Furtwängler: Wartime Performances of Beethoven 3rd and 4th Symphonies

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Wartime performances of the Beethoven Symphonies by Furtwängler and the BPO/VPO.

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major ("Eroica"), Op. 55 (1804)
Performed by the Vienna Philharmonic under Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886-1954), 19-20 December 1944.

Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60 (1806)
Performed by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Wilhelm Furtwängler, 27-30 June 1943.