Composer: Anton Bruckner
Performer: Hans Weisbach, Koeckert Quartet
Orchestra: Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Wiener Symphoniker, Vienna Akademie Kammerchor, Wiener Symphoniker, WDR Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Kurt Wöss, Henry Swoboda, Dean Dixon
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: SOMM
Catalogue: ARIADNE 5025-2
Release: 2024
Size: 1.19 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Symphony in F Minor, WAB 99 “Study” (1863 Version, Ed. L. Nowak)
01. I. Allegro molto vivace
02. II. Andante molto
03. III. Scherzo. Schnell
04. IV. Allegro
05. March in D Minor, WAB 96
3 Pieces, WAB 97
06. No. 1, Moderato
07. No. 2, Andante
08. No. 3, Moderato con moto
09. Psalm 112, WAB 35
CD 02
01. Overture in G Minor, WAB 98
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, WAB 101 (1877 Linz Version, Ed. L. Nowak)
02. I. Allegro
03. II. Adagio
04. III. Scherzo. Schnell – Trio. Langsamer
05. IV. Finale. Bewegt, feurig
String Quartet in C Minor, WAB 111
06. I. Allegro moderato
07. II. Andante
08. III. Scherzo. Presto
09. III. Rondo. Schnell
“SOMM Recordings announces Bruckner from the Archives, a major new, six-double-CD-volume series celebrating the 200th anniversary of Anton Bruckner’s birth in 1824. Conceived and designed by SOMM Executive Producer and acclaimed Audio Restoration Engineer Lani Spahr with support from the Bruckner Society of America, the series features rare archival recordings of Bruckner’s 11 symphonies and selected other important works, many appearing for the first time in any form. Recordings have been sourced from the more than 11,000 Bruckner performances in the Archive of John F. Berky, Executive Secretary of the Bruckner Society of America, who also acts as Consultant for this important series. Across the series, authoritative notes by Professor Benjamin M. Korstvedt, Jeppson Professor of Music at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, President of the Bruckner Society of America and member of the Editorial Board of the New Anton Bruckner Complete Edition, trace Bruckner’s life and compositional development from the Symphony in F minor (1862) to the unfinished Ninth Symphony (1894). Volume 1 (SOMM 5025) will be released on 15 March 2024 and includes two Symphonies: in F minor (Bruckner Orchestra, Linz conducted by Kurt Wöss) and No.1 in C minor, ‘Linz’ (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eugen Jochum); Bruckner’s only String Quartet (Koeckert Quartet); Psalm 112 (Vienna Akademie Kammerchor, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Henry Swoboda); the Overture in G minor (WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Dean Dixon); the March in D minor, and Three Pieces for Orchestra (Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Hans Weisbach). Future volumes include never-before released performances conducted by noted Brucknerians Eugen and Georg Ludwig Jochum, Eduard van Beinum, Volkmar Andreae, Christoph von Dohnányi, Herbert von Karajan, and Joseph Keilberth. Lani Spahr’s previous SOMM releases include the lauded four-volume sets Vaughan Williams Live (ARIADNE 5016, 5018-20) and Elgar Remastered (SOMMCD 261-4), and a Gramophone Editor’s Choice for “superb audio restorations [bringing] performances fully to life” for Elgar from America, Volume 3 (Ariadne 5015-2).”
