Description
Title: Symphony 6
Artist: Bbc Philharmonic Mena
Label: Chandos
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 095115222126
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2021-08-06
Number of Discs: 1
Considered by some to be the ”Cinderella” of his symphonies, the Sixth Symphony of Anton Bruckner was composed in 1879 – 81. It may well demonstrate a reaction to the severe criticism of the first Viennese performance, in 1877, of his Third Symphony, which Eduard Hanslick described as a vision of how Beethoven”s Ninth befriends Wagner”s Walküre and ends up being trampled under her horses” hoofs”. Much the shortest of his mature symphonies, the Sixth also reverts to a more classical form than it”s predecessors. This recording was made in 2012, during the first season of Juanjo Mena as Chief Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, and just a month before their acclaimed performance of the work at the BBC Proms. Classical Source commented: ”Mena didn”t miss a trick and the result for the whole symphony was a revelation, and you don”t get many of those. This was a thrilling, delightful performance.”
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