Bruckner 10 Symphonien,Te Deum,Pslam 105,etc by Daniel Barenboim and CSO DGG 10CDs

Hopefully DG will reissue the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies from Daniel Barenboim's vastly underrated Chicago Symphony Bruckner cycle. If you like brass (and who doesn't?), these are the performances for you. When they were first issued, these performances were criticized for their extremes of tempo and seeming youthful impetuosity. Well, that's no bad thing. It's true that Bruckner seems to respond well to interpretations by sclerotic old Germans, but there's more to his music than that, and few performances have ever conveyed the sheer sonic magnificence of the writing as well as these forces do. Try the scherzo of the Fourth. If you're not hooked, then there's no hope.
--David Hurwitz

1.      Symphony no 1 in C minor, WAB 101 by Anton Bruckner
Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1865/1891; Linz, Austria
        Date of Recording: 12/1980
Venue:  Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Length: 47 Minutes 2 Secs.
Notes: Ver: 1865-66 "Linz", with minor revisions in 1877 and 1884, Robert Haas Edition, 1934.
This selection is a DDD recording.
2.      Te Deum in C major, WAB 45 by Anton Bruckner
Performer:  Yvonne Minton (Mezzo Soprano), Jessye Norman (Soprano), Samuel Ramey (Bass),
David Rendall (Tenor)
Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra,  Chicago Symphony Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881-1884; Vienna, Austria
        Date of Recording: 03/1981
Venue:  Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Length: 22 Minutes 49 Secs.
Language: Latin
Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
3.      Symphony no 2 in C minor, WAB 102 by Anton Bruckner
Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1872-1876; Vienna, Austria
        Date of Recording: 03/1981
Venue:  Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Length: 66 Minutes 17 Secs.
Notes: Ver: 1877
This selection is a DDD recording.
4.      Symphony no 3 in D minor, WAB 103 by Anton Bruckner
Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Vienna, Austria
        Date of Recording: 12/1980
Venue:  Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Length: 61 Minutes 2 Secs.
Notes: Ver: 1877
This selection is a DDD recording.
Composition written: Vienna, Austria (1872 - 1874).
Composition revised: Vienna, Austria (1876 - 1879).
Composition revised: Vienna, Austria (1887 - 1889).
5.      Psalm 150 in C major, WAB 38 by Anton Bruckner
Performer:  Ruth Welting (Soprano)
Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra,  Chicago Symphony Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Vienna, Austria
        Date of Recording: 03/1979
Venue:  Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Length: 8 Minutes 47 Secs.
Language: Latin
Notes: This selection is an ADD recording.
6.      Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic" by Anton Bruckner
Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Vienna, Austria
        Date of Recording: 11/1972
Venue:  Medinah Temple, Chicago
Length: 63 Minutes 42 Secs.
Notes: Ver: 1878/80 Second perfomance, Robert Haas Edtion, 1936/44.
This selection is an ADD recording.
Composition written: Vienna, Austria (1874 - 1886).
7.      Symphony no 5 in B flat major, WAB 105 by Anton Bruckner
Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875-1876; Vienna, Austria
        Date of Recording: 12/1977
Venue:  Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Length: 75 Minutes 39 Secs.
Notes: Ver: 1875/78, Nowak, 1952 or Haas, 1935 Edition.
This selection is an ADD recording.
8.      Symphony no 6 in A major, WAB 106 by Anton Bruckner
Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1879-1881; Vienna, Austria
        Date of Recording: 12/1978
Venue:  Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Length: 58 Minutes 22 Secs.
Notes: Ver: 1881 Original, Leopold Nowak Edition, 1952.
This selection is an ADD recording.
9.      Helgoland in G minor, WAB 71 by Anton Bruckner
Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra,  Chicago Symphony Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Vienna, Austria
        Date of Recording: 03/1979
Venue:  Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Length: 13 Minutes 52 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is an ADD recording.
10.      Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107 by Anton Bruckner
Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881-1883; Vienna, Austria
        Date of Recording: 03/1979
Venue:  Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Length: 66 Minutes 36 Secs.
Notes: Ver: 1885, Robert Haas, 1944 and Leopold Nowak, 1956 Editions.
This selection is an ADD recording.
11.      Symphony no 8 in C minor, WAB 108 by Anton Bruckner
Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Vienna, Austria
        Date of Recording: 12/1980
Venue:  Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Length: 79 Minutes 18 Secs.
Notes: Ver: 1890, Leopold Nowak Edition, 1955.
This selection is a DDD recording.
12.      Symphony no 0 in D minor, WAB 100 "Die Nullte" by Anton Bruckner
Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1863-1869; Linz, Austria
        Date of Recording: 03/1979
Venue:  Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Length: 45 Minutes 58 Secs.
Notes: Ver: Leopold Nowak Edition, 1869
This selection is an ADD recording.
13.      Symphony no 9 in D minor, WAB 109 by Anton Bruckner
Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891-1896; Vienna, Austria
        Date of Recording: 05/1975
Venue:  Medinah Temple, Chicago
Length: 60 Minutes 36 Secs.
Notes: Ver: 1894
This selection is an ADD recording.  


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