Bruckner - Symphony no.3
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Label: BR Klassik
Cat No: 900189
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 30th April 2021
Contents
Artists
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen RundfunksConductor
Mariss JansonsWorks
Symphony no.3 in D minor (1889 version)Artists
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen RundfunksConductor
Mariss JansonsAbout
Bruckner completed the score of the opening movement, the Adagio and the Scherzo of his nascent Third Symphony between February and July 1873, and sketched out its finale on 31 August 1873 in Marienbad, Bohemia. The composer then travelled to Bayreuth, and presented Richard Wagner with his Second Symphony and the already completed manuscripts for the Third. Bruckner asked Wagner to select the symphony he preferred, intending to dedicate it to him - but since both men drank quite a bit of beer during their thorough perusal of the manuscripts, Bruckner was later unable to remember which work Wagner had ultimately chosen, and this had to be clarified in writing. The Third Symphony was completed on 31 December 1873.
This first version of Bruckner’s Third Symphony became famous because it contained quotations from Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde and his tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen. These quotations were, however, incorporated into blocks that were separated by general rests, so could be later removed without interfering with the substance of the symphony. In 1877, Bruckner fundamentally revised the work, shortened it and eliminated the Wagner quotations. Then, in 1888, he worked out a third and final version, which forms the basis of the present interpretation.
The premiere of the first version took place in Vienna on 16 December 1877, with Bruckner conducting – and turned into a complete disaster. Gustav Mahler was the only person to show any enthusiasm, and created a four-hand piano reduction of the work; in return, Bruckner presented him with the manuscripts of the first three movements. It was not until the premiere of the third version on 21 December 1890, under Hans Richter, that the Third Symphony achieved its international success.
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