Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D minor ‘Wagner Symphony'

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[Skrowaczewski] is a details man, happy to leave flexed muscle, blood-on-the-walls Bruckner to others. Points of climax are cannily earthed in what went before; and how deftly he manages to balance... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2015 More…

Release Date: 30th Mar 2015
Catalogue No: LPO0084
Label: LPO
Length: 56 minutes

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Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D minor ‘Wagner Symphony'

Work length56:46

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Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 14 March 2014
Recording Venue: Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, United Kingdom

I. Mäßig bewegt

Track length20:25

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II. Adagio. Etwas bewegt, quasi andante

Track length15:19

$1.60

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III. Scherzo. Ziemlich schnell

Track length7:31

$1.20

$1.95

$2.40

IV. Finale. Allegro

Track length13:31

$1.60

$2.60

$3.20

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From its opening expectant hush via its central Adagio movement (composed in memory of Bruckner’s mother) to its Austrian folk dance-influenced final movement, Bruckner’s Symphony No. 3 displays both the key influence of Wagner on the composer, and his structural flair, which earned his symphonies the description ‘cathedrals of sound’.

Stanisław Skrowaczewski, currently the world’s oldest major working conductor, is renowned for his affinity with Bruckner and the London Philharmonic Orchestra has performed Bruckner’s symphonies under his baton many times. Skrowaczewski’s decorations include the Knight’s Cross of Polonia Restituta, one of Poland’s highest decorations, six honorary Doctorates, and the Gold Medal from the Mahler-Bruckner Society; each indicating the massive contribution he has made to music-making throughout his career.

This recording was taken from a live concert performance at Royal Festival Hall, London, in March 2014, which was very well received critically.

Skrowaczewski uses his own, unpublished, edition of the Symphony in this recording, offering the listener a unique experience, and an opportunity to get inside the mind of Bruckner’s greatest interpreter.

Skrowaczewski’s interpretation of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7 with the LPO is also available on the LPO’s record label (LPO-0071). Released in 2013, the recording received rave reviews, with Gramophone commenting that ‘It has a quiet dignity and integrity, and one is left in no doubt that the man on the podium comes with a wealth of experience and is in love with every bar.’

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June 2015

[Skrowaczewski] is a details man, happy to leave flexed muscle, blood-on-the-walls Bruckner to others. Points of climax are cannily earthed in what went before; and how deftly he manages to balance the registral colour within each chord, Bruckner's rugged orchestration never allowed to tip over into blaring crudity. Yet embedded within this safe pair of hands is an underlying frisson of danger. Tempo changes tend to be flicked on and off like a light switch…[the finale] requires the mother of all gear-changes as the coda looms, but Skrowaczewski keeps his head when, all around him, other conductors lose theirs.

Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D minor ‘Wagner Symphony'

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