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Donald Macleod introduces Bruckner’s Te Deum, which the composer is said to have regarded as his greatest work; and the 7th Symphony, whose Adagio is his monument to the man he always referred to as ‘the Master’, Richard Wagner.

‘Christus factus est’, Gradual for 4-part choir (1884)
Monteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner (cond
DG459674 2
CD1 Track 11

Te Deum (1884)
Te Deum. Allegro
Te ergo quaesumus. Moderato
Aeterna fac. Allegro Moderato. Feierlich mit Kraft
Salvum fac populum tuum. Moderato – Allegro Moderato
In te, Domine, speravi. Mäßig bewegt – Allegro moderato – Alla breve
Jessye Norman (sop), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-sop), David Rendall (ten), Samuel Ramey (bass) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / Daniel Barenboim (cond)
DG 435 068-2,
CD1 Tracks 5–9

Symphony no.7 in E major (original version) – mvt 2
Adagio. Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam
Berlin Philharmonic Orcheastra /Herbert von Karajan- Conductor
DG 419195 2
CD1 Track 2