ANTON BRUCKNER Symphony #3

ANTON BRUCKNER
Sinfonie Nr. 3 d-moll


Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien | Markus Poschner

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 surviving revision fragments from 1874, 1875, and 1876.  In its first version (here recorded), it is Bruckner’s longest and most overtly Wagnerian symphony. When Brucknerian extraordinaire Robert Simpson got to study Nowak’s edition of this version in 1977, he threw his hitherto 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 in all states of pruning, but this is the obvious point to start at.

#bruckner24 – ein gemeinsamen Projekt von Bruckner Orchester Linz, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien und dem Label Capriccio unter der Leitung von Markus Poschner, das bis 2024 alle Sinfonien Anton Bruckners in allen Fassungen vorlegen wird.
Bruckner Symphony #3 | C8086 – erschienen 09/2022

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Kontrastreicher Bruckner mit Markus Poschner

»Es ist eine kontrastreiche Interpretation, die das Geflecht der Motive klar herausstellt und uns so beeindruckend die Architektur der vieldimensionierten Gedankenwelt des Komponisten vor Ohren führt.«

»It is an interpretation rich in contrasts that clearly brings out the mesh of motifs, impressively presenting us with the architecture of the composer’s multi-dimensional world of thought.«

Remy Franck | Pizzicato | 11.09.2022

Bruckner: Symphony 3 (Capriccio)

»This release is obligatory for those who already have the previous discs in this series and the growing number of Bruckner enthusiasts.«

Gregor Tassie | MusicWeb International | 12.2022

Review: BRUCKNER Symphony No 3 (1873 version. Poschner)

»At 57 minutes, Markus Poschner’s performance is a fleet interpretation, the running time barely a minute longer than Dausgaard’s account with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, the fastest performance of the 1873 version on record.«

Christian Hoskins | Gramophone | Awards Issue 2022

»Poschner is flexible in phrases and parts of phrases, taking each as it comes.

Another trademark of this series, the treatment of orchestral balances, is more apparent in this symphony than in the other Thirds that I have heard. The Third is not one of Bruckner’s monumental symphonies. It is more line driven; and in this reading, the lines in the middle textures, many of them accompaniment figures, stand out more than usual.«

Roger Hecht | American Record Guide | 01.2023

»For me, this ebullient reading now is the most appealing choice amongst multiple recordings of the first version of Bruckner’s Third… Poschner’s cheeky Bruckner made me fall in love with the symphony all over again.«

Raymond Tuttle | Fanfare | 03.2023

Bruckner: Symphony 3 (Capriccio)

»[Poschner is] sensitive to the varying moods of the music – the lyrical themes blossom – and, unlike many other ›horizontal‹ Bruckner conductors, he never lets the music feel inappropriately light; his deliberate, purposeful shaping of the climaxes invests them with the necessary tonal weight.«

Stephen Francis Vasta | MusicWeb International | 05.2023

Anton Bruckner began the revision of his Third Symphony after completing the Fifth on 16 May 1876 and continued working on it sporadically until 28 April 1877.  Then, after the Vienna Philharmonic rejected the Symphony for a third time, Bruckner’s friend, Hofkapellmeister Johann Herbeck, took matters into his own hands.  He arranged to conduct the work himself on the concert series of the Society for the Friends of Music [Gesellschaftskonzerte] on 16 December 1877. After Herbeck passed away unexpectedly, Bruckner was forced to conduct the symphony himself.  The performance proved to be one of the worst debacles of his career.  The players were rude and unreceptive, and the audience left the concert hall in droves. Despite the public fiasco, Theodor Rättig, one of the few people who stayed, offered to publish the symphony. Two other people who were there at the end, Gustav Mahler and Rudolf Krzyzanowski, prepared a piano four-hand reduction for Rättig’s publication which appeared at the end of 1879.  It was the first publication of a Bruckner Symphony.

