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Bruckner - Symphony No.5 | Telarc 2CD80706

Bruckner - Symphony No.5

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Label: Telarc

Cat No: 2CD80706

Barcode: 0089408070624

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 6th April 2009

Contents

Artists

Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor

Benjamin Zander

Artists

Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor

Benjamin Zander

About

Benjamin Zander, best known for his outstanding series of recording of Mahler’s symphonies for Telarc, is back conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra in a stunning new recording of Bruckner’s great Fifth Symphony. The second disc in this 2-CD package features Benjamin Zander discussing the music of the symphony.

It is a masterpiece of staggering proportions,” he says of Bruckner’s Fifth, “one of the greatest symphonies ever written. I had a sudden strong urge to record it.

Anton Bruckner has been called the “Wagner of the Symphony.” His early works were mostly service music, plainly intended to praise God. When he turned to orchestral music later in life, the intent and philosophy of his sacred compositions were transferred into the newly adopted genre. Benjamin Zander  strives in this performance to emphasize the song-like quality of the symphony. “I avoided the very slow tempi that have become common in contemporary interpretations and emphasized the sprightly, forward moving, urgency of the music.

Recording this momentous symphony “has been a profound and life changing experience,” says Zander. “Especially, it was a revelation to record it with the Philharmonia, only one member of which had performed the work with the orchestra before. She remembered the performance with Klemperer, in which she said the violins got lost for a whole page! The orchestra found the piece absolutely astonishing and riveting. It was a joy to introduce the work to them.

The title is also available in SACD format.

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