'The finale certainly is cumulatively magnificent, with life’s struggles gradually clearing, leaving a final ringing peroration in the brightest of key signatures: C major.'
The Times
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8
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- Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108: I. Allegro moderatoComposer(s) Anton BrucknerArtist(s) Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich Paavo Järvi
Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108: I. Allegro moderato
16:29$5.75 - Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108: II. Scherzo. Allegro moderato - Trio. LangsamComposer(s) Anton BrucknerArtist(s) Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich Paavo Järvi
Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108: II. Scherzo. Allegro moderato - Trio. Langsam
13:33$4.60 - Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108: III. Adagio. Feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppendComposer(s) Anton BrucknerArtist(s) Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich Paavo Järvi
Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108: III. Adagio. Feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppend
26:52$8.00 - Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108: IV. Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnellComposer(s) Anton BrucknerArtist(s) Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich Paavo Järvi
Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108: IV. Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell
24:37$8.00
Total running time: 81 minutes.
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Anton Bruckner called his Symphony no.8 in C minor a ‘mystery’; others have seen it as an ‘apocalyptic’ work. For Paavo Järvi, it is the composer’s ‘most unusual symphony’ and the ‘pinnacle’ of his symphonic output.
In the history of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, the Eighth Symphony occupies a special place, since it was the first Bruckner the orchestra performed – in 1905, twelve years after the premiere in Vienna of what was then the longest symphony in the history of music, and Bruckner’s only work to call for harps: ‘A harp has no place in a symphony, but I couldn't do otherwise!’, the composer reportedly said.
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