Another amazing and enchanting performance by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and as usual one cannot find any faults with ...

There is a considerable tradition of – if not outright derision so at least tut-tutting of the Zeroth Symphony. Not the least by the great and sympathetic Bruckner scholar and expert Robert Simpson ...

Honoring important classical composers on the anniversaries of their births and deaths may not be the most imaginative tradition, but it is a longstanding one. And 2024 marks the bicentennial of Anton ...

The words brought to mind by Anton Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony—“awesome,” “sweeping,” “epic,” “apocalyptic”—have mostly wilted from overuse, which is unfortunate, because the Eighth invites bombast. It ...

Here’s a parlor game of sorts: Pick your Bruckner First Eleven. How does that work? Easy enough - there are only a few rules to follow (lest you make some up of your own). Take every one of Bruckner’s ...

Bruckner: 10 Symphonies, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks conducted by Lorin Maazel, BR Klassik, $79.99 (11 CDs). Burnished brass and a nuanced understanding of the massive architecture of ...

For nearly five decades, Daniel Barenboim has been making a case for the symphonies of Anton Bruckner. Tonight at Carnegie Hall, the conductor begins a complete cycle of Bruckner's nine numbered ...

Coming up in the creative theater scene, David Bruckner and his friends made theater by day and movies at night. It blurred the lines between high art and low art and led to his feature co-directorial ...