Orf Vrso/Poschner - Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 (1873 Version)

Bruckner revised his Third Symphony more than any other: there are three manuscript versions, two published versions from within his lifetime, a separate manuscript of the Adagio, and revision fragments from 1874, 1875 and 1876 that have also survived. In its first version (used for this recording), it is Bruckner�s longest and most overtly Wagnerian symphony. When Bruckner expert Robert Simpson got to study Nowak�s edition of this version in 1977, he threw his previously held opinions overboard and declared it an �achievement � progressively maimed in successive versions.� As part of this completist cycle, Markus Poschner will present the work at all stages of its pruning, but this is the obvious point at which to start.