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BRUCKNER2024 is a musical project by the conductor
Gerd Schaller Gerd Schaller (born 1965) is a German conductor, best known for his performing and recording rare works, including the first full recordings of Bruckner's output. Career Schaller studied music at the Würzburg College of Music, and medicine a ...
, the
Philharmonie Festiva The Philharmonie Festiva is a festival orchestra founded by the conductor Gerd Schaller and became internationally recognized for its Bruckner recordings. Description The musicians of the Philharmonie Festiva, which was founded in 2008, come ...
, the Bayerischer Rundfunk – Studio Franken, the CD label Profil Edition Günter Hänssler and the Ebrach Summer Music Festival with the aim of performing and releasing all versions of the symphonies of Anton Bruckner on CD by the 200th birthday of the composer
Anton Bruckner Joseph Anton Bruckner (; ; 4 September 182411 October 1896) was an Austrian composer and organist best known for his Symphonies by Anton Bruckner, symphonies and sacred music, which includes List of masses by Anton Bruckner, Masses, Te Deum (Br ...
, including the seldom intermediate variants.


Background of the version problem

Anton Bruckner has composed eleven symphonies, of which there are several versions or intermediate variants, which is primarily due to the composer's constant urge to change and to improve. Bruckner kept refining his compositions and looking for their ideal form. In addition, he often took the advice of friends and musically high-ranking personalities. The rejection of some of his symphonies meant that he kept doubts and made improvements. That is why many of his symphonic works have come down to us today in different, sometimes independent versions or as intermediate variants.


Project goal

Dealing with the different versions and especially with the intermediate variants provide interesting insights into Anton Bruckner's composer workshop. This was decisive for the conductor Gerd Schaller to tackle a project in which all these versions as well as the essential intermediate stages are performed with just one orchestra and recorded on sound carriers. This should enable the listeners to directly compare the individual versions. This eliminates the differences in interpretation that are caused by the different views of different conductors and orchestras. Since 2007, Gerd Schaller has continuously built up his Bruckner cycle, basis on which BRUCKNER2024 is based.


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