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Bock reads Bruckner Vol.2: A Composer as Suitor | Gramola 99237

Bock reads Bruckner Vol.2: A Composer as Suitor

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Label: Gramola

Cat No: 99237

Barcode: 9003643992375

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 4th December 2020

Contents

Artists

Wolfgang Bock (speaker)
Elisabeth Wimmer (soprano)
Daniel Linton-France (piano)
Alexander Knaak (violin)

Artists

Wolfgang Bock (speaker)
Elisabeth Wimmer (soprano)
Daniel Linton-France (piano)
Alexander Knaak (violin)

About

After the celebrated start of the series “Böck reads Bruckner” provided insights into the Upper Austrian period of life and the composer's self-image, the second reading with music was dedicated, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, to Anton Bruckner’s decades-long, clearly unsuccessful search for a wife. Using extant letters to and from them, it introduces some of the ladies earmarked as Bruckner’s significant other and thematizes the “downright absurd numbers of rash marriage proposals” (Hans-Joachim Hinrichsen) by the eternal bachelor. It likewise introduces letters in which female admirers of the composer, who had meanwhile achieved fame and recognition, made advances at him. Among other selected pieces, the letters are framed and commented on musically by piano pieces and songs with piano accompaniment from the so-called “Kitzler-Studienbuch” (Kitzler Study Book), which contains works and drafts which show Bruckner on his way to developing his individual style.

Born in Linz, Wolfgang Böck completed his acting training in Graz. His theatre work includes appearances at the Vorarlberg Theater, Bregenz Festival, Landestheater Linz, and the Vienna Volkstheater. Böck was awarded the Josef Kainz Medal in 1984 to promote artistic talent, and in 1985–1986 he was the recipient of the Karl Skraup Award. He has been a freelance actor since 1987. Böck has appeared at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna, the Zurich Schauspielhaus, the Renaissance Theater in Berlin, at the Salzburger Festival, as well as the Vienna Volksoper. He is a three-time Romy winner (2005, 2007, 2009).

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