ANDRIS NELSONS with GEWANDHAUSORCHESTER LEIPZIG - Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 0-9 / WAGNER: Orchestral Music [10CD]

Decca (UMO) / Classics / Deutsche Grammophon

£48.96

Format: 10 x CD
Catalogue No.: 4864528
Barcode: 0028948645282
Release Date: 27 Oct 2023
Genre: Classical

“Bruckner’s music is in the Gewandhausorchester’s DNA,” says Andris Nelsons, the orchestra’s Music Director since 2018. Now their celebrated Bruckner symphony cycle in its unique combination with instrumental pieces from Wagner’s operas is complete. The idea for this was obvious to Nelsons: “Bruckner loved Wagner’s music: he saw its greatness, merits and achievements.” Since 2018, Symphonies Nos. 1-9 have been released on 1 or 2 CDs or digital album respectively, each release combining Bruckner with selected orchestral music by Wagner, underlining the references between the works. For the first time, Deutsche Grammophon now presents the complete Bruckner/Wagner cycle in a 10 CD box.

TRACKLIST:
CD1
Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
“Nullified” Symphony in D minor (“Die Nullte”) WAB 100
1869 • Edition Leopold Nowak
1. Allegro [16:28]
2. Andante [13:49]
3. Scherzo. Presto – Trio. Langsamer und ruhiger [7:06]
4. Finale. Moderato – Allegro vivace [10:25]

Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
Der fliegende Holländer WWV 63
[5] Overture [11:31]
Rienzi WWV 49
[6] Overture [12:57]

CD2
Richard Wagner
Tristan und Isolde WWV 90
[7] Prelude to Act I [10:35]
[8] Isoldes Liebestod [6:57]
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 1 in C minor WAB 101
1890-91 Vienna Version • Edition Günter Brosche
[9] 1. Allegro – Langsam – Tempo I [14:04]
[10] 2. Adagio – Andante – Tempo I [14:17]
[11] 3. Scherzo. Lebhaft – Trio. Langsam [8:56]
[12] 4. Finale. Bewegt, feurig [17:47]

CD3
Richard Wagner
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg WWV 96
[13] Prelude to Act I [10:28]
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 2 in C minor WAB 102
1877 Version • Edition William Carragan
[14] 1. Moderato [18:26]
[15] 2. Andante. Feierlich, etwas bewegt [16:58]
[16] 3. Scherzo. Mäßig schnell – Trio. Gleiches Tempo [6:32]
[17] 4. Finale. Mehr schnell [16:14]

CD4
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 3 in D minor WAB 103
1888-89 Version • Edition Leopold Nowak
[18] 1. Mehr langsam, Misterioso [23:49]
[19] 2. Adagio, bewegt, quasi Andante [16:42]
[20] 3. Ziemlich schnell – Trio [7:03]
[21] 4. Allegro [13:03]
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser WWV 70
[22] Overture [15:09]

CD5
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin WWV 75
[23] Prelude to Act I [9:17]
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 in E flat major “Romantic” WAB 104
1878-80 Version • Edition Leopold Nowak
[24] 1. Bewegt, nicht zu schnell [19:55]
[25] 2. Andante quasi Allegretto [17:16]
[26] 3. Scherzo. Bewegt – Trio. Nicht zu schnell. Keinesfalls schleppend [10:54]
[27] 4. Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell [22:02]

CD6
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major WAB 105
1878 • Edition Leopold Nowak
[28] 1. Introduction. Adagio – Allegro [20:45]
[29] 2. Adagio. Sehr langsam [18:41]
[30] 3. Scherzo. Molto vivace (Schnell) – Trio. Im gleichen Tempo [13:01]
[31] 4. Finale. Adagio – Allegro moderato [22:10]

CD7
Richard Wagner
[32] Siegfried Idyll WWV 103 [20:47]
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 6 in A major WAB 106
1881 • Edition Leopold Nowak
[33] 1. Majestoso [16:40]
[34] 2. Adagio. Sehr feierlich [19:46]
[35] 3. Scherzo. Nicht schnell – Trio. Langsam [8:28]
[36] 4. Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell [14:45]

CD8
Richard Wagner
Götterdämmerung WWV 86D
[37] Siegfried’s Funeral March [9:12]
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 7 in E major WAB 107
1883 • Edition Robert Haas
[38] 1. Allegro moderato [21:41]
[39] 2. Adagio. Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam – Moderato – Tempo I [23:07]
[40] 3. Scherzo. Sehr schnell – Trio. Etwas langsamer [9:43]
[41] 4. Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell [13:04]

CD9
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 8 in C minor WAB 108
1890 Version • Edition Leopold Nowak
[42] 1. Allegro moderato [16:29]
[43] 2. Scherzo. Allegro moderato – Trio. Langsam [14:46]
[44] 3. Adagio. Feierlich langsam; doch nicht schleppend [27:38]
[45] 4. Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell [23:04]

CD10
Richard Wagner
Parsifal WWV 111
[46] Prelude to Act I [12:50]
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 9 in D minor WAB 109 (unfinished)
1894 • Edition Leopold Nowak
[47] 1. Feierlich, Misterioso [23:37]
[48] 2. Scherzo. Bewegt, lebhaft – Trio. Schnell [10:45]
[49] 3. Adagio. Langsam, feierlich [24:06]