ANTON BRUCKNER Symphony #3

#bruckner24 – ein gemeinsamen Projekt von Bruckner Orchester Linz, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien und dem Label Capriccio unter der Leitung von Markus Poschner, das bis 2024 alle Sinfonien Anton Bruckners in allen Fassungen vorlegen wird.
Bruckner Symphony #3 | C8095 – erschienen 06/2024

REVIEWS

Poschner mit Bruckners Dritter von 1877

»Markus Poschner gelingt es sehr gut, die verhaltenen, hin und wieder fast ängstlichen Klänge mit sehr dezidierter und erhabener Gestik in einen Fluss zu bringen. Das Gefühl innerer Unsicherheit setzt sich im Adagio fort, dessen motivische Vielfalt Poschner sehr klar herausstellt.«

»Markus Poschner succeeds very well in bringing the restrained, sometimes almost anxious sounds into a flow with very determined and sublime gestures. The feeling of inner uncertainty continues in the Adagio, whose motivic variety Poschner emphasizes very clearly.«

Remy Franck | Pizzicato | 08.06.2024

»The energy that [Poschner] brings to the symphony’s stirring peroration is very welcome… The recording quality of all the items here is very good and Capriccio’s documentation once again includes an illuminating essay.«

Christian Hoskins | Gramophone | 08.2024

»… I find Poschner well matched to this piece. … this is a welcome addition to the Capriccio series.«

Paul L Althouse | American Record Guide | 11.2024

»Listeners will have no trouble discerning that the first movement is punchy and exciting in the racing momentum Poschner imparts. … There’s no slowing down for the lyrical second theme, although the yearning cello line is brought out expressively. …the strings [of the Vienna orchestra] in particular add a lustre to the overall sonority that keeps the performance from sounding brusque.«

Huntley Dent | Fanfare | 11.2024

»… I feel that Poschner’s youthful enthusiasm… is becoming more pronounced as this project draws to a close. …if you are willing to entertain the idea that Bruckner was…something of a young buck, Poschner’s Brucknerian gallop might be exactly what you are looking for.«

Raymond Tuttle | Fanfare | 01.2025

Bruckner’s Third Symphony had always been something of a problem child among Bruckner’s symphonies, from its disastrous first reception (an enthused youthful Gustav Mahler notwithstanding) until well into the 20th century. In its original form, it is the longest, most Wagnerian of his symphonies – and often considered, rightly or not, the first truly Brucknerian symphony. While some cherish the uncompromising originality of the first version, Bruckner himself wanted the third, much tightened Edition performed, finding it “incomparably better”. It is that final version that is here recorded – and listeners can now easily decide for themselves. 

ANTON BRUCKNER Symphony #3

#bruckner24 – ein gemeinsamen Projekt von Bruckner Orchester Linz, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien und dem Label Capriccio unter der Leitung von Markus Poschner, das bis 2024 alle Sinfonien Anton Bruckners in allen Fassungen vorlegen wird.
Bruckner Symphony #3 | C8088 – erschienen 03/2024

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Die Dritte Bruckner in der Fassung letzter Hand

»Alle Beteiligten haben die Noten und die Gestaltung sicher in den Händen. So lassen sie nonchalant eine gut geölte Interpretation erklingen, die mit gutem Fluss zu hören ist. Dabei werden das Farbspiel und die Strukturen beschienen, als dass es zu aufgetürmten Ballungen orchestraler Massen kommt. Dabei lassen sie keine Wünsche hinsichtlich Durchhörbarkeit und instrumentalem Können offen und Markus Poschner lotst die Musiker sicher durch die Tücken der Partitur.«

»All those involved [Poschner and the Bruckner Orchestra Linz] have the notes and the arrangement securely in their hands. They nonchalantly give a well-oiled interpretation that can be heard with a good flow. The play of colours and the structures are illuminated rather than piling up orchestral masses. They leave nothing to be desired in terms of audibility and instrumental skill and Markus Poschner guides the musicians safely through the pitfalls of the score.«

Uwe Krusch | Pizzicato | 04.03.2024

ANTON BRUCKNER – Symphony No. 3 (1889 Version) 

»The finale, often the most difficult movement for Bruckner (and others) is handled with grace. … Poschner’s tempos aid that process and lead the symphony to a triumphant and thrilling conclusion.«

