The Music of Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)

Higher Consciousness presents:

If one were to ask the devout Bruckner why he composed music, he would have said, “To serve God”. He was not writing catchy melodies that you might hear today in grocery stores and commercials, but music for Bruckner was a spiritual quest. Whether writing a mass or a symphony, Bruckner’s music often takes on cosmic dimensions, and his nine symphonies have been called “cathedrals of sound”. He was an odd man, a country boy from Austria trying to find his way in urban musical worlds, but he slowly discovered his own musical world, offering each new work as if it were not his own, but God’s.

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Colin Sheen, Roger Brenner, Phillip Brown, “Aequalis No. 2”

from Bruckner: Mass in E minor

Hyperion - 1988

for three trombones

Jeremy Gough, Graham Chambers, Corydon Singers, Martin Kelly & Matthew Best, “Ecce sacerdos magnus, WAB 13”

from Bruckner: Motets

Hyperion - 1984

for seven-part choir with three trombones and organ

Vienna Philharmonic & Carlo Maria Giulini, “Symphony No. 9 in D Minor: III. Adagio. Langsam, feierlich”

from Bruckner: Symphony No. 9

Deutsche Grammophon (DG) - 1989

Berlin Philharmonic & Lorin Maazel, “Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1890 Nowak ed): IV. Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell”

from Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor

Warner Classics - 2000

Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra Wind Ensemble & Matthew Best, “Mass No. 2 in E Minor”

from Bruckner: Mass No. 2 in E Minor & Other Works

Hyperion - 1986

Herbert von Karajan & Berliner Philharmoniker, “Symphony No. 7, II. Adagio: Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam”

from Bruckner: Symphony No. 7

EMI - 1971