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Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (Live)
Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Classical - Released April 5, 2019 | BR-Klassik
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Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 9
Claudio Abbado
Classical - Released September 6, 2019 | Accentus Music
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In 2003, following a delicate operation for stomach cancer which won him a long remission, Claudio Abbado was able to realise his last dream, the creation of a "super-orchestra" made up of the greatest musicians of Old Europe. For ten years, that great Italian conductor would lead the Lucerne Festival Orchestra every summer, giving audiences some lovingly recorded and published performances that memorably included cycles of Bruckner and Mahler which have now entered into legend. We know how Abbado's illness allowed him to open the door of the great mystery of death, rendering his musical vision profoundly human, at once intimate and metaphysical. Published by the Lucerne Festival in a sober and stripped-down format, this edition offers the Alpha and Omega of Anton Bruckner's works. This is a way for Abbado to close his own story, because Bruckner's First Symphony was his very first collaboration with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in 1969. Taking inspiration from the founding idea of Ernest Ansermet, who wanted, in 1938, to create a temporary orchestra in Lucerne in order to provide summer work for musicians from the Orchestre de la Suisse romande, Abbado created a veritable musical utopia by bringing together musicians who were completely devoted to the pleasure of making music, with no hierarchy or frippery. The result was this miracle that we can see and hear today. This performance of Bruckner's Ninth Symphony was recorded on 23 August 2013: the last concert conducted by Abbado. Although much weakened, he seems to want to stretch out time to infinity, as if to stave off the fatal moment which would come just a few months after this farewell concert. This is a serene treatment, possessed of a great calm and inner peace that has nothing to do with religion, but rather with pure music. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Bruckner : The Nine Symphonies
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released August 16, 2019 | Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
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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. 9
Bernard Haitink
Classical - Released January 1, 1982 | Decca Music Group Ltd.
There are various version of symphonies by Anton Bruckner conducted by Bernard Haitink, one of his most inspired interpreters. And here we are, at the start of the digital era, with this sumptuous recording of the Ninth, made in the magical acoustic settings of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw in November 1981. Haitnik's vision is far-sighted and this recording is a must-listen. The loftiness of the first movement is crowned in its coda with the fabulous timbres of the Dutch orchestra: the brasses are breathtaking. A real stairway to heaven, the peroration of the first movement has a frisson thanks to its panoramic view, its exceptional spatial amplitude, its serene ocean of silky strings, the irresistible impression of being bathed in luminous and spiritual peace. The Scherzo that follows is terrifying and seems to throw open the gates of hell, with a demonic, wordless "Dies Irae". The jumps between octaves by roaring trombones hurl us into a chaos redolent of a Hieronymous Bosch painting. The final Adagio, the last page of this incomplete symphony, gives a contrasting vision of a pure and serene paradise. Bruckner is laid bare here, in his faith, in his doubts and in an existential distress that has him crying to unanswering skies. And a great bravo must go to the Philips sound engineers who have – as they are wonted to do – created a recording that is equal to the work and its performers. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Bruckner: Symphony No.9
Berliner Philharmoniker
Classical - Released March 1, 1991 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
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Bruckner: The Symphonies
Bernard Haitink
Symphonies - Released March 1, 2019 | Decca Music Group Ltd.
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Anton Bruckner : Symphony No. 9 In D Minor
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Classical - Released January 1, 2014 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
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In his final performances with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in August 2013, Claudio Abbado conducted Anton Bruckner's unfinished Symphony No. 9 in D minor, and this recording is drawn from the best takes from those concerts. Considering that this rendition came near the end of Abbado's life and stands as a worthy testament to his achievements, it's easy to read too much into the interpretation, and to view it as a mystical or transcendent reading because of the circumstances. On the one hand, Abbado's understanding of this symphony was as thorough as any conductor's, and the Lucerne musicians played with seriousness and dedication, offering a version that has impressive power and expressive depth. On the other hand, there are many competitive recordings that either match Abbado's for strength and feeling, or surpass it in purely technical terms of sound quality and reproduction. Certainly the sound is exceptional, according to Deutsche Grammophon's high standards, and this stereo recording is exceptionally clean and noise-free. Yet there are several audiophile recordings of the Ninth available that provide deeper and clearer sound and offer a richer listening experience. So as compelling as Abbado's last recording is on many levels, for Brucknerians and fans of state-of-the-art recording, it's still a contender among many.© 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. 9 in D Minor, WAB 109 (Ed. L. Nowak)
Manfred Honeck
Classical - Released August 23, 2019 | Reference Recordings
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In 2019, Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra released their second Bruckner recording as a hybrid SACD on Reference Recordings, a powerful interpretation of the unfinished Symphony No. 9 in D minor that shows these musicians' remarkable affinity for the composer. In choosing the unfinished, three-movement version of the work, thereby avoiding any controversy over the various completions of Bruckner's intended finale, Honeck adheres to the long-established 1951 edition by Leopold Nowak, so there are no textual surprises. What is somewhat unexpected for a performance of the Ninth is Honeck's careful analysis of the material Bruckner incorporated, such as the "Miserere" from the "Gloria" of his Mass in D minor, the "Annunciation of Death" motive from the Eighth Symphony, and references to the Latin text of the Agnus Dei which influenced the design of the Adagio, among other internal evidence that sheds light on Bruckner's religious motivation in composing this symphony. Many conductors recognize the significance of Bruckner's dedication of the work to God, yet Honeck has identified the particular instances in the symphony that, like the structure of the Fifth Symphony, clearly reveal Bruckner's faith, and that the Ninth is far from being absolute music without programmatic content. This no doubt adds power to the music and clarifies its somewhat mystifying content. The wide-open sound of this audiophile recording goes far in conveying the expressive depth and sweep of the performance, capturing the orchestra in a spacious acoustic that adds true grandeur to Bruckner's most personal paean to God.