Ian Orbell | Classical Music Sentinel | 03.2024

»Poschner’s performance has the distinction of being the fastest on any official label and is enlivened by some notably vigorous playing, especially from the timpani…«

Christian Hoskins | Gramophone | 04.2024

»This symphony… is one of the least monumental in Bruckner. It is more linear and rhythmic and seems to suit Poschner better – and I am happy to recommend it.«

Paul L Althouse | American Record Guide | 07.2024

»Poschner and his orchestra seem to be telling us that we can never know [the Third Symphony] well enough, and they are correct.«

Raymond Tuttle | Fanfare | 11.2024

Foto: Reinhard Winkler | Grafik: Capriccio

ANTON BRUCKNER Sinfonie Nr. 1 c-moll WAB 101 »Linzer Fassung« (1866)

Bruckner Orchester Linz
Markus Poschner Dirigent

»Bruckner spezial« exklusiv auf LT1

DAs Konzert wurde am 2. Dezember 2023
im Redoutensaal Linz aufgezeichnet

Anton Bruckner komponierte seinen gültigen Sinfonienerstling in den Jahren 1865/66, als er Domorganist am Linzer Dom war. Kurz bevor er nach Wien umzog, wurde das Werk unter seinem Dirigat am 9. Mai 1868 im Redoutensaal uraufgeführt. Es ist die einzige Sinfonie, die in Linz ihre Weltpremiere erfuhr. Das Bruckner Orchester Linz unter der Leitung von Markus Poschner kehrt an den Ursprungsort zurück. Wir tauchen noch einmal ins Jahr 1868 ein.

Video: Manuel Lidauer und Thomas Radlwimmer 
Foto: BOL

Markus Poschner

ANTON BRUCKNER
Sinfonie Nr. 1 c-moll

Bruckner Orchester Linz | MARKUS POSCHNER

By his own reckoning, Bruckner began his career as a professional composer when he was thirty-nine years old. With a mere exercise for a symphony under his belt – the unnumbered one in F minor – he was now ready to write his first true symphony. The world was not. First performed in 1868 in Linz – badly – the work flopped and was put aside until nine years and five symphonies later, when it was gently adjusted. A subsequent performance in 1884 was Bruckner’s »most successful Viennese performance to date« prompting, perplexingly, a thorough revision that would be the 1891 »Vienna« version. This recording uses the unadulterated 1868 »Linz« version.

ANTON BRUCKNER Symphony #1 Linzer Fassung

#bruckner24 – ein gemeinsamen Projekt von Bruckner Orchester Linz, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien und dem Label Capriccio unter der Leitung von Markus Poschner, das bis 2024 alle Sinfonien Anton Bruckners in allen Fassungen vorlegen wird.
Bruckner Symphony #1 | C8092 – erschienen 01/2024

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Markus Poschner kommt bei Bruckner zum Anfang

»Poschner zeigt gekonnte Frische und verströmt keinen Weihrauch mit Patina. Das Orchester, welches den Namen des Komponisten trägt, weiß um die starken Seiten der Musik und beleuchtet beispielsweise die Wärme und Kraft der Musik adäquat. Dabei können sie auch die große dynamische Spanne wie auch die Entwicklung der Musik angemessen beleuchten.«

»As in other recordings of the cycle, the focus is on rhythm and pulse. And that suits the character of this symphony particularly well. Poschner shows skillful freshness and does not exude any incense with patina. The orchestra, which bears the composer’s name, is aware of the strong aspects of the music and, for example, adequately illuminates the warmth and power of the music. They are also able to adequately illuminate the wide dynamic range as well as the development of the music.«

Uwe Krusch | Pizzicato | 08.01.2024

For the Record: Jan. 12, 2024

»Poschner proves a fine conductor for the assignment, and the two orchestras splitting the journey – the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and Bruckner Orchester Linz – play with passion and conviction.«

Steve Smith | Night After Night | 12.01.2024

Markus Poschner dynamise Bruckner

« Joker absolu »

»On retrouve d’emblée les immenses qualités de la vision de Markus Poschner : une lecture virtuose, orchestrale, altière, dynamique qui scanne le matériau instrumental.

