Bruckner Archive
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major "Romantic"; Symphony No. 9 in D Minor; MOZART: Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" – NBC Sym. Orch./New York Philharmonic (Mozart)/Philadelphia Orch. (Bruckner Ninth)/ Bruno Walter – Music & Arts (2 CDs)
The Philadelphians – in their first performance of this massive fragment of a symphony – put forth a noble refined account under a master interpreter.
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7, cond. by Sergiu Celibidache, Blu-ray (1992/2012)
An amazing performance beautifully videoed, and the only one with Bruckner specialist Celibidache conducting the Berlin Philharmonic.
“BRUCKNER in Cathedral” – 4 works, incl. arr. of Adagio of Sym. No. 7 – Czech Horn Chorus – Cryston
From one to eight French horns and Wagner tubas in a cathedral environment in works of Bruckner.
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major “Romantic” – Orch. Sinfonica di Milano della RAI/ Lovro von Matacic – Archipel
Croatian Bruckner specialist Matacic whips up his RAI forces into one resplendent, “impolite” vision of this, the most accessible of the Austrian composer’s often knotty scores.
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat (1978/80, Novak) – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch./ Herbert Blomstedt – Querstand
Blomstedt’s latest third maintains the high quality of the previous issues, but doesn’t necessarily surpass them.
Günter Wand Conducts Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1 – 9 – Cologne Radio Sym. Orch./ Günter Wand – RCA Red Seal/Sony Music (9 CDs) Bruckner: Sinfonien (Nos. 4, 5, 7, 8 & 9) – Berlin Philharmonic/ Günter Wand – RCA Red Seal/ Sony Music E.U. (6 CDs)
Günter Wand Conducts Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1 – 9 – Cologne Radio Sym. Orch./ Günter Wand – RCA Red Seal/Sony Music (9 CDs) 88697776582, TT: 9:15:43 (imported from Germany) [10/10/10] ****: Bruckner Sinfonien [No. 4 “Romantic”; 5 ; 7; 8 ; 9] – Berlin Philharmonic/ Günter Wand – RCA Red Seal/ Sony Music E.U. (6 CDs) […]
BRUCKNER: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 – Vienna Philharmonic/ Carl Schuricht – EMI Classics Signature Series (2 discs)
Another exceptional 96/24 remastering of historic recordings to stereo SACD.
ANTON BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4, “Romantic” – London Sym. Orch./ Bernard Haitink – LSO Live
Haven’t heard all the huge selection of Bruckner Fourth SACDs, but prefer this one of those I have.
Hermann Scherchen: Live Unissued Recordings = Works of SCHUBERT, RAVEL, HANDEL, MOZART, BEETHOVEN, DEBUSSY, BRUCKNER – Tahra (2 CDs)
Tahra releases a diverse program of music from the extensive Scherchen previously unissued archives.
ANTON BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 – Beethoven Orch. Bonn/ Stefan Blunier – MD&G (2)
A stirring hi-res surround account of one of the great Bruckner symphonies.
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 – Cincinnati Symphony/ Max Rudolf – HDTT
HDTT restores a sonically potent account of the Bruckner 7th from the Decca catalogue too long glossed over by the cognoscenti.
Pentatone: The First Ten Years – 10 complete SACDs + sampler
A real milestone for anyone who loves classical music and audiophile recordings.
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor – Bavarian Radio Sym./Rafael Kubelik – Audite
Kubelik’s live 1970 account of the Bruckner D Minor Symphony bears welcome in its eye for anyone who seeks a fervent reading of the composer’s first full statement of his monumental personality.
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major – Berlin Philharmonic/ Wilhelm Furtwaengler – Testament
The historic performance of the Bruckner 5th from Furtwaengler’s 1942 series receives its finest–and definitive–incarnation from Testament.
ANTON BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 0; March; Three Pieces – Beethoven Orch. Bonn/ Stefan Blunier – MDG Live
This is a most impressive performance, very well recorded, and the audience at the live concert hardly seems to be there.
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E Major – Vienna Symphony/Otto Klemperer – Testament
The Bruckner Seventh had, for Klemperer, become a much-traveled spiritual companion and calling card, the alternately massive and lyrical periods balanced by a taut sense of ineluctable architecture.
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (1877 Version) ed. Leopold Nowak – BIS
A fresh listen to Bruckner’s groundbreaking Second Symphony.
Nikolaus Harnoncourt – The Symphony Collection – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra of Europe/ Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/ Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/ conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt – Teldec/Warner Classics (5 CDs)
I can’t recommend this set highly enough, and with the ongoing re-release of additional Harnoncourt titles it makes for an especially exciting new year.
FRANZ SCHMIDT: Concertante Variations on a Theme of Beethoven for Piano, Left Hand and Orchestra; Piano Concerto in E-flat Major for Piano, Left Hand and Orchestra – Markus Becker, piano/ NDR Radiophilharmonie/ Eiji Oue – CPO
Pianist, cellist, composer, and pedagogue, Franz Schmidt studied with Anton Bruckner and Theodor Leschetizky, and worked with Gustav Mahler.
Hans Knappertsbusch – The Complete RIAS Recordings = Works of BRUCKNER, BEETHOVEN, SCHUBERT, J. STRAUSS, NICOLAI, HAYDN, TCHAIKOVSKY, KOMZAK – Audite (5 CDS)
A seminal collection of Hans Knappertsbusch inscriptions with the Berlin Philharmonic, demonstrating the breadth, girth, and facility of his Bruckner and popular works.
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 2 in c (1872 version) – Aachen Symphony Orchestra/ Marcus Bosch, conductor – Coviello
Fine spacious Bruckner from a composer-oriented orchestra, though the sound is a little opaque.
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major “Romantic” – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/ Wilhelm Furtwaengler – Pristine Audio
A brilliantly remastered account of the 1951 Furtwaengler VPO Bruckner Fourth, spectacular in every sense.