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Great conductors of the Third Reich : art in the service of evil /

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Includes excerpts from "Guillaume Tell," "Die Meistersinger," Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Schubert's "Unfinished" symphony, and footage filmed between 1933 and 1943.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Staatskapelle Berlin, Preussische Staatskapelle, Berliner Philharmoniker, Bruno Kittelsche Chor, Bel Canto Society
Other Authors: Zucker, Stefan, 1949-, Schillings, Max von, 1868-1933, Blech, Leo, 1871-1958, Böhm, Karl, 1894-1981, Rode, Wilhelm, 1887-1959, Karajan, Herbert von, Furtwängler, Wilhelm, 1886-1954, Briem, Tilla, Pitzinger, Gertrude, 1904-1997, Rosvænge, Helge, 1897-1972, Watzke, Rudolf, Knappertsbusch, Hans, 1888-1965, Berger, Erna, 1900-1990, Ralf, Torsten, 1901-1954, Krauss, Clemens, 1893-1954, Abendroth, Hermann, Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868, Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883, Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827, Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828, Spotts, Frederic
Format: Video DVD
Language:German
Language Notes:Includes English subtitles.
Published: New York : Bel Canto Society, 2005.
Subjects:
Conductors (Music) > Germany.
Germany > History > 1933-1945.
Music > Germany > 20th century.
Music > Performance > Videodisc.
Table of Contents:
  • Overture to Guillaume Tell / Rossini (Berlin Staatsoper Orchestra ; Max von Schillings, conductor ; 1933 or 1932) (9:37)
  • Die Meistersinger / Wagner (Berlin Staatsoper Orchestra ; Leo Blech, conductor ; 1933) (7:52)
  • Die Meistersinger and Act III finale / Wagner (Karl Böhm, conductor ; Wilhelm Rode (Hans Sachs) ; unidentified orchestra) (10:32)
  • The forces in the German soul (0:46)
  • Die Meistersinger / Wagner (Prussian Staatskapelle ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor ; 1941) (9:31)
  • Die Meistersinger / Wagner (Berlin Philharmonic ; Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor ; 1942)
  • Ninth symphony. Fourth movement / Beethoven (Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor ; Tilla Briem, Gertrude Pitzinger, Helge Rosvaenge, Rudolf Watzke, soloists ; Bruno Kittel Choir ; Berlin Philharmonic ; 1942) (4:42)
  • Ninth symphony. Fourth movement / Beethoven (Berlin Philharmonic ; Hans Knappertsbusch, conductor ; Erna Berger, Torsten Ralf, others unknown, soloists ; Bruno Kettel Choir [sic] ; 1942 or 1943) (4:27)
  • Unfinished symphony / Schubert (Berlin Philharmonic ; Clemens Krauss, conductor ; 1943) (1:08)
  • Die Meistersinger / Wagner (Festival Orchestra ; Hermann Abendroth or Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor ; 1943) (1:50)