BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä - Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 (2000)

Tracklist

01. Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, WAB 103 (1877 Version, Ed. Nowak, with 1876 Adagio): I. Gemäßigt, mehr bewegt, misterioso
02. Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, WAB 103 (1877 Version, Ed. Nowak, with 1876 Adagio): II. Adagio. Bewegt, quasi Andante
03. Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, WAB 103 (1877 Version, Ed. Nowak, with 1876 Adagio): III. Scherzo. Ziemlich schnell – Trio
04. Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, WAB 103 (1877 Version, Ed. Nowak, with 1876 Adagio): IV. Finale. Allegro

Of all the Bruckner symphonies, No 3 is the most fraught with editorial ‘problems’. At least eight versions are known to exist: the original version of 1873 (not published until 1977); the first revision (1874, also unpublished); a ‘rhythmic revision’ (1876); a third revision, published in 1878 as the first edition (used for the premiere); a ‘Fritz Oeser’ edition of 1877; and two other versions from 1889, one edited by Nowak. This recording is of the 1877 third (first published) version, with the inclusion of an 1876 version of its Adagio containing much new material, which was discovered pasted over in the orchestral parts used in the first performance. Bruckner called No 3 his ‘Wagner Symphony’ and it contains many quotations from the Wagner operas including the famous cascading strings from the Tannhäuser Overture.

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