Explore the emotional and architectural depths of Anton Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony with the Nowak edition - edited by Leopold Nowak and based on Bruckner’s 1890 revision. This powerful recording by Klaus Tennstedt and the Boston Symphony Orchestra captures the grandeur and refinement of Bruckner’s late style, delivering a spiritually charged experience of epic proportions in a live setting. The Nowak edition has become the most widely performed and recorded version of the symphony, solidifying its status as a must-listen for any symphonic music lover.
Artist(s): Conductor - Klaus Tennstedt
Orchestra - Boston Symphony Orchestra
Recording Info: Recorded Live 12-21-1974 at Symphony Hall Boston
Sourced from a 15ips 2-track tape
Components used for Transfer: Analog: Transferred using a modified Studer 810 tape deck w/ Flux Heads feeding a Merrill Tape Preamp
Digital: Merging Anubis Analog to Digital Converter powered by Teddy Pardo Linear
Power Supply, clocked by an Antelope Audio 10MX Atomic Clock
Software; Merging Pyramix v15
Power Conditioning: Shunyata Research Everest 8000 for all components
All components grounded to Shunyata ALTAIRA Hubs
This recording was made possible from the music archives of Clark Johnsen
1 Allegro moderato 13:53
2 Scherzo: Allegro moderato - Trio: Langsam 13:15
3 Adagio: Feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppend 25:49
4 Finale: Feierlich, nicht schnell 20:22
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