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Gerd Schaller, Philharmonie Festiva - Anton Bruckner: Complete Symphonies [18CDs] (2017)

Gerd Schaller, Philharmonie Festiva - Anton Bruckner: Complete Symphonies [18CDs] (2017)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 4.17 Gb | Total time: 16:25:20 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Profil Medien | # PH17024 | Recorded: 2007-2016

Sound and space are mutually dependant. Which works sound best in which environment? Where can the spirit and character of the music most clearly be expressed? These questions are what inspired the conductor Gerd Schaller to embark on an ambitious major project in 2007: in the impressive environment of the abbey church that once formed part of Ebrach’s Cistercian monastery in Franconia, he directed his festival orchestra, the Philharmonie Festiva, in recordings of all of Anton Bruckner’s symphonies. What is special about this Bruckner cycle is that Schaller in some cases selected less well-known, ‘interim’ versions or variants that had previously never been performed but give revealing insights into Bruckner’s compositional approach.
Gerd Schaller - Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 for organ (World Premiere Recording) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Gerd Schaller - Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 for organ (World Premiere Recording) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 72:23 minutes | 1,26 GB
Classical | Label: Profil, Official Digital Download

Bruckner's Fifth is eminently suited to an arrangement for performance on the organ above all because of it's musical texture. In no other Bruckner symphony, for example, does counterpoint play such an important part. I am thinking in particular of the great fugue in the final movement.
Gerd Schaller & Philharmonie Festiva - Bruckner: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, WAB 102 (1877 Version) (2024) [24/96]

Gerd Schaller & Philharmonie Festiva - Bruckner: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, WAB 102 (1877 Version) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 55:11 minutes | 925 MB
Classical | Label: Profil Medien, Official Digital Download

"In its second version of 1877, the Second is very compact; it is well balanced, and you can easily appreciate the large-scale arcs of tension and empathise with them. At the same time the huge contrasts are thrilling. It contains wonderful melodies. The Adagio is almost like a description of a wonderful landscape, by which I mean an inner and an external landscape. This is not programme music, but this movement in particular does exude a great sense of intimacy, closeness to nature and humanity - indeed, it radiates such an overwhelming sense of love that one simply cannot tear oneself away from it. The Scherzo on the other hand is at times coarse and abrasive. The Finale comes across as a whirling dance. So, in a nut-shell, it is a mystery to me why this symphony is not played more often. It is a masterpiece!" (Gerd Schaller)
Gerd Schaller & Philharmonie Festiva - Bruckner: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, WAB 102 (1877 Version) (2024)

Gerd Schaller & Philharmonie Festiva - Bruckner: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, WAB 102 (1877 Version) (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 215 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 127 Mb | 00:55:11
Classical | Label: Profil Medien

"In its second version of 1877, the Second is very compact; it is well balanced, and you can easily appreciate the large-scale arcs of tension and empathise with them. At the same time the huge contrasts are thrilling. It contains wonderful melodies. The Adagio is almost like a description of a wonderful landscape, by which I mean an inner and an external landscape. This is not programme music, but this movement in particular does exude a great sense of intimacy, closeness to nature and humanity - indeed, it radiates such an overwhelming sense of love that one simply cannot tear oneself away from it. The Scherzo on the other hand is at times coarse and abrasive. The Finale comes across as a whirling dance. So, in a nut-shell, it is a mystery to me why this symphony is not played more often. It is a masterpiece!" (Gerd Schaller)
Philharmonischer Chor München, Philharmonie Festiva, Gerd Schaller - Bruckner: Mass 3, Psalm 146, Organ Works (2016)

Philharmonischer Chor München, Philharmonie Festiva, Gerd Schaller - Bruckner: Mass 3, Psalm 146, Organ Works (2016)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:57:09 | 575 MB
Genre: Classical, Choral | Label: Profil Edition | Catalog: PH16034

Recordings of Bruckner’s last and greatest Mass are not exactly scarce but this most recent live performance from the celebrated Ebrach festival has claim to being regarded as special, not just for its own considerable merits, but also as it is presented by Profil in a double CD package in tandem with the barely known Psalm 146 and the further bonus of conductor-musicologist and performer Gerd Schaller playing six works on the Eisenbarth organ in the Abteikirche.
Philharmonie Festiva & Gerd Schaller - Bruckner - Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 ''Romantic'' (2022) [24/96]

Philharmonie Festiva & Gerd Schaller - Bruckner - Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 ''Romantic'' (2022) [24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 73:21 minutes | 1,21 GB
Classical | Label: Profil, Official Digital Download

The present recording is part of BRUCKNER2024 – a project which began in 2011 with the goal to record all symphonies of Anton Bruckner in all versions including the intermediate variants until the 200th birthday of the composer in 2024.
Philharmonie Festiva & Gerd Schaller - Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (Completed Version) (2017)

Philharmonie Festiva & Gerd Schaller - Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (Completed Version) (2017)
Classical | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 01:24:33 | 194 MB
Label: Profil

On July 24th, Gerd Schaller conducted the Philharmonia Festiva in a performance of the Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in a "four movement version with Finale supplemented from original sources and completed by Gerd Schaller." The performance took place in the Ebrach Abbey in Ebrach, Germany as part of the Ebracher Musiksommer. As with Schaller's other Bruckner performances at Ebrach, the concert was recorded by Bavarian Radio Studio Franken and will be released on CD this December on the Profil label. Gerd Schaller’s completion and performance gained long applause, the conductor repeatedly called back to take a further bow, and to my ears succeeded wonderfully in its aim of presenting a completed Ninth as a great musical event and a shattering, revelatory spiritual journey. Ken Ward on the original concert.
Philharmonie Festiva & Gerd Schaller - Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 (1890 Version, Ed. T. Raettig) (2018)

Philharmonie Festiva & Gerd Schaller - Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 (1890 Version, Ed. T. Raettig) (2018)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 00:57:22 | 131 Mb
Classical | Label: Haenssler classic

Immediately after completing the Second Symphony, Anton Bruckner (1824 1896) continued a fruitful compositional spree by starting the draft of his Third. He had no way of knowing then that this work would continue to occupy him for the rest of his life. Dedicated to Richard Wagner, the work was written in 1873, revised in 1877, and again in 1890. It is regarded by many as Bruckners artistic breakthrough. According to Rudolf Kloiber, the third symphony opens the sequence of Bruckners masterpieces, in which his creativity meets monumental ability of symphonic construction. On this release, Gerd Schaller leads the Philharmonie Festiva in the performance of the Third Symphony in its 1890 revised version. German conductor Gerd Schaller is best known for his performance and recording of rare works. He conducted the first full recordings of Bruckners output.
Philharmonie Festiva & Gerd Schaller - Bruckner: Symphony in F Minor 1863 "Study Symphony" (2017)

Philharmonie Festiva & Gerd Schaller - Bruckner: Symphony in F Minor 1863 "Study Symphony" (2017)
Classical | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 00:43:21 | 100 MB
Label: Profil

The so-called “Study Symphony”, sometimes known as Symphony No. 00, dates from six years previously and understandably contains far fewer of the Brucknerian trademarks his aficionados prize; indeed some might concur with the verdict of Bruckner’s teacher Otto Kitzler who adjudged it to be “uninspired”, a criticism somewhat at odds with the appreciative and appreciable notes from Dr Rainer Boss. My colleague Michael Cookson, who reviewed this disc last March, also summons up rather more enthusiasm for it than I feel inclined to express but I am in full agreement that it could hardly be given better advocacy than it receives here from Schaller and the excellent Philharmonie Festiva, who have already proved their prowess in their series of recordings of the complete Bruckner symphonies on Profil.
Hansjörg Albrecht - The Bruckner Symphonies, Vol. 9 - Organ Transcriptions (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Hansjörg Albrecht - The Bruckner Symphonies, Vol. 9 - Organ Transcriptions (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 101:29 minutes | 1,53 GB
Classical | Label: Oehms Classics, Official Digital Download

This series marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Anton Bruckner, which falls in 2024. It’s dedicated to Bruckner’s symphonies, most of them recorded in new transcriptions for organ by Hansjörg Albrecht. This 10th album was made on the organ at Fraumünster in Zürich using Erwin Horn’s transcription of Bruckner’s 9th Symphony and incorporating Gerd Schaller’s completion of the finale, which Bruckner left unfinished.