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Bruckner: The Symphonies
Bernard Haitink
Symphonies - Released March 1, 2019 | Decca Music Group Ltd.
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Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 8 / Wagner: Meistersinger Prelude
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Classical - Released February 5, 2021 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
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The penultimate edition of the complete symphonies of Anton Bruckner conducted by Andris Nelsons at the head of the famous Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra continues. This publication is dedicated to Symphonies n° 2 and N° 8, and a work by Wagner, a true "God" and role model to the Austrian composer. Following a surprisingly soft and amorphous Prelude from the Meistersinger von Nürnberg (as if the Latvian conductor wanted to erase the nationalistic and historical connotations by showing that the Leipzig of today is not the Nuremberg of the 1940s), Symphony No. 2 (here in its 1877 version) emerges in a mystical aura. Together with its sister pieces, the First and Sixth, it is part of a trio of lesser-known and rarely-performed works by the composer. However, it was his first major achievement, whose exemplary unity would not be seen again until the Fourth, a few years later. The clarity of its construction and its communicative warmth, however, make it an excellent introduction to the particular and fascinating world of Bruckner. The performance of the Eighth is the culmination of six years of hard work, strewn with doubts and discouragement. Bruckner's most extensive symphony is also arguably the zenith of his genius. Andris Nelsons chose the 1890 version edited by Leopold Nowak, which was a considerably shortened form of the original. The question of choosing a version remains a stumbling block for conductors and musicologists today, as Bruckner constantly, and often reluctantly, modified his scores under pressure from his friends and publishers. Hailed a triumph at its premiere, this "Apocalyptic" symphony (according to musicologist Harry Halbreich) touches on the metaphysical, particularly in the twenty-seven minutes of its fabulous Adagio that seems to transport us up into the cosmos, in search of the origins of the world. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9
Daniel Barenboim
Classical - Released January 1, 1998 | Warner Classics International
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 2
Günter Wand
Classical - Released April 2, 2002 | RCA Red Seal
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Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 3-5; 7-9
Sergiù Celibidache
Classical - Released September 15, 2004 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, WAB 102 (Edition Carragan)
Christian Thielemann
Classical - Released February 4, 2022 | Sony Classical
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Bruckner: Symphony No.2 In C Minor, WAB 102 / R. Strauss: Der Bürger als Edelmann, Orchestral Suite, Op.60b-IIIa, TrV 228c
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released October 13, 2017 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
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Not widely known as a Bruckner conductor, Riccardo Muti may be signaling a renewed interest in the composer with the recordings released in 2017: a solid CSO Resound issue of the Symphony No. 9 in D minor and this Deutsche Grammophon double CD, which pairs Bruckner's Symphony No. 2 in C minor with Richard Strauss' Der Bürger als Edelmann Suite. Taken from live performances, which were recorded in 2016 at the Salzburg Festival, these works were chosen by Muti to celebrate his 75th birthday, as well as to commemorate the historic connections between the two composers and the Vienna Philharmonic. Yet the program presents obvious stylistic contrasts, chiefly because Bruckner's symphony is an earnest essay cast in his characteristically expansive symphonic form, while Strauss' incidental music for Hugo van Hofmannsthal's German version of the Molière play Le Bourgeois gentilhomme is elegant, concise, and sweetly tuneful. Yet these works reflect different aspects of late Romantic music in Vienna, with Bruckner representing the grand symphonic tradition long associated with the Classical masters, and Strauss providing a counterbalance with the light, sentimental music that flourished in the years before World War I. While this is an unusual match-up, the performances are exceptional for their vitality and clarity, and Muti's interpretations show a deeply sympathetic feeling for Vienna in its glory days.© TiVo
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 2
Berliner Philharmoniker
Symphonies - Released December 10, 2021 | Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings
