Bruckner: Symphonies Nos 0-9 - Wagner: Orchestral Music

Bruckner: Symphonies Nos 0-9 - Wagner: Orchestral Music

486 4539 (Deutsche Grammophon, CD, 10 discs)

COMPILATION (27 October 2023)

Playing time: c754'
Tracks: 49
Booklet pages: 41
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Main country of recording: Germany
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Bruckner: Symphonies Nos 0-9 - Wagner: Orchestral Music published on 14 October 2023

Leipzig Gewandhausorchester
Andris Nelsons, conductor

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):

Symphony 'No 0' in D minor, WAB 100
1 Allegro
2 Andante
3 Scherzo (Presto) - Trio (Langsamer und ruhiger)
4 Finale. Moderato - Allegro vivace

Richard Wagner (1813-1883):

Der Fliegende Holländer, WWV 63
5 Overture

Rienzi, WWV 49
6 Overture

Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90
7 Prelude to Act I
8 Isoldes Liebestod

Anton Bruckner:

Symphony No 1 in C minor, WAB 101
9 Allegro - Langsam - Tempo I
10 Adagio - Andante - Tempo I
11 Scherzo (Lebhaft) - Trio (Langsam)
12 Finale. Bewegt, feurig

Richard Wagner:

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96
13 Prelude to Act I

Anton Bruckner:

Symphony No 2 in C minor, WAB 102
14 Moderato
15 Andante. Feierlich, etwas bewegt
16 Scherzo (Mäßig schnell) - Trio (Gleiches Tempo)
17 Finale. Mehr schnell

Symphony No 3 in D minor, WAB 103
18 Mehr langsam, Misterioso
19 Adagio, bewegt, quasi Andante
20 Ziemlich schnell - Trio
21 Allegro

Richard Wagner:

Tannhäuser, WWV 70
22 Overture

Lohengrin, WWV 75
23 Prelude to Act I

Anton Bruckner:

Symphony No 4 in E flat, 'Romantic', WAB 104
24 Bewegt, nicht zu schnell
25 Andante, quasi Allegretto
26 Scherzo (Bewegt) - Trio (Nicht zu schnell. Keinesfalls schleppend)
27 Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell

Symphony No 5 in B flat, WAB 105
28 Introduction. Adagio - Allegro
29 Adagio. Sehr langsam
30 Scherzo (Molto vivace - Schnell) - Trio (Im gleichen Tempo)
31 Finale. Adagio - Allegro moderato

Richard Wagner:

32 Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103

Anton Bruckner:

Symphony No 6 in A, WAB 106
33 Majestoso
34 Adagio. Sehr feierlich
35 Scherzo (Nicht schnell) - Trio (Langsam)
36 Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell

Richard Wagner:

Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D
37 Siegfried's Funeral March

Anton Bruckner:

Symphony No 7 in E, WAB 107
38 Allegro moderato
39 Adagio. Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam - Moderato - Tempo I
40 Scherzo (Sehr schnell) - Trio (Etwas langsamer)
41 Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell

Symphony No 8 in C minor, WAB 108
42 Allegro moderato
43 Scherzo (Allegro moderato) - Trio (Langsam)
44 Adagio. Feierlich langsam; doch nicht schleppend
45 Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell

Richard Wagner:

Parsifal, WWV 111
46 Prelude to Act I

Anton Bruckner:

Symphony No 9 in D minor, WAB 109, unfinished
47 Feierlich, Misterioso
48 Scherzo (Bewegt, lebhaft) - Trio (Schnell)
49 Adagio. Langsam, feierlich

'Bruckner's music is in the Gewandhausorchester's DNA,' says Andris Nelsons, the orchestra's music director since 2018. Now their celebrated Bruckner symphony cycle in its unique combination with instrumental pieces from Wagner's operas is complete. The idea for this was obvious to Nelsons: 'Bruckner loved Wagner's music: he saw its greatness, merits and achievements.'

Recorded in June 2016 (tracks 18-22), May 2017 (tracks 23–27), March 2018 (tracks 37–41), December 2018 (tracks 32-36 and 46-49), May 2019 (tracks 28-31), September 2019 (tracks 42-45), December 2019 (tracks 13–17), November 2020 (tracks 6 and 9-12), December 2020 (tracks 1-5) and May 2021 (tracks 7-8) in the Großer Saal, Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany.