Hansjorg Albrecht - V6: The Bruckner Symphonies - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Peter Schreier - Easter Impressions [COMPACT DISCS] date 11/24/2008

This series marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Anton Bruckner, which falls in 2024. It's dedicated to Bruckner's symphonies, most of them recorded in new transcriptions for organ by Hansjörg Albrecht. The 6th recording was made on the church organ of St. Margaret in Munich with the transcription of Bruckner's 5th Symphony by Erwin Horn. The bonus track on this volume is the composition InchPoème pour orgueInch for organ by French composer Françoise Choveaux who took several notes out of Bruckner's Fifth and created a window out of the Symphony. This bonus track is a digital only .

This series marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Anton Bruckner, which falls in 2024. It's dedicated to Bruckner's symphonies, all recorded in new transcriptions for organ by Hansjörg Albrecht. The 4th recording was made on the impressive organ of St. Peter, Munich. A bonus track on each volume will be a brand new composition for organ that references Bruckner the composer. Two or three volumes will be released each year, with the project reaching it's conclusion in 2024. The third volume features Bruckner's Symphonic Prelude in C minor, his Symphony No. 3 in D minor, and Johanna Doderer's PINUS Bruckner-Fenster IV for Organ.