CONCERTS REVIEWED

ST FLORIAN, AUSTRIA                                         ST FLORIAN BASILIKA                                                23-24 AUGUST 2024

BRUCKNER: Fragments of the Ninth Symphony Finale

     (with spoken introduction and commentary by Prof Dr Felix Diergarten)

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9

Altomonte Orchestra / Rémy Ballot

     by Ken Ward and Neil Schore

SEOUL, KOREA                                           SEOUL ARTS CENTER MUSIC HALL                                                 18 JULY 2024

SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 (Pablo Ferrández)

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 in D minor

Korean Broadcasting System Symphony Orchestra / Hans Graf

     by Neil Schore

EBRACH, BAVARIA                                                    EBRACH ABBEY                                                                    14 JULY 2024

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 (1890)

Philharmonie Festiva / Gerd Schaller

     by Ken Ward

EBRACH, BAVARIA                                                    EBRACH ABBEY                                                        1 SEPTEMBER 2024

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9, with Finale completion by Gerd Schaller (revised 2024)

Philharmonie Festiva / Gerd Schaller

     by Ken Ward

PHILADELPHIA, USA                    MARIAN ANDERSON HALL, KIMMEL CENTER                            29 SEPTEMBER 2024

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Seong-Jin Cho)

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 (Nowak) (65')

Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin

     by Sol L. Siegel

LONDON, UK                                                          ROYAL ALBERT HALL                                                  1 SEPTEMBER 2024

BRUCKNER: Motets

BBC Singers / Owain Park

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 5

Berlin Philharmonic / Kirill Petrenko

     by Malcom Hatfield

LINZ, AUSTRIA                                                          BRUCKNERHAUS                            10 SEPTEMBER-10 OCTOBER 2024

BrucknerFest Originalklang Symphony Cycle Review

BRUCKNER: Symphonies Nos. 1-9, F Minor, "Nullte"

Various ensembles and conductors

     by Dave Flynn

LUCERNE, SWITZERLAND                                        KKL LUZERN                                    24 AUGUST-13 SEPTEMBER 2024

Lucerne Summer Festival 2024

BRUCKNER: Symphonies Nos. 1, 5, 6, 7, 9

Various ensembles and conductors

     by Albert Bolliger (Ken Ward)

MEDIA REVIEWED

BRUCKNER: Symphony No 7 in E major (1883 ed. Nowak)

Mason BATES (b.1977): Resurrexit

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Manfred Honeck

rec. live 25-27 March 2022, Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Reference Recordings FR-757SACD [78]

     by Ralph Moore

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major 'Romantic' (1888 version)

Philharmonie Festiva / Gerd Schaller

rec. live, 20 August 2023, Ebrach Abbey, Ebrach, Germany

Profil PH23086 [59]

     by S David Sandercock

KNAPPERTSBUSCH Bruckner Symphonies 3-5

Symphony No. 3 in D minor (1890 ed. Rättig)

Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major 'Romantic' (1888 ed. Guttmann)

Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major (1896 rev Schalk, ed. Doblinger)

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Hans Knappertsbusch

rec. 1-3 April 1954, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Vienna (No. 3);

29-31 March 1955, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Vienna (No. 4);

3-6 June 1956, Sofiensaal, Vienna (No. 5)

Pristine Audio PASC 723 [3 CDs: 174] Ambient Stereo XR Remastering

     by Ralph Moore

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 in D minor (1894 ed Nowak?)

BRUCKNER: Symphony in F minor 'Study Symphony' (1863 ed. Nowak)

Bruckner Orchestra Linz / Markus Poschner

rec. live 9 & 10 November 2021 (No. 9) and 23 & 27 February, 2022 (Study),

Rehearsal Hall, Musiktheater, Linz, Austria

Capriccio C8096 [2 CDs: 91]

     by Ralph Moore

BRUCKNER: Symphony No 7 in E major (ed. Nowak)

BRUCKNER: Symphony No 8 in C minor (Original version 1887 ed. Nowak)

Radio-Sinfonieorchester des SWR / Eliahu Inbal

rec. live 21-22 November 2013 (No 7) & 1-2 October 2015 (No 8),

Liederhalle/Beethovensaal, Stuttgart, Germany

SWR Classic SWR 19152CD [2 CDs: 137]

     by Ralph Moore

BRUCKNER: Symphonies 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 & 9

China NCPA Orchestra / Lü Jia

rec. live 2016-2023, China NCPA Concert Hall, Beijing

Details beneath review

NCPA Classics

Symphony No. 1 in C minor (Vienna version, 1890-91)

      rec. live date 31 August – 1 September 2023.

      NCPA Classics 81620201-1 [54]

Symphony No. 2 in C minor (1877 version, ed. Carragan)

      rec. live 17-18 June 2016.

      NCPA Classics 81620196-1 [60]

Symphony No. 3 in D minor (1889 version, ed. Nowak)

      rec. live 9-11 January 2023.

      NCPA Classics 81620164-1 [68]

Symphony No. 7 in E major

      rec. live 5-7 March 2023.

      NCPA Classics 81620168-1 [79]

Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1890 version, ed. Nowak)

      rec. live 11-13 June 2023.

      NCPA Classics 81620187-1 [101]

Symphony No. 9 in C minor

      rec. live 14-16 March 2023

      NCPA Classics 81620134-1 [70]

     by Ralph Moore

NEW AND REISSUED RECORDINGS

     UPCOMING RECORDINGS

July to October 2024 - Upcoming Releases

Compiled by Howard Jones

WORLDWIDE CONCERT LISTING

November 2024 to February 2025

Compiled by Michael Cucka

And sundry other short items of interest to Brucknerians