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The Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi is establishing himself more and more as one of the great Brucknerians of today. After having recorded a remarkable complete set of the nine symphonies by the Austrian master at the head of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony under the RCA label, here we return, in a separate version, to his concert recording of Symphony No. 2 with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, published in the beautiful Bruckner anthology released in 2019 by the Berlin Philharmonic's own label with eight of today's great conductors.“Serene and reserved” according to Harry Halbreich, the great and beautiful unknown Symphony No. 2 in C minor is Bruckner’s first major achievement, and in this score he exposes the duality of humanity between meditation and action that would be the mould of all his future works. Bruckner conducted the creation on the 26th of October 1873 at the head of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, whom he had taken a long time to convince, with mixed success. Throughout his life, the composer had to give in to the demands of ill-intentioned friends and revise his work on several occasions.For this beautiful concert performance, Paavo Järvi used the latest reviewed edition of the second version of 1877, published in 2007 by William Carragan, with its gaping voids and shortcomings making its performance particularly risky. Paavo Järvi's vision is almost bucolic. His tempi are fast, but never excessive, the structure is skilfully constructed, and the rhythms clearly cut out. All immersed in an expression of great simplicity which is the hallmark of his art, even if it means sometimes being too neutral. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
Sir Simon Rattle
Symphonies - Released September 22, 2023 | LSO Live
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Just as they do today, Anton Bruckner's symphonies posed challenges for listeners when they first appeared. The Symphony No. 7 in E major was the exception; it was beloved from the start and remains one of the composer's most popular works. This live recording of the work by Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra is the first to use the so-called original text complete edition, which includes a cymbals crash in the Adagio, which Bruckner later removed, and Wagner tubas beefing up the exuberant (for Bruckner) finale. However, what is really distinctive about the performance is simply that Rattle takes the accessibility of the work at face value. The Adagio, a memorial for Wagner, is straightforward and sober. The Scherzo, which shows Bruckner in full rustic mode, is bright and sunny, with the LSO brass keeping up with Rattle's forward momentum. The finale takes its rightful place as one of the most life-affirming Bruckner wrote. Somehow, the sound from the Barbican in London fails to work here; it needs a richer, more burnished tinge, but it is listenable, and the album conveys the pleasure listeners must have experienced even if no applause is included.© James Manheim /TiVo
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Classical - Released January 20, 2023 | Alpha Classics
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The approach of the 2024 bicentennial of Bruckner's birth has brought various Bruckner symphony cycles, and these help listeners come to grips with these vast works. There have been weighty cycles from Austrian and German orchestras with long traditions of performing Bruckner, but the one by the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich under the baton of Paavo Järvi has gained special critical acclaim. This reading of the Symphony No. 7 in E major, released in 2023, makes a good place to start with the series and, indeed, with Bruckner in general. Weighty it is not, and one might say it runs generally counter to type for Bruckner. Järvi instead sculpts a flowing, warm interpretation, shorter across the board than his previous recording with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. There is evidence of a great deal of work having been put in; the orchestra's string section sounds superb (as do the brass at the big climaxes), and there is no lack of small detail. However, that detail never stops things from moving along. The slow movement is beautifully controlled, really transcendent if one enters into the mood, and the trio of the Scherzo has a delightful Schubertian quality. Järvi certainly doesn't close the book on Bruckner's Seventh here, but he has created an absolutely distinctive reading in the face of competition from better-known ensembles.© James Manheim /TiVo
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Bruckner:Symphonies No. 4 - No. 9
Herbert von Karajan
Symphonies - Released June 28, 2019 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major, WAB 107 (Leopold Nowak Version)
Christian Thielemann
Classical - Released October 13, 2023 | Sony Classical
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Anton Bruckner: The Complete Symphonies
Daniel Barenboim
Symphonies - Released January 1, 2016 | Universal Music Group International
