Bruckner: Symphony No. 7

London Philharmonic Orchestra;
Skrowaczewski, Stanisław

LPO 0071

Stanisaw Skrowaczewski is regarded as one of today's greatest living Bruckner conductors. Now in his 90th year, he brings a lifetime's accumulated wisdom to this work. • This Symphony had a life-changing significance for Skrowaczewski. Aged seven, he heard some distinctive but unfamiliar music drifting out of the upstairs window of a house he passed, to dramatic effect: 'It was such an impression that I became really out of my mind ... I had a high temperature, so all this proves really deep shock and this stays forever'. This was Bruckner's Symphony No. 7. • In 2011 Skrowaczewski's biography was published: Seeking the Infinite by Frederick Edward Harris Jr., in which the conductor discusses at length his lifelong devotion to the music of Bruckner. • This performance is of Skrowaczewski's own edition, based on the Haas edition but including the triangle and cymbal clash at the climax of the Adagio.

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Muzyka klasyczna

LPO

27-08-2013

854990001710

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