Bruckner, Anton: Sinfonie Nr. 6 / Hartmann, Karl Amadeus: Sinfonie Nr. 6
ArticleNr. SWR19523CD1 CD79:59 minBooklet languagegermanenglish
Year published
2019
Composer
Anton Bruckner
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Artists
Ferdinand Leitner
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg
Tracks
ANTON BRUCKNER (1824–1896)
1-4 Sinfonie Nr. 6 A-Dur Symphony No.6 in A Major
KARL AMADEUS HARTMANN (1905–1963)
5-6 Sinfonie Nr. 6 für großes Orchester Symphony No. 6 for large orchestra
Anton Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony from 1881 and Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s Sixth Symphony from 1953 are exam-ples of Romantic and late-Romantic compositions of rare expressiveness. Bruckner’s music ranges between the poles of intimacy and triumph, Hartmann’s between melancholy and apocalyptic vision.
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