“This is a release of enormous significance…. These are performances of monumental importance, some of the finest Brahms in the grand tradition that you will ever hear, reproduced just about as well as today’s technology will permit…one of the most important Furtwängler issues that we have heard in years.” - Henry Fogel

Contents:
CD 1 [64:27]
- Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op.68
North German Radio Orchestra
Hamburg, 27 October 1951

- Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op.68 (Finale)
Berlin Philharmonic
Berlin, 23 Jan. 1945

CD 2 [75:20]
- Symphony No.2 in D, Op.73
Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna, 28 Jan. 1945

- Symphony No.3 in F, Op.90
Berlin Philharmonic
Berlin, 27 April, 1954

CD 3 [60:00]
- Symphony No.4 in E minor, Op.98
Berlin Philharmonic
Berlin, 12-15 Dec. 1943

- Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56a
Berlin Philharmonic
Berlin, 12-15 Dec. 1943

CD 4 [68:05]
- Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat, Op.83
Edwin Fisher (piano), Berlin Philharmonic
Berlin, 8 Nov. 1942

- Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56a
North German Radio Orchestra
Hamburg, 27 Oct. 1951