Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Anton Bruckner, Franz Peter Schubert
Orchestra: Münchner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Günter Wand
Number of Discs: 8
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Profil Medien
Catalogue: PH16060
Release: 2016
Size: 2.17 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Scherzo (Allegro moderato) – Trio (Langsam)
03. III. Adagio: Feierlich langsam – doch nicht schleppend
CD 02
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor
01. IV. Finale: Feierlich, nicht schnell
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 ‘Unfinished’
02. I. Allegro moderato
03. II. Andante con moto
CD 03
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major
01. I. Introduction: Adagio – Allegro
02. II. Adagio: Sehr langsam
03. III. Scherzo: Molto vivace (Schnell) – Trio: Im gleichen Tempo
04. IV. Finale: Adagio – Allegro moderato
CD 04
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 ‘The Great’
01. I. Andante – Allegro ma non troppo
02. II. Andante con moto
03. III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
04. IV. Allegro vivace
CD 05
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major ‘Romantic’
01. I. Bewegt, nicht zu schnell
02. II. Andante quasi allegretto
03. III. Scherzo: Bewegt
04. IV. Finale: Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
CD 06
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
01. I. Un poco sostenuto
02. II. Andante sostenuto
03. III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
04. IV. Adagio – Più andante – Allegro non troppo, ma con brio
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
05. I. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio
06. II. Andante cantabile con moto
07. III. Menuetto: Allegro molto e vivace
08. IV. Adagio – Allegro molto e vivace
CD 07
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major
01. I. Maestoso
02. II. Adagio. Sehr feierlich
03. III. Scherzo: Nicht schnell – Trio: Langsam
04. IV. Finale: Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
CD 08
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
05. I. Feierlich, misterioso
06. II. Scherzo: Bewegt; lebhaft – Trio: Schnell, Scherzo da capo
07. III. Adagio: Langsam, feierlich
The Munich Philharmonic was one of two orchestra – the other being the Berlin Philharmonic – which Gunter Wand regularly conducted, though not bound by contract, until shortly before his death. The Abendzeitung characterized him then as an “avant-gardist of modern music”, though he was “not a hothead” but more “a professor of philosophy than of music – clever, nervous, sensitive” and had remained “modestly reserved in spite of his international successes all over the continent”. The orchestra and the Munich audience were loyal to him over four and a half decades, and even in his last years, when he was nearing the age of ninety and travelling had become a great strain for him, he repeatedly returned to conduct in Munich. At his final concert in the city in the autumn of 2001, he conducted Schubert’s Fifth and Bruckner’s Fourth before an audience that was both filled with enthusiasm and deeply moved.