Markus Poschner, The Orf Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra - Bruckner (1824-1896) Symphony No.2 -1872 Version : Markus Poschner / Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra - Import CD

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Markus Poschner, The Orf Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

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This is the twelfth installment of #bruckner2024, a project initiated by the CAPRICCIO label and the International Bruckner Society to record all Bruckner symphonies in all versions during the year 2024, the bicentennial of Bruckner's birth. After the premiere of the First Symphony in Linz in 1868, Bruckner continued to work on the D minor symphony, which he completed in 1869, but he did not give it the Second Symphony, which he had originally planned to do. However, he did not give it the second number he had originally planned, but wrote Nulte = invalid and sealed it (today it is often referred to as No. 0). After a change of heart, he started work on No. 2 (first draft) in 1871 and finished it the following year, which is recorded here. The first performance was given in 1873, conducted by Bruckner himself. This recording uses the Callaghan version published in 2005, with the second movement as an Adagio and the third movement as a Scherzo, the opposite arrangement from the published score.Paul Hawkshaw, the supervisor of this series, explains in the original commentary (in English and German) that the order of the movements in the autograph score currently stored in the Austrian National Library is Adagio, Scherzo, etc. As a result, the second movement is the slow movement, followed by the scherzo, as it was until the seventh movement. As a result, the second movement is the slow movement, followed by the scherzo, as in the previous works up to No. 7. Compared to other recordings, Poschner's performance switches the tempo clearly according to the structure of the piece, and in the fast passages, he goes faster, giving the impression of lightness and power, while in the slow passages, he firmly slows down the tempo to create a clear, lyrical atmosphere. The overall playing time is just under 61 minutes, which is one of the shortest recordings of the same piece along with the Gewandhaus recording conducted by Blomstedt, but compared to Blomstedt, the first movement and the scherzo are faster, while the adagio and finale take a longer time. Naxos Japan

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