Encore un excellent volume de cette intégrale qui fera date tant sur la forme que sur le fond.«

Pierre Jean Tribot | Crescendo Magazine | 28.01.2024

Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 (Capriccio)

»… Poschner generates plenty of drive and excitement, steering the music towards a thrilling conclusion, reining back persuasively before the final acceleration.«

Ralph Moore | MusicWeb International | 05.02.2024

Anton Bruckner – Sinfonie Nr. 1 (Version 1868)

»Unfeierlicher im guten Sinne kann man das Bruckner-Jahr nicht beginnen.«

Kai Luehrs-Kaiser | RONDO | 17.02.2024

»Poschner, as usual, brings quick, bracing tempos to the music, and here it works very well. … I find him engaging and exciting. The Linz orchestra plays beautifully, and the sonics are fine.«

Paul L. Althouse | American Record Guide | 05.2024

»[Poschner] delivers lyrical passages quite tenderly and yet also launches into the Scherzo with hectic energy. The same propulsion continues into the finale, where punchy accents and a raw brass sound keep the music on edge.«

Huntley Dent | Fanfare | 05.2024

What a difference a performance makes!

»The Scherzo is the true highlight of this performance: fiery, full of life, energetic, punchy. The Capriccio recording captures the orchestra’s bite to perfection, while Bruckner’s dizzying, circular linear writing has the required effect. The Trio is beautifully contrastive, woodwind nicely to the fore.

A fascinating release.«

Colin Clarke | Classical Explorer | 11.07.2024

»Previously, I was only lukewarm about this symphony. Hearing Poschner’s views on it – or I should say ›them‹ – has changed my mind, and now I think it is a supremely exciting work, not least because it hurtles forward in a way that we do not expect from Bruckner.«

Raymond Tuttle | Fanfare | 11.2024

Anton Bruckner finally received the award of an honorary doctorate of the University of Vienna on 11 December 1891. For Bruckner, receiving the doctorate fulfilled a long-time wish. He had spent most of his life pursuing academic credentials and applied for honorary doctorates at Cambridge University in 1882 and at the Universities of Pennsylvania and Cincinnati in 1885. Two days later, Hans Richter conducted the Vienna Philharmonic in the first performance of the second or so-called »Vienna« version of the composer’s First Symphony which he had dedicated to the university in gratitude for the degree. The changes Bruckner made in the revised version of the First Symphony are not as extensive as those he made to the Third, Fourth and Eighth Symphonies during the late 1880s and early 1890s. His revisions to the First Symphony did not affect the overall form of any of the movements. He changed many details of orchestration, articulation, and phrase length, some of which are difficult to notice on first hearing. The 1891 autograph score is, nevertheless, the composer’s final word on how he wanted his First Symphony to be performed and understood.

ANTON BRUCKNER Symphony #1 1891

#bruckner24 – ein gemeinsamen Projekt von Bruckner Orchester Linz, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien und dem Label Capriccio unter der Leitung von Markus Poschner, das bis 2024 alle Sinfonien Anton Bruckners in allen Fassungen vorlegen wird.
Bruckner Symphony #1 | C8094 – erschienen 05/2024

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Eine kraftvoll geformte Wiener Fassung von Bruckners Erster

Supersonic pizzicato

»Wenn diese zweite, die Wiener Fassung Bruckners letztes Wort in Sachen Erste Symphonie ist, dann gibt es keinen, der dieses Wort besser und bedeutungsvoller ausspricht als Poschner.«

»If this second, Viennese version is Bruckner’s last word on the First Symphony, then there is no one who pronounces that word better and more meaningfully than Poschner.«

Remy Franck | Pizzicato | 04.05.2024

Kompaktes klangbild

»Am meisten überzeugt bei dieser Aufnahme das bewegte und feurige Finale. Das energiegeladene Spiel um den Oktavsprung besitzt erstaunliches Feuer.«

Alexander Walther | Online Merker | 30.05.2024

Bruckner expérimental ? 

