The Bruckner Journal
VOLUME TWENTY-FOUR, NUMBER ONE
March 2020
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ITEMS IN THIS ISSUE
Readers Poll: Choral Music
2021 Readers Conference: Announcement & Call for Papers
What Is A Version? …And What Difference Does It Make?
by Benjamin Korstvedt
Bruckner As Improviser
by Thomas Röder
East/West Bruckner Marathons
by Neil Schore
CONCERTS REVIEWED
PHILADELPHIA, US VERIZON HALL, KIMMEL CENTER 24 NOVEMBER 2019
MOZART: Overture to “La Clemenza di Tito”
Excerpts from “La Clemenza di Tito”: “Parto, parto, ma tu ben mio” and “Non piu di fiori.” (Joyce DiDonato)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 (ed. Haas)
Orchestre Metropolitain de Montreal / Yannick Nézet-Séguin
by Sol L. Siegel
PITTSBURGH, US ST. VINCENT ARCHABBEY 23 SEPTEMBER 2019
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 in D minor
Pittsburgh Symphony / Manfred Honeck
by Daniel J. Heisey (Brother Bruno)
MEDIA REVIEWED
BRUCKNER: The Nine Symphonies
Wiener Philharmoniker / Abbado; Böhm; Maazel; Mehta; Solti; Stein
rec. 1964 –74, Sofiensaal, Vienna, Austria
DECCA ELOQUENCE 484 0204 [9 CDs: 9 hrs 27 mins] ADD
by Ralph Moore
WAGNER: Parsifal, WWV 111, Act 3 [18:27] - Prelude [7:40] - Karfreitagszauber [10:47]
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (ed. Nowak 1951) [62:11]
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Daniele Gatti
rec. live 5 & 7 January 2018, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
RCO LIVE RCO18008 [80:34] SACD
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 1 in C minor (Vienna version 1891)
Philharmonie Festiva / Gerd Schaller
rec. live 26 May 2019, Regentenbau, Bad Kissingen
PROFIL CD PH19084 [50:30]
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major - Transcription for Organ
I. Introduction. Adagio – Allegro [21:24]
II. Adagio. Sehr langsam [18:52]
III. Scherzo. Molto vivace [16:21]
IV. Finale. Adagio - Allegro moderato [27:59]
Matthias Giesen (organ)
rec. live, 14-17 October 2018, BrucknerTage Festival, St. Florian, Stiftsbasilika.
GRAMOLA GRAM99169 [84:40]
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Requiem in D minor WAB 39 (1849) [27:53] & early works
(ed. Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs edition based on the Urtext 1849 version)
Johanna Winkel (sop); Sophie Harmsen (mezzo-sop); Michael Feyfar (ten);
Ludwig Mittelhammer (bar)
RIAS Kammerchor / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin / Łukasz Borowicz
rec. live November 2018, Chamber Music Hall, Philharmonie, Berlin
Booklet in German, English & French
ACCENTUS ACC30474 [56:13]
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E major (1881-1883) (1885, ed. Nowak 1954) [66:26]
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra/Alan Gilbert
rec. 25-27 June 2019, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Grosser Saal
SONY CLASSICAL 19075979532
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, WAB 105 (ed. Schalk, 1896)
Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra / Gennady Rozhdestvensky
rec. live 19 May 2017, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre
ALTUS CD ALT 411 [78:21]
by Ralph Moore
BARBER: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 (1936) [7:23]
BRUCKNER: String Quintet in F major WAB 112
(arr. string orchestra: Michael Erxleben) (1878/9) [42:53]
Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin
rec. 25 June, 2015 (Barber); 13 November, 2014; Konzerthaus, Berlin.
CUGATE CLASSICS CGC013-2 SACD [50:26]
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 6 in A major
(Anton Bruckner Urtext Complete Edition, ed. Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs, 2016)
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
rec. live 13 & 20 January 2019, Barbican Hall, London
World premiere recording of this edition
LSO LIVE LSO99842 [56:01] Hybrid SACD, DSD
by Ken Ward
NEW AND REISSUED RECORDINGS
November 2019 to Fenruary 2020
Compiled by Howard Jones
WORLD-WIDE CONCERT LISTING
March to February 2020
Compiled by Michael Cucka
And sundry other short items of interest to Brucknerians
