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Banquo's Ghost
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Which famed Furt.. Brahms 4th to get? I have at my local a 3 disc-er on EMI Reference. Will the 4th on this sufice? Can't wait to hear the hang fire last movement.
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Elder
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Yes. This was my first Furtwangler Brahms 4 (BPO, 24 October 1948) and I like it very much. So, I highly recommend it to you. The finale will fully justify what is being written redently in the rmcr. Be sure!
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Bluestar
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The Fourth in this set is very good (it is from 1948). There is a 1943 performance with a bit more intensity, a real edge to it, but frankly the differences are not major, and the sound of the 1948 is certainly better. I think you'll find the 1948 in the EMI set to fully justify its reputation. Henry Fogel
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Big Blue
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If you're primarily interested in the 4th, I would get the EMI. I prefer the 3rd and 4th symphonies from this set to the rival Music and Arts versions.
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Squirrel-Honest
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The EMI timings are very similar; it's credited as from the Titania-Palast, Berlin, recorded live on 10/24/48.
Tony Movshon
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bgneub
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I have both, with '43 version on Tahra, and I must say that the sound of the '43 version is clearlly superior to my ear: with richer and warmer sonority (esp. in the lower strings), more presence and better definition of various orchestral sections. Of course, there is a hum in the Finale which no remastering could eliminate, but it is quickly masked by the music.
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