Ahead of the planned release of Christian Thielemann’s recording of Bruckner’s First Symphony with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in his cycle for Sony, Profil has chosen to issue this concert ...

Thielemann widely regarded as the leading Brucknerian of our age opted for the more lively early original Linz version of this symphony Buckner himself called it a cheeky wench and said about the ...

A symphony by Anton Bruckner (1824-96) sounds like nothing else, except perhaps another Bruckner symphony. The joke is that Bruckner wrote the same symphony nine times, and though that isn’t exactly ...

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, ...

Gerhard Markson, principal conductor of the NSO, talks to Michael Dervan about launching his players into the daunting challenge of Bruckner's symphonies, which he is presenting in some unlikely ...

I’ve had dozens of conversations that discussed the greatest symphonies of all time. I’ve read dozens of articles on the same topic. The usual suspects are all there, Beethoven’s Ninth, Mahler’s Ninth ...

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 ...

Bruckner Symphony No. 6 in A Major (North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gunter Wand, cond.; RCA Victor Red Seal). Gunter Wand`s earlier account of the Bruckner Sixth (still available on ...

Three curtain calls brought Brown back for an encore, a wistfully rendered, meticulously ornamented Bach Sarabande, from the Partita No. 1 in B flat, BWV 825. Shifting to overdrive after intermission, ...