Symphonies 8 & 9

Album by Anton Bruckner & Wiener Philharmoniker & Carl Schuricht

Symphonies Nos. 8 and 9 are orchestral works by Austrian composer Anton Bruckner, composed in 1887 (No. 8) and left unfinished at his death in 1896 (No. 9). Both works employ expansive symphonic architecture, dense brass chorales, complex chromatic harmony and large-scale climaxes within a late-Romantic idiom, representing the culmination of Bruckner's symphonic output and marking a late phase in his career that influenced subsequent orchestral writing.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 8 in C minor: I. Allegro moderato
    15:40
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 8 in C minor: II. Scherzo (Allegro moderato) & Trio (Langsam)
    14:03
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 8 in C minor: III. Adagio (Feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppend)
    21:48
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 8 in C minor: IV. Finale (Feierlich, nicht schnell)
    19:45

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Symphony no. 9 in D minor: I. Feierlich, misterioso
    5:37
  2. 3.
    Symphony no. 9 in D minor: II. Scherzo (Bewegt, lebhaft) & Trio (Schnell)
    10:28
  3. 4.
    Symphony no. 9 in D minor: III. Adagio (Langsam, feierlich)
    20:17

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