Honoring important classical composers on the anniversaries of their births and deaths may not be the most imaginative tradition, but it is a longstanding one. And 2024 marks the bicentennial of Anton ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook It may be no coincidence that both Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Gustavo Dudamel programmed Bruckner for their recent New York ...

When it comes to symphonies, very few composers have all of their symphonic utterances consistently performed. Of course, Beethoven sits atop the heap even if his First, Second, Fourth, and Eighth ...

Stepping in for Sir Donald Runnicles at very short notice, Lawrences Renes conducts the Philharmonia in a sleek and vivid reading of Bruckner's magisterial Eighth Symphony.

RCA Red Seal has released the first two volumes in a new Bruckner symphony cycle, led by the Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi. Currently acting as Music Director for the Frankfurt Radio Symphony ...

As the Cleveland Orchestra and music director Franz Welser-Möst prepare to perform and record Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in C Minor this month at Severance Hall, it's worth taking a moment to explore ...

When Brahms compared Anton Bruckner's epic symphonies with being caught in the inescapable, life-sapping coils of a giant snake, had he misunderstood Bruckner's bold originality? Show more Even today, ...

For me, Bruckner’s symphonic world derives from choral music. For example, you have to know how long a choir can sustain the breath in order to understand his phrasing. I grew up as an organist and ...

Bruckner's "saucy" sixth is the symphony that disproves those lazy received opinions about his music “He wrote the same symphony nine times.” "His one-dimensional orchestration is all thanks to his ...

As with Markus Poschner’s cycle of the Bruckner symphonies for Capriccio, Gerd Schaller’s series of recordings for Profil aims to include all of the different versions of the symphonies. Schaller’s ...

Here’s a parlor game of sorts: Pick your Bruckner First Eleven. How does that work? Easy enough - there are only a few rules to follow (lest you make some up of your own). Take every one of Bruckner’s ...

Claudio Abbado conducted his final concerts at the Lucerne festival in August last year. The programme consisted of two unfinished symphonies – Schubert's eighth and Bruckner's ninth – and this disc ...