Skrowaczewski / Bruckner: Symphony No. 7

CD: Skrowaczewski / Bruckner: Symphony No. 7

Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Symphony No. 7 in E major

Stanisław Skrowaczewski conductor
London Philharmonic Orchestra

‘To me, Bruckner is one of the greatest composers,’ says conductor Stanisław Skrowaczewski. ‘He is another Mozart: his music is magical … its message speaks about the infinite, transcendental cosmos, God, timelessness, love and tragedy.’ The opening melody of Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony apparently came to the composer in a dream: a friend from Bruckner’s younger days played the theme on a viola, with the words: ‘This will bring you success.’ If this is true it was prophetic: the work was one of the greatest successes of the composer’s career.

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