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Record LabelBrlt, Brilliant Classics
UPC5028421946863
eBay Product ID (ePID)9046036035
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FormatCD
Release Year2014
GenreClassical Artists
ArtistFranz Konwitschny
Release TitleComplete Symphonies
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Item Height0.40 in
Item Weight0.25 lb
Item Length5.60 in
Item Width4.90 in
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Number of Tracks35
Number of Discs9
TracksAllegro - Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Adagio - Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Scherzo. Schnell - Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Finale. Bewegt Feurig - Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Moderato, Andante. Feierlich Etwas Bewegt, Scherzo. Mäßig Schnell, Finale. Mehr Schnell, Mäßig Bewegt - Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Adagio (Etwas Bewegt) Quasi Andante - Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Scherzo. Ziemlich Schnell - Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Finale. Allegro - Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Bewegt Nicht Zu Schnell, Andante Quasi Allegretto, Scherzo. Bewegt - Trio: Nicht Zu Schnell, Finale. Bewegt Doch Nicht Zu Schnell, Introduktion. Adagio - Allegro, Adagio. Sehr Langsam, Scherzo. Molto Vivace (Schnell) - Trio. Im Gleichen Tempo, Finale. Adagio - Allegro Moderato, Majestoso, Adagio. Sehr Feierlich, Scherzo. Nicht Schnell - Trio. Langsam, Finale. Bewegt Doch Nicht Zu Schnell, Allegro Moderato, Adagio. Sehr Feierlich Und Sehr Langsam, Scherzo. Sehr Schnell - Trio. Etwas Langsamer, Finale. Bewegt Doch Nicht Zu Schnell, Allegro Moderato, Scherzo. Allegro Moderato, Adagio. Feierlich Langsam Doch Nicht Schleppend, Finale. Feierlich Nicht Schnell, Feierlich Misterioso, Scherzo. Bewegt Lebhaft - Trio. Schnell, Adagio. Langsam Feierlich
NotesBruckner: Complete Symphonies, Composer Anton Bruckner, Artist Rundfunk-Sinfonie Orchester Berlin, Heinz Rogner conductor, Franz Konwitschny conductor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Vaclav Neumann conductor, Kurt Sanderling conductor, Format 9 CD, Heinz Rögner was one among many fine conductors working extensively in the former East Germany whose recorded work flew beneath the radar of Anglophone listeners, whether through lack of exposure to their work in the concert hall, lack of international PR, or plain snobbery and political prejudice. But if the name suggests stolid pig farmer more than commanding maestro, the interpretations, of Bruckner in particular, revealed a subtle and dynamic musician schooled in the old ways of rigor but not bound to their traditions. Born in Leipzig in 1929, he took over the city's 'second' orchestra at the age of 29, and then in 1973 began a 20-year stint at the head of a similarly overshadowed body, the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (formerly the RIAS Symphonieorchester Berlin, now DSO Berlin). These recordings of Bruckner's mature symphonies, never before collected in a single set, are marked by their comparative swiftness and clarity of texture at a time, in the postwar era, when Bruckner was a byword for expansive, hymn-like solidity: these are not the 'cathedrals in sound' of yore but more secularly conceived solutions to the 'problem' of the symphony with which Bruckner wrestled all his professional life. Here they are complemented, to form a complete set of the numbered symphonies, by recordings similar in spirit led by three other conductors whose work in the Eastern bloc was remarkable for it's consistency and impassioned precision, the Czech Václav Neumann, the Russian Kurt Sanderling and the Moravian-born Franz Konwitschny. A complete set of Bruckner symphonies from post war East Germany: a celebration of a unique orchestral sound culture and insightful and surprisingly "modern" interpretations. The majority of the symphonies (nos 4-9) are conducted by Heinz Rögner. His recordings (a "Geheimtipp" among Bruckner devotees) show lively tempi, great clarity, and a natural flow of the music's expansive structures. He conducts the magnificent Radio Symphonieorchester Berlin. The other symphonies are conducted by celebrities Vaclav Neumann (No. 1), Franz Konwitschny (no. 2) and Kurt Sanderling (no 3). A fascinating set, and a must-have for Bruckner fans.
