Bruckner - Symphony no.9: Finale (Samale-Phillips-Cohrs-Mazzuca, reconstruction 2008) (part 1 of 3)

I thought people might be interested in this. If you are, go and purchase the CD. This YouTube version has been deliberately encoded at low resolution.

Bruckner left substantial sketches for the Finale of his 9th symphony, with the entire movement mapped out. Some fully orchestrated, some in sketch. Sadly a number of the pages of this sketch were distributed as souvenirs on his death, and still not all have been recovered. The extant sketches have been the subject of work for the last 20 years by a few different sholars in an attempt to provide some kind of satisfying performing edition. This track is the latest of such attempts, which has been developing by these scholars since 1983. The 2008 revision includes the latest finds of missing pages of the sketches by Bruckner.

I find this attempt at a performing version of the sketches to be very exciting, and in no way takes away from the quality of the sublime slow movement immediately before it. However, in parts 2 and 3 I personally find some of the writing still a little confused, particularly in the articulation of the fugal section.

This first part of the movement is, however, almost entirely completely Bruckner, in all details including orchestration.

This is the Musikalisches Akademie des Nationaltheater-Orchesters Mannheim conducted by Friedheim Layer in 2008.

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[lassene]

LISTEN TO WILDNER VERSION. VERY GOOD APOCALYPTIC AND ASTOUNDING

[JimTLonW6]

Very many thanks for uploading this fine recording.

The 'lost' Bruckner 9 finale is one of the great musical questions of our time.

There is an article from the Bruckner Society of America on work that went into the reconstruction of this piece, together with an account of Bruckner's methodical way of working, which made this reconstruction possible.

Bruckner thought he had a deal with God so he would live to finish it. I wonder if he did that Sunday before taking that walk in the garden?

[winebird1]

i look forward to the other two parts.bruckner is certainly a learning curve.

[olivleonardo]

@winebird1 Ok. This first video is basically what Bruckner wrote, but the other two parts really have more of the reconstruction work.

[winebird1]

@olivleonardo i was judging this movement on my first few listenings.maybe the connection will come with time...lets not forget bruckner was constantly changing the construction of his symphonies.

[olivleonardo]

@winebird1 Harnoncourt conducted only the content of the sketches of this movement in a recording, and I can say that this first video contain almost exclusively what Bruckner wrote for it. There are some bars missing and some parts of the orchestration. But it is still what Bruckner wanted for the symphony, we can't judge it as unconnected without judging Bruckner.

[winebird1]

brilliant re con,but does not seem to connect to the 9th