02 October 2016

A new completion of the Finale of Bruckner Symphony No. 9 by Gerd Schaller

It is a significant endeavour by Gerd Schaller, but whether this attempt at completion will stay in the concert hall, only history will tell.

"Anton Bruckner, Ninth Symphony in D minor, four movements including finale based on original sources, supplemented, completed and premiered by Gerd Schaller."


2 comments:

  1. Thanks for the heads up on this new recording.

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  2. Dr. Rainer Boss's liner notes claim that "even passages lacking a coherent original version are presented in a distinctly Brucknerian style while additions are not perceived as alien features." I take no issue with Schaller's added voices throughout his Finale completion, and would argue that Bruckner himself elaborated the textures of his sketches in completed works. I am convinced up to the elongated dominant before the final D major resolution at 23:48. Schaller clearly modeled this from the 8th Symphony's finale coda, but seems to hold back the 9th finale's less stable and faster moving motifs to fit the 8th finale's mold.

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