Bruckner - Symphony no.8 | Alpha ALPHA987

Bruckner - Symphony no.8

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Label: Alpha

Cat No: ALPHA987

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 25th August 2023

Contents

Artists

Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich

Conductor

Paavo Jarvi

Works

Bruckner, Anton

Symphony no.8 in C minor (1890 version, ed. Nowak)

Artists

Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich

Conductor

Paavo Jarvi

About

Anton Bruckner called his Symphony no.8 in C minor a ‘mystery’; others have seen it as an ‘apocalyptic’ work. For Paavo Järvi, it is the composer’s ‘most unusual symphony’ and the ‘pinnacle’ of his symphonic output. In the history of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, the Eighth Symphony occupies a special place, since it was the first Bruckner the orchestra performed – in 1905, twelve years after the premiere in Vienna of what was then the longest symphony in the history of music, and Bruckner’s only work to call for harps: ‘A harp has no place in a symphony, but I couldn't do otherwise!’, the composer reportedly said.

Reviews

[The Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich are] a magnificent body these days, embracing, we’re told, 20 nationalities. But they all play as one, and in a manner reflecting Järvi’s no-nonsense approach to the grandiose peculiarities of Bruckner’s scores. ... The finale certainly is cumulatively magnificent, with life’s struggles gradually clearing, leaving a final ringing peroration in the brightest of key signatures: C major.  Geoff Brown
The Times 23 August 2023

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