Symphony no. 5 in B-flat (original version)

Album by Anton Bruckner & Berliner Philharmoniker & Wilhelm Furtwängler

Symphony No. 5 in B-flat (original version) is a symphony by Austrian composer Anton Bruckner, completed in 1876. Markedly late-Romantic in language, it is characterised by vast architectural structures, dense contrapuntal writing and prominent brass textures, and it occupies a distinctive place in Bruckner's output as a rigorous synthesis of his symphonic technique developed during the 1870s.

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 5 in B-flat (1878 version): I. Adagio - Allegro
    18:58
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 5 in B-flat (1878 version): II. Adagio
    15:16
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 5 in B-flat (1878 version): III. Scherzo; Molto vivace
    11:49
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 5 in B-flat (1878 version): IV. Finale; Adagio - Allegro moderato
    21:38

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