CHRISTIAN THIELMANN & WIENER PHILHAR-MONIKER - BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY NO.2

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: 1943991422
Release Date: 04 Feb 2022
Genre: Classical

The next instalment of Christian Thielemann’s complete cycle of Anton Bruckner’s symphonies with the Vienna Philharmonic. The orchestra’s first Bruckner cycle under a single conductor. This album will be released physically in the UK following the huge success of the previous instalment, which was featured on several Critic’s Choice lists in 2021. “The claim that this orchestra is essentially the only genuine original sound ensemble for the music of Anton Bruckner should remain beyond dispute” raves Die Presse. The Vienna Philharmonic premiered four of Anton Bruckner’s nine symphonies and has enjoyed a unique relationship with the Austrian composer’s music since 1873. Thielemann has come as close as possible to the ideal Bruckner sound with the Vienna Philharmonic: full-toned, warm, with registrations that are full of countless colours, clear without sounding harsh and well-contoured without seeming angular. Thielemann’s interpretations of Bruckner’s music are rooted on deep expertise and sympathy - few conductors can match the solemnity and patience he finds in composer’s symphonies, or his ability to draw on the unparalleled beauty of the orchestra’s sound and the special acoustic of its home in Vienna, the Musikverein.

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