Like many here, my interest in Furtwangler goes back decades. A while back, I purchased the Kaisers Klassik Kunde The Legacy box set despite about Wagner being 25% of the selections. Opera's not my thing. I read Europe Central 3 months ago in which Furtwangler is mentioned in passing but its theme is central to Furtwangler's legacy. Concurrently, Wagner popped up on my radar screen, in conversations with friends and reading reviews of Alex Ross's book on Wagnerism. That eventually provided the impetus for getting Roon, uploading 400-some CD's, including of course the entire 107 CD Das Vermachtnis collection into the Roon Nucleus and upgrading my DAC. A fall project is listening to the entire Ring cycle reading along with John Deathridge's translation.
How far down the Furtwangler rabbit hole did you go?
Qobuz has an apparently complete collection of Furtwangler recordings to match John Hunt's discography. After adding 1000+ tracks to a Furtwangler playlist, I felt like Gandalf climbing the Endless Stair (in reverse). My question to Furtwangler fans is how far down this particular mixed metaphor did you go? And was there a hidden gem down at the bottom?
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