The Bruckner Journal
VOLUME TWENTY-NINE, NUMBER THREE
NOVEMBER 2025
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ITEMS IN THIS ISSUE
Announcements & Awards
2026 Readers Conference at Yale announced
Brucknertage Golden Toni awarded to Ken Ward
Bruckner Society of America Recordings of the Year announced
“… Put the Emphasis on Bruckner this Time”. The Music Festival 1886 in Sondershausen
by Andrea Harrandt
“A Titan in Conflict with the Gods”: Hugo Wolf's Reception of Bruckner
by Miguel J Ramirez
From the History of The Bruckner Journal: Its Contents and Discontents
by Ken Ward
2025 USA Bruckner Marathons Proceed with Interesting Approaches
by Neil Schore
The 2025 St Florian Brucknertage
by Michael Cucka, Neil Schore & Ken Ward
CONCERTS REVIEWED
MELBOURNE, AUS ST STEPHEN'S ANGLICAN CHURCH 13 SEPTEMBER 2025
BRUCKNER: Intermezzo in D Minor WAB 113
MOZART: String Quintet No. 5 in D Major, K.593
NIELSEN: String Quintet in G Major, CNW 59
Wilma & Friends
Peter Gjelsten & Wilma Smith, vln / Yuri Zhislin & Fiona Sargeant, vla / Matthias Balzart, vc
by Kevin Lee
PHILADELPHIA, US KIMMEL CENTER 11 OCTOBER 2025
BARBER: School for Scandal Overture (Mariana Corichi Gómez, conductor)
PENDERECKI: Concerto Grosso No. 1 (Nicholas Canellakis, Yumi Kenall, Christine Jeonghyoun Lee)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 3 (1889 version) (56')
Curtis Symphony Orchestra / James E. Ross
by Sol L Siegel
PHILADELPHIA, US KIMMEL CENTER 17 OCTOBER 2025
MOZART: Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major, K. 297b, for winds and orchestra
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major “Romantic” (1878/80, ed. Nowak)
Philadelphia Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen
by James Altena & Sol L Siegel
VIENNA, AT MUSIKVEREIN 1 NOVEMBER 2025
MOUSSA: Elysium
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major
Wiener Philharmoniker / Christian Thielemann
by Andrea Puggioni
TRIER, DE TRIER CATHEDRAL 28 MAY 2024
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 “Romantic” (arr. E Klotz)
Bernadetta Šuňavskaì, organ
by Joachim Scherrer
MEDIA REVIEWED
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1887 ed. Nowak)
NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo / Fabio Luisi
rec. live 14-15 September 2024, NHK Hall, Tokyo
EXTON OVCL-00868 Hybrid SACD stereo [82:54]
by Neil Schore
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1890, ed. Schaller)
Philharmonie Festiva / Gerd Schaller
rec. live 14 July 2024, Former Cistercian Abbey Church, Ebrach, Franconia, Germany
Hänssler Profil PH25006 [70]
by Ralph Moore
“Symphonies oubliées”
SCHUMANN: Symphony in G minor “Zwickau” (1832, unfinished) [19:23]
BRUCKNER: Symphony in D minor “Nullte” (1869) [43:34]
Les Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall
rec. live 23-29 Sept, Namur Auditorium, Belgium
AliaVox AVSA9963 Hybrid SACD
by Michael Cucka
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major (ed. Nowak)
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestre / Alan Gilbert
rec. live 21 October 2021, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester download only without booklet [69]
by Neil Schore
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major (1880, ed. Haas)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E major (1885, ed. Haas)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra / Bruno Walter
rec. 1960 (No.4) & 1961 (No. 7), American Legion Hall, Hollywood
Pristine Audio PASC 747 [66:30 + 65] Stereo XR Remastering
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 in D minor
Bamberger Symphoniker / Herbert Blomstedt
rec. live 11 July 2024, Basilica St Florian Monastery
ACCENTUS MUSIC ACC 20661 & 10661 DVD & Blu-ray Disc [66:26 + bonus]
by Michael Cucka
NEW AND REISSUED RECORDINGS
UPCOMING RECORDINGS
July to October 2025 - Upcoming Releases
Compiled by Howard Jones
WORLDWIDE CONCERT LISTING
November 2025 to February 2026
Compiled by Michael Cucka
And sundry other short items of interest to Brucknerians
