Bruckner: Symphony No 8 in C minor - Hansjörg Albrecht, organ
OC 484 (Oehms Classics, CD)
FIRST RELEASE (17 November 2023)
Playing time: 50'31"/58'15" - TT 108'46"
Tracks: 4 + 2
Booklet pages: 13
℗ 2023 OehmsClassics / Naxos Deutschland GmbH
© 2023 OehmsClassics / Naxos Deutschland GmbH
Main country of recording: Austria
Country of manufacture: Germany
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Bruckner: Symphony No 8 in C minor - Hansjörg Albrecht, organ published on 21 December 2023
Hansjörg Albrecht, organ (Bruckner: Rieger organ at Vienna Musikverein; Schlee: Rieger organ at the Jesuit church St Michael in Munich)
CD1
Anton Bruckner, transcribed for organ by Hansjörg Albrecht:
1 Fanfare: Ecce sacerdos magnus - Motet for choir, three trombones and organ, WAB 13 (1885)
Thomas Daniel Schlee (born 1957):
2 In Nomine, Op 94/4 for organ (2021/22) - Fenster zur 8 Sinfonie von Anton Bruckner
Anton Bruckner, transcribed for organ by Eberhard Klotz:
Symphony No 8 in C minor, WAB 108
3 Allegro moderato
4 Scherzo. Allegro moderato - Trio. Langsam
CD2
1 Adagio. Feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppend
2 Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell
This series marks the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Anton Bruckner, which falls in 2024. It's dedicated to Bruckner's symphonies, most of which are heard in new transcriptions for organ performed by Hansjörg Albrecht. This latest album in the edition features Eberhard Klotz's transcription of Bruckner's Eighth Symphony, performed on the organ of the Musikverein in Vienna.
Recorded on 12-16 July 2023 at the Musikverein, Vienna, Austria (Bruckner) and 21 September 2023 at St Michael, Munich, Germany (Schlee).