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Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (Arranged for Chamber Ensemble)

Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (Arranged for Chamber Ensemble)
From MD&G Records

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Track Listing

  1. Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107: Allegro moderato
  2. Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107: Adagio. Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam
  3. Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107: Scherzo. Sehr schnell
  4. Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107: Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht schnell

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #255369 in Music
  • Released on: 2005-05-24
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Dimensions: .24 pounds

Customer Reviews

A FANTASTIC FIND FOR ALL BRUCKNERIANS!!!5

If you love Bruckner--(as I do)--you'll be thrilled with this new disc. It's on the MD&G gourmet label--(which, queerly enough, Amazon lists as "MP&G" [!]). It's a 1920s arrangement of the 7th for chamber ensemble (with harmonium!). It's fantastic. This is just the type of arrangement which was done for Schoenberg's post-WWI Society for the Private Presentation of Music wherein avant-garde pieces for large orchestra were reduced for chamber performance. See also Bruckner's 3rd for piano duet arranged by Mahler (also on MD&G--"MP&G").

Brisk, Clear And Brilliant5
I bought this chamber version of Bruckner's 7th out of curiosity, but I'm keeping it out of satisfaction. This arrangement for 10 musicians is something of a miracle of clarity, and power. The 59 minute performance is passionate and nuanced, and more satisfying than any full orchestral version I have heard! The recording is first rate, too.