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Honegger: Symphonies Nos 1-5, Pacific 231, Mouvement symphonique No. 3
Serge Baudo, Czech Philharmonic
Classical - Released January 1, 1991 | Supraphon a.s.
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Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 1-9
Gustav Mahler
Symphonic Music - Released April 7, 2017 | Signum Classics
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Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9
Otto Klemperer
Classical - Released April 10, 2024 | Warner Classics
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, WAB 109 (Original Version)
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Classical - Released April 19, 2024 | Myrios Classics
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Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 9 – Wagner: Siegfried Idyll / Parsifal Prelude
Andris Nelsons
Classical - Released May 3, 2019 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
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Andris Nelsons has emerged as one of the top conductors of big late Romantic repertory, and his cycle of Bruckner symphonies has contained some gems. Here, he pairs the Symphony No. 6 in A major, with the gigantic Symphony No. 9 in D minor, where the composer strove for the heights of Beethoven's Ninth, but didn't quite make it: he died before completing the work. Many completions have been offered, but Nelsons here performs only the first three movements, as completed by the composer before his death. In this case, the Adagio lives up to its "feierlich" (ceremonial, festive) marking despite its 24-plus minutes of slow movement, making for a satisfying finale. Nelsons' Symphony No. 9 in general is quite a strong one, and a good deal of the pleasure is down to the expertise of the venerable Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig, which all around ranks among Europe's best. The brass execute flawlessly in the mighty fanfares of the Symphony No. 9, and they're matched by the strings in Wagner's Siegfried Idyll, and the Prelude to Parsifal. Sample the Siegfried Idyll for an example of central European orchestral playing at its absolute best. The Symphony No. 6 in A major is not quite as successful, although the orchestra's talents are undimmed. It's hard to get "feierlich" out of his slower-than-normal, rather lugubrious Adagio (the corresponding movement in the Symphony No. 9 is not so slow), and a sense of the larger line so crucial to Bruckner is lost. In general, however, this is a major release for Brucknerites, with Deutsche Grammophon, as with other releases in this series, furnishing excellent sound from the Gewandhaus.© TiVo
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, WAB 109 (Edition Nowak)
Christian Thielemann
Classical - Released March 3, 2023 | Sony Classical
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 - 4 Movement Version (Édition StudioMasters)
Sir Simon Rattle
Symphonic Music - Released May 16, 2012 | Warner Classics International
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Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 1-9
SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks
Classical - Released January 1, 2000 | SWR Classic
Like the growth of the cult of Christ, the growth of the cult of Mahler started with the man himself performing his works whenever and wherever he had the chance. Like Christ, Mahler was followed by true believers who had known him and who proselytized for him among the unbelievers with the fervor of musical Pentecostals. The true believers were followed by those who had never known the man himself but whose belief was therefore all the more passionate and subjective. And thus it was that the faith spread from Mahler to Walter, Klemperer, and Mengelberg; and then on to Mitropoulos, Bernstein, Kubelik, Solti, and Haitink; then on to Abbado, Bertini, Boulez, de Waart, Inbal, Maazel, and Rattle, spreading from the true believers to the passionate believers of the true believers to those who still keep the belief but whose faith is more reason than emotion, more intellect than spirit, more nuance than rapture.
In this Hanssler Mahler cycle, Michael Gielen leads the SWF Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden and Freiburg in rational, reserved, and respectable performances, performances that mute Mahler's agony and mask his ecstasy, performances that believe in the sublimity of Mahler, but with more head and mind than with heart and soul. The SWR Sinfonie plays more than capably if somewhat less than virtuosically and Hanssler's sound is open and full. But while Gielen is certainly a fine fourth-generation Mahler conductor, his restraint, his inability, or his unwillingness to surrender himself to the awesome, the immense, the infinite, and the eternal of Mahler's music prohibits him from leading truly compelling and passionately convincing performances. For truly compelling and passionately convincing fourth-generation Mahler, try Claudio Abbado. He'll beatify you, exorcise you, and sanctify you, but he'll never, ever lie to you.
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, WAB 109 (Live)
Mariss Jansons
Classical - Released February 1, 2019 | BR-Klassik
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The prolific Latvian conductor Mariss Jansons, despite his general orientation toward the late Romantics, rarely conducted Bruckner over most of his long career. That all changed in the late 2010s with a series of Bruckner recordings, including a cycle with Jansons' current band, the Sinfonieorchester des bayerischen Rundfunks (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra). Some believe that conductors should wait until late middle age before attempting Bruckner, and indeed they can point to this fine recording of the Symphony No. 9 in D minor, WAB 109, as evidence. The work was left unfinished at Bruckner's death; various completions of the partially finished finale exist, but Jansons makes a powerful case for performing only the torso. Sample the 22-minute finale, which seems to end on a mystical plane in Jansons' deliberate reading. Jansons actually recorded the Ninth just three years before the 2019 release of this album, with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, but Bruckner lovers may wish to have both versions, for Jansons does not repeat himself. This reading is several minutes slower than the RCO version, as if Jansons wanted to broaden the scope of the earlier limpid, transparent reading. He keeps the transparency, though, and both of the 20-minute-plus outer movements unfold with a deep pulse that is essential to Bruckner. The music moves along in waves that may bring to mind the work of Jansons' first major teacher, Yevgeny Mravinsky. The Bavarian Radio players are native to the music of this period, and they realize Jansons' level of detail in a way that even other top-rank orchestras might not. Special praise must be directed toward the orchestra's house engineering staff (the album appears on the orchestra's own BR Klassik label), who separate out the various strands of this complex work with awesome clarity.© TiVo
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Bruckner: Symphony No.9
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released January 1, 1989 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
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