Bruckner - Symphony No.5
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Label: Telarc
Cat No: 2CD80706
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 6th April 2009
Contents
Artists
Philharmonia OrchestraConductor
Benjamin ZanderArtists
Philharmonia OrchestraConductor
Benjamin ZanderAbout
“It is a masterpiece of staggering proportions,” he says of Bruckner’s Fifth, “one of the greatest symphonies ever written. I had a sudden strong urge to record it.”
Anton Bruckner has been called the “Wagner of the Symphony.” His early works were mostly service music, plainly intended to praise God. When he turned to orchestral music later in life, the intent and philosophy of his sacred compositions were transferred into the newly adopted genre. Benjamin Zander strives in this performance to emphasize the song-like quality of the symphony. “I avoided the very slow tempi that have become common in contemporary interpretations and emphasized the sprightly, forward moving, urgency of the music.”
Recording this momentous symphony “has been a profound and life changing experience,” says Zander. “Especially, it was a revelation to record it with the Philharmonia, only one member of which had performed the work with the orchestra before. She remembered the performance with Klemperer, in which she said the violins got lost for a whole page! The orchestra found the piece absolutely astonishing and riveting. It was a joy to introduce the work to them.”
The title is also available in SACD format.
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