Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major

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The playing of the orchestra is first-class throughout, with mellifluous strings and wonderfully phrased and blended brass. Also impressive is Skrowaczewski’s grip on the work’s architecture,... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2016 More…

Release Date: 27th May 2016
Catalogue No: LPO0090
Label: LPO
Length: 78 minutes

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Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major

Work length1:18:49

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London Philharmonic Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
Recorded: 31 October 2015
Recording Venue: Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, UK

I. Adagio - Allegro (Nowak Edition, 1878)

Track length21:26

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II. Adagio. Sehr langsam (Nowak Edition, 1878)

Track length18:09

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III. Scherzo. Molto vivace (Schnell) - Trio. Im gleichen Tempo (Nowak Edition, 1878)

Track length13:16

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IV. Adagio - Allegro moderato (Nowak Edition, 1878)

Track length25:58

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This live concert recording features renowned Bruckner expert Stanisław Skrowaczewski, who commands a rare position within the international musical scene, being both a renowned conductor and a highly-regarded composer.

This recording is an interpretation of humility from nonagenarian Stanisław Skrowaczewski, a performance in which the listener can hear the remarkable connection between conductor and the London Philharmonic Orchestra; the Orchestra has performed Bruckner’s symphonies under his baton many times.

Anton Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony is one of the grandest of his so-called ‘cathedrals in sound’. From the first movement’s monumental tone, via the dance-haunted Scherzo, to the beautiful yet finally enigmatic Adagio, Bruckner’s ‘fantastic’ Fifth ends with a triumphant orchestral finale, among the finest ever written.

Skrowaczewski’s interpretation of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 3 with the LPO is also available on the LPO’s record label (LPO-0084). Released in 2015, the recording received excellent reviews, with BBC Radio 3 commenting that ‘it sounds throughout as if the LPO is completely in sympathy with the conductor’s carefully controlled approach ... It feels right, end to end.’

This recording was taken from a live concert performance at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall on Saturday 31 October 2015.

Reviews

August 2016

The playing of the orchestra is first-class throughout, with mellifluous strings and wonderfully phrased and blended brass. Also impressive is Skrowaczewski’s grip on the work’s architecture, tempi for each section chosen in the context of the needs of the immediate material as well as the longer-term unity of the work.

July 2016

the assured Skrowaczewski demonstrates a deep understanding and resolute control of the symphonic structure. The unified playing is of the highest calibre, perceptive and with gripping intensity. The London brass sound full, making dark threatening roars, the woodwind is highly assured and the strings have a splendid silvery timbre.

Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major

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