Symphony No. 8

Album by Anton Bruckner & Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg & Ivor Bolton

Symphony No. 8 is the eighth symphony by Austrian composer Anton Bruckner, completed in 1887. The work is a large-scale late-Romantic symphony characterised by dense orchestration, expansive thematic development and broad dynamic contrasts, and it represents a culminating statement in Bruckner's symphonic output with notable influence on late 19th-century symphonic practice.
First released: 28th September 2010

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 8, WAB 108 - I. Allegro moderato
    17:27
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 8, WAB 108 - II. Scherzo. Allegro moderato
    15:03
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 8, WAB 108 - III. Adagio. Feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppend
    25:26
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 8, WAB 108 - IV. Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell
    22:47

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