere Furtwaengler, I am restless listening to his more profound performance.
il genio di Schumann più quello di Toscanini , non si può avere di più ., tralasciamo il carattere arietino di Toscanini
Hard-bitten??? This performance is actually a good half minute longer than the earlier (1946) commercially recorded version and Toscanini personally wanted this version put on record - a very rare invitation from the "old man" notorious for hating almost all of his own performances. Toscanini is still - in my mind - the greatest interpreter of this work - as well as of all the Beethoven symphonies. I only wish he had performed more Schumann (alas, only the 2nd and 3rd Symphonies)
Muchísimas gracias por compartir este magnífico video, Grandes Maestros ,música jnolvidable!!!
27 - Diciembre - 2014.
Feliz y Próspero año 2015.