Bruckner: Symphonie Nr 8; Te Deum

Bruckner: Symphonie Nr 8; Te Deum

900212 (BR Klassik, CD, 2 discs)

FIRST RELEASE (3 November 2023)

Playing time: 56'50"/54'46" - TT 111'36"
Tracks: 7 + 2
Booklet pages: 40
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© 2023 BRmedia Service GmbH
Main country of recording: Germany
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Bruckner: Symphonie Nr 8; Te Deum published on 6 December 2023

Krassimira Stoyanova, soprano
Yvonne Naef, mezzo soprano
Christoph Strehl, tenor
Günther Groissböck, bass
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Simon Halsey, chorus master
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Bernard Haitink, conductor

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):

CD1

Te Deum in C für soli, chor, orchester und orgel
1 Te Deum. Allegro moderato
2 Te ergo. Moderato
3 Aeterna fac. Allegro moderato. Feierlich, mit Kraft
4 Salvum fac. Moderato - Allegro moderato
5 In te, Domine, speravi. Maessig bewegt

Symphonie Nr 8 in C minor (in the version by Robert Haas, 1939)
6 Allegro moderato
7 Scherzo. Allegro moderato - Trio. Langsam

CD2

1 Adagio. Feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppend
2 Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell

The Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra were linked by a long and intensive artistic collaboration, brought to an abrupt end by his death in October 2021. BR Klassik now presents outstanding and as yet unreleased live recordings of concerts from the past years. This recording of Bruckner's Te Deum and his Eighth Symphony (version by Robert Haas, 1939) documents concerts performed in the Philharmonie im Gasteig in November 2010, and in the Herkulessaal of the Munich Residenz in December 1993.

Recorded live on 10-12 November 2010 at the Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich, Germany (Te Deum) and 15-17 December 1993 at the Herkulessaal der Residenz, Munich, Germany (Symphony No 8).