The Bruckner Journal
VOLUME TWENTY-EIGHT, NUMBER ONE
MARCH 2024
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ITEMS IN THIS ISSUE
Bruckner Society of America 2023 Award Announcements
2023 Annual Recording of the Year
Kilenyi Bruckner Medal of Honor
RIP...
Dr Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs
21 Sept 1965 - 21 November 2023
Notable events & Miscellany pertaining to the Bruckner Bicentennial
Anton Bruckner's First Symphony in the Late Version
as Result of a “Restoration”
by Thomas Röder
Poem: “Zeittreffen”
by David Radavich
Bruckner in Vienna: Eccentric, Naïve, or Sustaining His Identity
and Creativity?
by Malcolm Hatfield
Poem: “To Bruckner's Lost Coda”
by Richard Lehnert
Bruckner at the Proms (1903-2023)
by Crawford Howie
USA Bruckner Marathons Proceed Smoothly – well, not quite – heroics required
by Neil Schore
CONCERTS REVIEWED
PHILADELPHIA, USA VERIZON HALL, KIMMEL CENTER 22 OCTOBER 2023
HAYDN: Horn Concerto No. 1 (Jennifer Montone)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 6
Philadelphia Orchestra / Mirga Gražinyté-Tyla
by Sol L Siegel
MADRID, ES AUDITORIO NACIONAL DE MÚSICA 12 JANUARY 2023
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor
Orquestra Nacional de España / David Afkham
by Ángel Parsifal
LONDON UK BARBICAN HALL 8 FEBRUARY 2024
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 22, K482 (Leif Ove Andsnes)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7
London Symphony Orchestra / Nathalie Stutzmann
by Ken Ward
LONDON, UK BARBICAN HALL 11 FEBRUARY 2024
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 + Te Deum
Lucy Crowe (sop), Anna Stéphany (mezzo),
Robin Tritscher (tenor), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (bass)
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra / Nathalie Stutzmann
by Ken Ward
MEDIA REVIEWED
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor (1891 Vienna, ed. Brosche)
Altomonte Orchestra Saint Florian / Rémy Ballot
rec. live 20/8/22, Stiftsbasilika St Florian, Upper Austria
Gramola SACD 99283 [64]
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 2 (1877)
Philharmonie Festiva / Gerd Schaller
Live recording, Ebrach Abbey, October 2023
Profil CD PH23085 – 16:49 / 13:15 / 10:19 / 14:48 (55:11)
by Ralph Moore & Raymond Cox
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major (ed. Nowak 1890)
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Markus Poschner
rec. 15-16 February 2023, Radio Kulturhaus, Vienna
Bruckner 2024 - The Complete Versions Edition
CAPRICCIO C8090 [71]
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Zehn Symphonien / Ten Symphonies
Altomonte Orchestra St Florian &
Oberösterreichisches Jugendsinfonieorchester* / Rémy Ballot
*Symphonies VI & VIII
rec. live 2013-2023, Stiftsbasilika, St Florian, Upper Austria
Gramola 99311 – 11CDs [782]
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Te Deum (1885)
Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano)
Yvonne Naef (mezzo-soprano)
Christoph Strehl (tenor)
Günther Groissböck (bass)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 (ed. Haas 1887/90 mixed version)
Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Bernard Haitink
rec. live 10-12 November 2010, Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich (Te Deum);
15-17 December 1993, Herkulessal der Residenz, Munich (Symphony)
Text in German and English translation
BR Klassik 900212 [112]
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 in C minor (ed. Nowak 1890)
Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra / Taijiro Iimori
rec. live 7 April 2023, Suntory Hall, Tokyo
Fontec FOCD 9894 [76]
by Ralph Moore
NEW AND REISSUED RECORDINGS
UPCOMING RECORDINGS
November 2023 to February 2024 - Upcoming Releases
Compiled by Howard Jones
WORLD-WIDE CONCERT LISTING
February to June 2024
Compiled by Michael Cucka
And sundry other short items of interest to Brucknerians
