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Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 (CD Review)
by Karl NehringFirst version, 1873 (edited by Leopold Nowak). Gürzenich-Orchester Köln; François-Xavier Roth, conductor. Myrios Classics MYR033One of the most fascinating yet frustrating bodies of work left by a major musical figure is the set of symphonies of the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). There are the nine numbered symphonies (i.e., Symphonies Nos. 1-9), some of which exist in several different versions, having been revised by Bruckner himself and/or various others. In addition, there are two other symphonies, including a D minor Symphony, which he retracted, but which has been published and is referred to today as Symphony No. 0 (‘Die Nullte’) and an F minor symphony, which he rejected, but was finally published in 1973 and is sometimes referred to as Symphony No. 00 (‘Study Symphony’). Particularly complicated has been the story of his Symphony No. 3, as this explanation from the Hyperion website makes clear: “Of all the Bruckner symphonies, No. 3 is […]
2023-08-30 06:28:00
[…] dawn on the Grüner Hügel when he dumped the elaborate naturalistic sets and grand productions common in his grandfather’s day replacing them by minimalist affairs - all against forceful opposition. For instance, his Brechtian-influenced Parsifal in 1951 (the first Bayreuth Festival after the Second World War) was booed to bits while Patrice Chéreau’s politically motivated centenary Ring in 1976 received the same kind of reception. Surprisingly, today, they’re now hailed as masterpieces. Wagner: Das Rheingold - Evelin Nowak, Olafur Sigurdarason, Simone Schroder, Stephanie Houtzeel - Bayreuth Festival 2023(Photo: Bayreuther Festspiele / Enrico Nawrath)However, the opening scene of Schwarz’ realization of Das Rheingold really sparked my imagination punctuated by an absorbing video sequence conjured up by Luis August Krawen encompassing a faint ripple of water representing the Rhine seen against gargantuan images dominating the entire stage focusing on an umbilical cord slowly unfolding against those deep, disturbing and penetrating opening chords of the […]
2022-10-20 23:00:00
Bruckner & Mahler: Fourth Symphonies (Stanislaw Skrowaczewski & Halle Orchestra)
01 - 04 Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major [61'00]Alison Hargan- soprano; Halle Orchestra conducted by Stanislaw SkrowaczewskiIMP Classics (Pickwick) PCD972 [recorded May 1991; CD issued 1992][digital downloads; flacs, cover scans only - no booklets]Recording venues, engineers and producers: unknown.01 - 04 Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major 'Romantic' (1878/80, ed. Nowak) [68'49]Halle Orchestra conducted by Stanislaw SkrowaczewskiIMP Classics 3036700282 [recorded September 1988; CD issued 1993]The Bruckner symphony receives, as may be expected, an uncontroversially fine performance here. Skrowaczewski's only Mahler studio recording is another matter, with the third movement being extraordinarily slow at 24 minutes. Almost as slow as Frans Welser-Most in his EMI recording. Some may also find Skrowaczewski's soprano, Alison Hargan, unsatisfactory in the last movement but I have heard far worse - often from much better-known singers.Download from Mega.
2022-04-08 08:59:45
When words fail music speaks
Solace : Concert in Support of SOS Children's Villages Ukraine Relief is an event bringing together a number of distinguished musicians in support of the SOS Children Villages' Ukraine Appeal. Organised by the Polish Cultural Institute along with several partners, the concert takes place at Wigmore Hall on 21 April 2022, and will feature Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Lucas Krupinski (piano), Leticia Muñoz Moreno (violin), Kacper Nowak (cello), Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano), Maria Tarasewicz (piano) and members of the Orion Orchestra. The programme features music by composers who themselves experienced the fate of migrants, refugees, and were vocal critics of war and violence, including works by Frederic Chopin, Krzysztof Penderecki, Sir Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991), Roxanna Panufnik and the Ukrainian composers Platon Mayborda (1918-1989) and Myroslav Skoryk (1938-2020). The event is in response to the refugee crisis that is touching tens of thousands of children and vulnerable families affected by war in Ukraine. More than 162,000 Ukrainian children […]
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