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Daniel Barenboim has long held a deep affinity for the epic symphonies of Anton Bruckner, and by recording them with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Staatskapelle Berlin, he has demonstrated a profound understanding of the music, comparable in importance to the interpretations of such legends as Günter Wand, Georg Tintner, and Eugen Jochum. This live cycle on Deutsche Grammophon with the Staatskapelle Berlin presents only the nine numbered symphonies, unlike Barenboim's Chicago Symphony set, which included the Symphony in D minor, "Die Nullte," along with the Te Deum, and the Berlin Philharmonic set, which offered the choral work Helgoland. Barenboim has chosen a mix of original versions and revisions, relying for the most part on Leopold Nowak's editions, though the seldom-heard 1878 version of the Symphony No. 3 in D minor appears in the 1950 edition by Fritz Oeser, and the Symphony No. 8 in C minor is the 1939 edition by Robert Haas, not the 1887 original, as listed. These are the finer points which serious Bruckner fans will note, though the popular Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, "Romantic," and the Symphony No. 7 in E major will be quite familiar to many listeners, and the remaining symphonies present no obstacles for appreciation. Bruckner devotees will acquire this set for the sake of completeness, though newcomers to the symphonies should give these inspired readings a try.© TiVo
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Bruckner: Symphony No.7
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released January 1, 1995 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
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Bruckner: Symphony No.7, Wagner: Siegfried's Funeral March
Andris Nelsons
Symphonic Music - Released April 6, 2018 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
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Andris Nelsons continues his complete collection of Bruckner's symphonies with the Leipzig Gewandhaus, where he is now the musical director. At the head of this fabulous orchestra with its golden sounds, the Latvian conductor throws himself into the era of such legendary recordings of Bruckner as those by Jochum, Böhm, Haitink and Wand. Orchestral perfection, plasticity of sonic masses, coherence across all the music stands, and incredible reserves of power make this new recording a real event. Andris Nelsons gave a perfect summary of Bruckner's music when he said that it "elevates the soul". Under his baton, the music of the great Austrian becomes a real spiritual experience, going beyond Catholic mysticism to reach a metaphysical plane, an opening onto a new level that opens up infinite vistas. The tempo is ample, the music wreathed in mystery, the nuances subtle, the structure carefully thought-out. The whole musical canvas is alive and swells with a style of singing which is at once intense, luminous, supple and beautiful: it intoxicates the audience, but without ever being overbearing. Bruckner's worship of his god Wagner is well-known, but it takes on a whole new dimension with the addition of a dose of Wagner to round off each symphony. Here, Siegfried's Funeral March taken from the Götterdämmerung makes a lot of sense when we realise that Bruckner had written the marvellous Adagio of his 7th as an homage to Wagner, who died while the symphony was being composed. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
Minnesota Orchestra
Classical - Released November 4, 1997 | Reference Recordings CD
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Bruckner: Symphony Nos. 6 & 7
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Classical - Released January 2, 2015 | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Performances of the symphonies of Anton Bruckner are never light, breezy affairs, though there are degrees of weightiness, and not all interpretations need to sound like they were carved out of stone. To the extent that Mariss Jansons fine tunes the sonorities and textures of Bruckner's Symphony No. 6 in A major and the Symphony No. 7 in E major and keeps the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra transparent in its details and overall blend, then his performances on the RCO Live label may be regarded among the lighter readings available. Then again, these comparatively cheerful and lyrical symphonies lack the dark brooding and marmoreal gravitas of the Eighth and Ninth, so they already seem a bit easier to render with a gentle, gemütlich feeling (notwithstanding the Adagio movements in each work, where Bruckner's most profound expressions are inescapably heavy). Thanks to the great clarity of the direct stream digital recordings, these hybrid SACDs make the orchestra sound remarkably clear and open, so there's none of the murky sound that afflicts some live recordings of Bruckner.© TiVo
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
Staatskapelle Dresden
Classical - Released March 6, 2020 | Warner Classics
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
Christian Thielemann
Symphonies - Released July 22, 2022 | Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 & Te Deum (Live)
Sergiù Celibidache
Classical - Released September 1, 1998 | Warner Classics
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