Editing Vienna Philharmonic (section)

===1933 through 1945===
Since 1933, the orchestra has had no single subscription conductor, but according to ''New Grove'' (vol. 19, p.&nbsp;723), "between 1933 and 1938, [[Bruno Walter]] and [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]] shared the Philharmonic concerts between them, and during the [[Nazi]] period Furtwängler was the permanent conductor"; by contrast, the Vienna Philharmonic's website history says, "Furtwängler was in actuality the main conductor of the orchestra from 1933 to 1945, and again from 1947 to 1954."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/index.php?set_language=en&cccpage=history_early_20_cent |title=Vienna Philharmonic &#124; Orchestra, Concerts, New Years Concert |publisher=Wienerphilharmoniker.at |access-date=29 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524162031/http://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/index.php?set_language=en |archivedate=24 May 2013  }}</ref> In support of ''New Grove''{{'}}s assertion of Walter's role, it might be noted that he made Vienna his home from 1933 until 1938 (after being driven from Germany by the Third Reich), was Artistic Director of the [[Vienna State Opera]] from 1936 until 1938, and conducted the Vienna Philharmonic frequently, making a number of major recordings with the orchestra (including [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''[[Die Walküre]]'' act 1 and parts of act 2, the first recordings of Mahler's ''[[Das Lied von der Erde]]'' and of his [[Symphony No. 9 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 9]], and numerous symphonic recordings)<ref>James Altena, Steven Reveyoso, and Erik Ryding. [http://bwdiscography.net/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/BWdiscography.154103309.htm Recorded Performances of Bruno Walter (1876–1962)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728092827/http://bwdiscography.net/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/BWdiscography.154103309.htm |date=28 July 2013 }}.</ref> and taking the orchestra on tour to England and France in 1935.<ref>Erik Ryding and Rebecca Pechefsky, ''Bruno Walter: A World Elsewhere'', Yale University Press, 2001, pp. 248–260, {{ISBN|978-0-300-08713-0}}</ref> In support of the VPO website, Otto Strasser (who played in the orchestra from 1922 until 1967 and was the VPO chairman who procured Furtwängler's wartime services) said, Furtwängler "influenced us so much that we became the true 'Furtwängler orchestra'."<ref>Raymond Holden, ''The Virtuoso Conductors: The Central European Tradition from Wagner to Karajan,'' Yale University Press, 2005, p. 216</ref>

Other conductors who worked with the orchestra in the mid-1930s before the [[Anschluss]] included [[Arturo Toscanini]], Weingartner, [[Hans Knappertsbusch]], [[Otto Klemperer]], [[Adrian Boult]], [[Victor de Sabata]] and [[George Szell]]. Walter conducted the last concert before the Anschluss, on 20 February 1938, featuring the world premiere of [[Egon Wellesz]]'s ''Prosperos Beschwörungen'' and Anton Bruckner's [[Symphony No. 4 (Bruckner)|Symphony No. 4]].<ref>http://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/upload/files/torberg_hell_dank_en_hs_v01.pdf {{dead link|date=January 2017}}</ref>

After the Anschluss and during World War II the roster included Furtwängler, Krauss, Knappertsbusch, [[Willem Mengelberg]], and [[Karl Böhm]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.furtwangler.net/inmemoriam/data/wp_en.htm |title=Furtwängler and the Vienna Philharmonic &#124; Furtwängler – Tahra |work=Furtwangler.net |access-date=29 April 2013}}</ref> The orchestra's history during this period has been a topic of ongoing discussion and research, including a large amount commissioned by the orchestra (see below, "[[#Period under National Socialism]]").