Excerpt of 1944 stereo tape recording with Bruckner Berliner Staatsoper and Karajan (8th Symphony)

This is a short excerpt of the final movment of Bruckner’s 8th Symphony performed by the Berliner Staatsoper with Herbert von Karajan. The first three movements were either not recorded in stereo, or the tapes did not survive. Mono recordings exist, however. This wonderful recording shows how advanced the German sound recording technology was. The earliest known german stereo recording dates 1943, although the patents date 1942. Around 250 stereo recordings were made, but only two complete ones survived