Munchner Rundfunkorchester - Bruckner: Mass in E minor & Motets - "Bruckner's World" - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

In addition to his symphonies, Anton Bruckner is best known for his sacred works his stirring masses and his deeply moving a cappella motets. On this new BR-KLASSIK CD, to mark the Bruckner Year 2024, the Bavarian Radio Chorus and the Munchner Rundfunkorchester conducted by Peter Dijkstra present his Mass No. 2 together with five well-known motets and the two short Aequali for three trombones from 1847. The new studio recordings were made in connection with the opening concert of the 2023/24 season on October 28, 2023. On a second CD, InchBruckner's WorldInch by Markus Vanhoefer offers not only an introduction to the recorded works but also a detailed description of the life and work of this important Late Romantic composer.After Bruckner's uncommissioned Mass (No. 1) in D minor had brought him to the attention of a wider public - following it's premiere on November 20, 1864 in the Old Cathedral in Linz and a repeat performance in the city's Redoutensaal - Bishop Franz Joseph Rudigier commissioned a second mass from the composer. Bruckner wrote the work between August and November 1866, and it was to be premiered at the consecration of the Votive Chapel of the New Cathedral; due to delays in the construction work, however, the performance could not take place until September 29, 1869. The premiere of the Mass (No. 2) in E minor for eight-part mixed choir and wind ensemble was also a great success, and Bruckner described it as Inchthe most glorious dayInch of his life. The unusual instrumentation was due to the occasion and the open-air performance venue on the cathedral building site (the new chapel had proven too small for the choir). The work derives it's particular tension from the sharp contrasts between archaic, psalm-like monophony and a strictly polyphonic movement structure modelled on Palestrina, combined with the InchmodernInch wind accompaniment in sweepin