Talk:Symphonies by Anton Bruckner

Gennadi Rozhdestvensky and the 1887 version of the Symphony No. 8

As John Berky writes in "Gennadi Rozhdestvensky and the 1887 version of the Symphony No. 8",

“In the 1980's, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky embarked on a Bruckner cycle with Melodiya that encompassed every version of the Bruckner Symphonies. It included the "Linz" and "Vienna" versions of the Symphony No. 1, three versions plus the "Second Adagio" of the Symphony No. 3, the two versions of the Symphony No. 4 plus the "Volkfest Finale" and the Mahler orchestration. The cycle included the F Minor and D Minor Symphonies and the early Samale/Mazzuca completion of the finale to the Symphony No. 9. The cycle did not include the 1872 version of the Symphony No. 2 nor the 1888 version of the Symphony No. 4 since they were not yet published. However, this Melodiya cycle omitted the 1887 first version to the Symphony No. 8. The reason for this major omission is not known.

Recent communication with Maestro Rozhdestvensky has also revealed a startling fact. He states that in February of 1988 he recorded a performance of the 1887 edition in Moscow for JVC of Japan. However, inspection of the CD that JVC released in 1990 (VICC 40012-13) shows that it is, in fact, the 1985 Melodiya recording of the 1887/90 Haas edition... So, if JVC actually recorded the 1887 version with Rozhdestvensky in 1988, the recording has never been released!!

Rozhdestvensky's recorded cycle (without the 1887 B8) is still the most complete cycle to date. It has recently been re-released on the Venezia label in a two volume boxed set. It seems to be available only in Russia and Japan.”

--Réginald alias Meneerke bloem (To reply) 13:43, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

PS: On 10 March 2009, Rozhdestvensky conducted the 1887 version of the Symphony No. 8 with the Bolshoi Theater Orchestra in Moscow. A recording of this performance is stored in the Bruckner Archive. As Berky writes further in his article, “It will be interesting to see if we can get the maestro to set his sites on the recently published 1872 version of the Symphony No. 2 released by the MWV in an edition prepared by William Carragan and the 1888 Bruckner Fourth as edited by Benjamin Korstvedt. Maestro Rozhdestvensky has expressed interest in these scores and copies have been sent to him.”

Awkward title

The title of this article — "Symphonies (Bruckner)" — seems very awkward and nonstandard (similar titles for Mozart and Beethoven, for example, redirect to other articles). No one would ever try to search for or link to this article under that title. I think Bruckner symphonies or Bruckner's symphonies would be far more likely targets. Should this article be moved to one of those (or to some other title, with those as redirects alongside this one)? - dcljr (talk) 00:30, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

Agree. Done. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 09:41, 27 July 2018 (UTC)