The Bruckner Journal
VOLUME TWENTY-FIVE, NUMBER TWO
July 2021
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ITEMS IN THIS ISSUE
Bruckner – A Simple Man but A Great Composer
by Andrea Harrandt
William Tappert Out of the Shadows
by Felix Diergarten
Anton Bruckner Documentary Biography –
Chapter 2: Bruckner’s Apprentice Years at St. Florian (1845-55)
by Crawford Howie
CONCERTS REVIEWED
MEDIA REVIEWED
BRUCKNER: Symphony No.3 in D minor (1877 ed. Nowak)
Wiener Philharmoniker / Christian Thielemann
rec. 27-29 November 2020, Golden Hall, Musikverein Vienna
SONY CLASSICAL SYNX 19439861382.2 [61:13]
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108
(1887/90 Mixed Version ed. Robert Haas 1939) [85:48]
Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra / Ken Takaseki
rec. live 12 August 2020, Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall
TOWER/BRAIN CD OSBR-37016 [2CDs: 31:28 + 54:20]
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major WAB104 (1881 ed. Haas)
Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra / Tatsuya Shimono
rec. live 15 November 2020, Symphony Hall, Osaka
BRAIN MUSIC OSBR 37010 [66:05]
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9, trans. for organ (E. Klotz)
Stahlhuth-Jann Organ / Thilo Muster
rec. 11-13 March 2019, St. Martin Church, Dudelange, Luxembourg
ORGANROXX 16 CD/download – ZOHO CLASSIX ZM 202107 (61:45)
by Michael Cucka
WAGNER: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Prelude to Act I (1867) [10:28]
BRUCKNER:
Symphony No 2 in C minor WAB 102 (1877 version, ed. William Carragan, 2007) [58:10]
Symphony No 8 in C minor WAB 108 (1890 version, ed. Leopold Nowak) [81:57]
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Andris Nelsons
rec. live 3-8 December 2019 (Prelude & Symphony No. 2)
& 4-6 September 2019 (Symphony No. 8), Gewandhaus, Leipzig
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 483 9834 [2 CDs: 68:47 + 81:59]
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E major (1885 Version. ed. Nowak 1954)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra / Markus Stenz
rec. September 2018, Stavanger Concert Hall, Norway
STAVANGER CD SSO- 1201 [59:43]
by Ralph Moore
NEW AND REISSUED RECORDINGS
UPCOMING RECORDINGS
March 2021 to June 2021
Compiled by Howard Jones
WORLD-WIDE CONCERT LISTING
July to October 2021
Compiled by Michael Cucka
And sundry other short items of interest to Brucknerians
