Compser of the Week - Anton Bruckner - Part 5
Donald Macleod concludes his look at Bruckner's Vienna years, including the unfinished Ninth Symphony.
Donald Macleod concludes his look at Bruckner鈥檚 Vienna years. Today鈥檚 programme includes his astonishing Symphony no.9, which Bruckner laboured 鈥� but failed 鈥� to finish before his death.
Psalm 150, for soprano, chorus and orchestra
Ruth Welting (sop) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra and chorus / Daniel Barenboim (cond)
DG 437 250-2,
track 6
鈥榁exilla regis鈥�, Hymn for 4-part choir
Chorus of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Eugen Jochum (cond)
DG 457 743-2,
track 14
Helgoland, symphonic chorus for male voices and orchestra
Male voices of the Berlin Radio Choir / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniel
Barenboim (cond)
WARNER CLASSICS 256461891 2
CD1 T5
Symphony no.9 in D minor (1894) 鈥� mvt 1
Feierlich, misterioso
Westphalian Philharmonia /Johannes Wildner (Cond)
NAXOS 8.555933 34
CD1 T1
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