Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 "Wagner" / Richard Wagner: Parsifal (Kundry’s Aria), Tristan und Isolde (Prelude & Liebestod), by Hans Knappertsbusch, Wiener Philharmoniker, Kirsten Flagstad, Birgit Nilsson

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 "Wagner" / Richard Wagner: Parsifal (Kundry’s Aria), Tristan und Isolde (Prelude & Liebestod)

by Hans Knappertsbusch, Wiener Philharmoniker, Kirsten Flagstad, Birgit Nilsson

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Saffron Robe There were only twenty-five people left in the audience at the end of the premiere for Bruckner’s Third. Recognition was hard won, and it’s one of life’s mysteries as to why it wasn’t recognised instantly for the wonderful piece of music that it undoubtedly is. Maybe because Bruckner himself was conducting but that's another story!

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	1.	Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, WAB 103 “Wagner” I. Mäßig bewegt 19:09
	2.	Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, WAB 103 “Wagner” II. Adagio. Etwas bewegt. Quasi andante 14:06
	3.	Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, WAB 103 “Wagner” III. Scherzo. Ziemlich schnell 07:20
	4.	Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, WAB 103 “Wagner” IV. Finale. Allegro 13:24
	5.	Parsifal, WWV 111 Act. II Ich sah das Kind an seiner Mutter Brust (Kundry's Aria) 05:53
	6.	Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 Prelude 10:14
	7.	Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 Act. III Mild und leise wie er lächelt (Liebestod) 07:03

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"This Symphony No. 3 has been characterized as ‘difficult’, and is regarded by some as Bruckner’s artistic breakthrough. The work is notorious as the most-revised of Bruckner’s symphonies, and there exist no fewer than six versions, with three of them, the 1873 original version, the 1877-1878 version, and the composer’s last thoughts of 1889, being widely performed today. The 1890 Rättig (1st revision, 1877) edition was only used by conductors as Hans Knappertsbusch and Carl Schuricht conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. This first published version remains controversial because it hasn’t been ascertained how much it reflected last Bruckner’s wishes, and how much it was influenced by Josef and mainsly Franz Schalk. Knappertsbusch, with the Vienna Philharmonic, historical Wagnerian officiant of the first era of the microgroove, remains a convincing advocate as well as an accompanist to the ‘sacred monsters’ that were Kirsten Flagstad then Birgit Nilsson.

Awards: Audiophile Audition"

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released July 1, 2017

Hans Knappertsbusch Conductor
Wiener Philharmoniker Orchestra
Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano voice)
Birgit Nilsson (Soprano voice)

Issued from studio recordings: Vienna, November 1954,
February 1955, January 1959

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