Werner Egk and his students interview Wilhelm Furtwängler
(Recorded 27th February, 1951, Hochschule für Musik, Berlin)

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0:00:00 — Criteria for casting singers
0:05:44 — Relationship between conductor and director
0:15:50 — Length of breaks/Overture to "Die Zauberflöte"
0:24:00 — Musical tempo
0:25:27 — Audience/musical intelligence
0:28:40 — General pauses in Bruckner's works/Principle of the symphony/Future of music
0:34:20 — "Emotional music"/Freedom in music
0:40:29 — Universality of interpretations/Sound volume and size of concert hall
0:46:19 — Acoustics of opera houses and concert halls
0:47:54 — Casting of Wagnerian roles/Impact of gender/Perfection and charisma
0:57:44 — Orchestra pit—covered or open?/The orchestra as an accompanying instrument
1:01:49 — The art of accompaniment

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Wilhelm Furtwängler (25th January, 1886–30th November, 1954) was a German conductor and composer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest symphonic and operatic conductors of the 20th century.