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Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108 (1890 Version) [Live]

1/1/2021, 4 Tracks, 1:25:08

Featuring

  • Yutaka Sado
  • Tonkünstler-Orchester
  • Anton Bruckner

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Critical Reception

The premiere of Bruckner's Eighth Symphony in Vienna on December 18, 1892, conducted by Hans Richter, was a tremendous success, despite earlier negative predictions.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This recording was made live at the Wiener Musikverein in Austria, between October 25 and 28, 2019.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The composition of Bruckner's Eighth Symphony took over three years, from early summer 1884 to August 1887, a longer period than his earlier symphonies.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Bruckner's Eighth Symphony was initially rejected by conductor Hermann Levi, who found its instrumentation "impossible" and its form too similar to the Seventh Symphony.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Yutaka Sado, the conductor on this album, was a long-time assistant to Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa, and has won prestigious conducting prizes.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Bruckner's Eighth Symphony is his longest completed symphony, with a performance time of around 85 minutes, and requires the largest orchestra among his symphonies.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Yutaka Sado is widely famous in Japan, partly due to a weekly TV program he hosted from 2008 to 2015, introducing classical music to Japanese audiences.

Source: Booklet

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