L'Heritage de Wilhelm Furtwängler

WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER

Concerto Symphonique pour piano et orchestre

Symphonic Concerto for Piano & Orchestra

Edwin Fischer piano

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor

Recorded : 19 January 1939

The Symphonic Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B minor by Wilhelm Furtwängler was composed between 1924 and 1937. Its world premiere took place in Munich on October 26, 1937, with Edwin Fischer as soloist; Furtwängler conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. In January 1939 there was a radio broadcast which has survived as the only complete recording of the original version of the concerto.