Recently I had to do several hours worth of mind-numbing paperwork. I didn't want to do it in complete silence, but neither did I want to play music interesting enough to undermine my resolve to get through the necessary drudgery. Which is why I settled on Bruckner. I figured Buckner's stupefying repetitiveness would relieve my angst by proving that music can be as boring as the work I had to do. And since all but two Bruckner recordings in my collection are conducted by Furtwangler, I ended up listening to Furtwangler's take on five Bruckner symphonies.
