Bruckner: Symphony 6 & Brahms Symphony No. 1 (Finale Only)
The 1943 Bruckner is incomplete, its first movement missing. And the  Brahms symphonic movement is all that remains of a 1945 performance of the work.  In both cases, the missing movements were either never recorded or they've  disappeared. That said, this is the Furtwängler Bruckner recording I'd keep if I  could only have one. The slow movement is far superior to any ever made in  feeling and commitment, almost unbearable in its power; the rest is on the same  exalted level. Wilhelm Furtwängler's wartime concert recordings are all  extraordinary for the pain and rage they display, and this one is a hymn to a  civilization profaned and defiled by barbarism. Transfers are fine, with more  presence than found on many current recordings.--Dan Davis