The performing version of Bruckner's Ninth Symphony used in this recording, reconstructed by Samale, Phillips, Cohrs, and Mazzuca, was first performed in 1991 in Linz.
Interpretation
This recording presents Bruckner's Ninth Symphony complete in four movements, based on a performing version by conductors, composers, and musicologists Nicola Samale, John A. Phillips, Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs, and Giuseppe Mazzuca.
Composition History
Anton Bruckner, the composer, spent the last nine years of his life creating his Ninth Symphony, but its Finale remained unfinished at his death.
Composition History
The unfinished Finale of Bruckner's Ninth Symphony was reconstructed and published by Australian musicologist John A. Phillips, including sketches for the coda previously thought lost.
Album & Artwork
The album's cover picture is a mountain landscape from 1830-34 by Caspar David Friedrich, a German Romantic landscape painter.
Recording & Production
This album features the New Philharmonic Orchestra of Westphalia conducted by Johannes Wildner.
