The Bruckner Journal
VOLUME TWENTY-FIVE, NUMBER THREE
November 2021
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ITEMS IN THIS ISSUE
“He Had Seen Days Of Glory”:
Emil Lamberg And The Story Of A Bruckner Reminiscence
by Miguel J. Ramirez
Anton Bruckner Documentary Biography –
Chapter 3: Bruckner in Linz: Growing Maturity (1856-1868)
by Crawford Howie
Brucknertage 2021 & Bruckner’s Fourth
by Michael Cucka
Book Review: The Red Book
Anton Bruckner - Eleven Symphonies
- Professor William Carragan
by Ken Ward
East Coast Brucknerathon 2021: A Report
by Sol L. Siegel
Bruckner Meets Electone
by Takanobu Kawasaki
CONCERTS REVIEWED
LONDON, UK BARBICAN HALL 19 SEPTEMBER 2021
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4, Scherzo (1876)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4, “Volksfest” Finale (1878)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No 4, “Romantic” (1878–81)
World premiere of new edition by Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs, Anton Bruckner Urtext Gesamtausgabe, Vienna 2021
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
by Ken Ward
BERLIN, DE PHILHARMONIE 2 OCTOBER 2021
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major
Berlin Philharmonic / Herbert Blomstedt
Digital Concert Hall
by Michael Cucka
LONDON, UK ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE 16 OCTOBER 2021
WAGNER: Wesendonck Lieder (Rachel Nicholls, sop.)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 (Nowak 1878/80)
Resonate Symphony Orchestra / Henry Kennedy
Concert in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society
by Ken Ward
BOSTON, US SYMPHONY HALL 15 OCTOBER 2021
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 (1887/90 - ed. Haas)
Boston Philharmonic / Benjamin Zander
by Michael Cucka
MEDIA REVIEWED
BRUCKNER 4 – THE THREE VERSIONS
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 in E flat major “Romantic”
First version composed 1874, revised 1875-1876
(ed. Korstvedt, 2021) [72:23]
Second version composed 1878- 1880, performed & revised 1881
(ed. Korstvedt, 2019) [68:59]
Third version prepared 1887, performed and revised 1888, published 1889
(ed. Korstvedt 2004) [68:03]
Earlier drafts and versions in direct comparison with the final published versions [65:01]
Bamberger Symphoniker / Jakub Hrůša
rec. November 2020, Joseph-Keilberth-Saal, Konzerthalle, Bamberg
ACCENTUS MUSIC BR KLASSIK ACC30533 [4 CDs: 4:34:09]
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 6 (1879-1891, ed. Nowak)
BBC Philharmonic / Juanjo Mena
rec. 10 & 11 July 2012, MediaCityUK, Salford, Manchester, UK
CHANDOS CHAN 20221 [59:50]
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: String Quintet in F major, WAB 1143* (1879) [52:54]
Quartet in C minor, WAB 111 (1862-3) [26:37]
Altomonte Ensemble: Rémy Ballot, Iris Schützenberger (violins);
Stefanie Kropfreiter, Peter Aigner* (violas); Jörgen Fog (cello)
rec. 24-26 October 2020 Hall of the Symphonic Orchestra, Amstetten, Lower Austria
GRAMOLA 99241 [79:35]
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Symphony No 3 in D minor (Original version, 1873; ed. Nowak)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Thomas Dausgaard
rec. 17-21 June, 2019, Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway
BIS SACD BIS-2464 [56:35]
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 6
Bruckner Orchestra Linz / Markus Poschner
rec. 19-21 January 2021, Rehearsal Hall, Musiktheater, Linz
The Complete Versions Edition
CAPRICCIO C8080 [55:03]
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major “Romantic (1878/80, ed. Nowak)
Tokyo 21c Philharmonic / Takao Ukigaya
Rec. live: 9 April 2021 – Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre
TOBU CD TBRQ9003-2 (63:59)
by Michael Cucka
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (1894 Cohrs revised edition)
Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra / Tadaaki Otaka
rec. live 12 & 13 February 2021, Festival Hall, Osaka
FONTEC FOCD 9851 [59:12]
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E major (1885 version ed. Nowak)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink
rec. live 15 June 2019, The Royal Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC72895 [68:10] SACD
by Ralph Moore
NEW AND REISSUED RECORDINGS
UPCOMING RECORDINGS
July 2021 to October 2021
Compiled by Howard Jones
WORLD-WIDE CONCERT LISTING
November 2021 to February 2022
Compiled by Michael Cucka
And sundry other short items of interest to Brucknerians
