Episode 3
Donald Macleod introduces Bruckner's Te Deum, which the composer is said to have regarded as his greatest work, and his Seventh Symphony.
Donald Macleod introduces Bruckner’s Te Deum, which the composer is said to have regarded as his greatest work; and the 7th Symphony, whose Adagio is his monument to the man he always referred to as ‘the Master’, Richard Wagner.
‘Christus factus est’, Gradual for 4-part choir (1884)
Monteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner (cond
DG459674 2
CD1 Track 11
Te Deum (1884)
Te Deum. Allegro
Te ergo quaesumus. Moderato
Aeterna fac. Allegro Moderato. Feierlich mit Kraft
Salvum fac populum tuum. Moderato – Allegro Moderato
In te, Domine, speravi. Mäßig bewegt – Allegro moderato – Alla breve
Jessye Norman (sop), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-sop), David Rendall (ten), Samuel Ramey (bass) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / Daniel Barenboim (cond)
DG 435 068-2,
CD1 Tracks 5–9
Symphony no.7 in E major (original version) – mvt 2
Adagio. Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam
Berlin Philharmonic Orcheastra /Herbert von Karajan- Conductor
DG 419195 2
CD1 Track 2
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