»Markus Poschner sait trouver le ton juste, préservant une dynamique mais mettant en avant la radicalité des choix de Bruckner. Cela étant, cette édition est plutôt un approfondissement de l’art du compositeur.

Markus Poschner est excellent trouvant le ton juste pour rendre justice à ce court morceau. 

Un disque encore très intéressant, de haut vol artistique, qui complète notre connaissance de Bruckner.«

Pierre Jean Tribot | Crescendo Magazine | 13.08.2024

»This is an instance where the breeziness of the score fits the conductor’s default style well. Another favourable note is that Poschner’s once-over-lightly approach changes to something several degrees more profound in the Adagio without resorting to ponderousness.«

Huntley Dent | Fanfare | 09.2024

»The best reason to acquire this release… is the inclusion here, as an appendix, of a different Scherzo, a relatively brief movement (5:30) from 1865.

… if you’re curious about this project, Poschner and the Bruckner Orchester Linz are good companions and guides…«

Raymond Tuttle | Fanfare | 11.2024

»This is a good series with excellent sound and conducting.«

Donald R. Vroon | American Record Guide | 11.2024

»Poschner es un fantástico director y, tanto en equilibrio como construcción estructural, es un ejemplo a seguir en la interpretación de la música. Una minúscula precisión: los tempi están al límite de lo deseable, y un punto menos hubiera permitido degustar mejor la trama de la música. No obstante, permanece la sensación de que estamos ante un monumento de la historia de la discografía.«

Jerónimo Marín | Ritmo | 11.2024

Foto: Reinhard Winkler

Tchaikovsky Smyphonies 5 & 6

Le Sinfonie n. 5 & 6 di Čajkovskij in una prospettiva completamente inedita nel nuovo CD dell’OSI e Markus Poschner

A conclusione di un ampio percorso di rilettura delle opere sinfoniche di Piotr Il’’ič Čajkovskij, l’Orchestra della Svizzera italiana e il suo Direttore principale Markus Poschner presentano una nuova produzione discografica dedicata al famoso compositore russo. Il prodotto comprende un doppio CD, rispettivamente con la Quinta e la Sesta Sinfonia: »The 5 & 6 Symphonies Tchaikovsky« (etichetta Claves).

REVIEWS

» Musica

» Crescendo Magazine

» RONDO Das Klassik- & Jazz-Magazin

» das Orchester

» TicinOnline

» LaRegione

» M&T – Musik & Theater

» Radio România Muzical

Foto / Grafik: OSI – Orchestra della Svizzera italiana

Anton Bruckner, Symphony #5

ANTON BRUCKNER Sinfonie Nr. 5 B-Dur | 1878

RADIO-SYMPHONIEORCHESTER WIEN | MARKUS POSCHNER

Among Bruckner’s Symphonies, the Fifth is his contrapuntal masterpiece; the grandest until the Eighth. The tour-de-force of a finale gives us an idea of what the finale of the Ninth might have been like. Its magnificent dark and halting opening with the descending bass line – so effectively recalled in the finale – is inimitable. Although long available only in a disfigured version by Franz Schalk, it is also distinct for never having been the subject to revision or, perhaps, even doubt on the part of Bruckner – who never heard it performed with an orchestra. And yet, when Bruckner wrote this masterpiece, he was still far from establishing himself as a composer in Vienna and his spirits were as low as ever, writing a friend that »my life has lost all joy and delight – in vain and for nothing.« A radiant pinnacle from amid darkness.

#bruckner24 – ein gemeinsamen Projekt von Bruckner Orchester Linz, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien und dem Label Capriccio unter der Leitung von Markus Poschner, das bis 2024 alle Sinfonien Anton Bruckners in allen Fassungen vorlegen wird.
Bruckner Symphony #5 | C8090 – erschienen 11/2023

REVIEWS

Poschner mit Bruckners Fünfter

»Poschner überzeugt einmal mehr durch eine weitgespannte Dynamik, klanglicher Raffinesse und wohl überlegten Phrasierungen. […]
Die Unterschiede zwischen Licht und Dunkel, zwischen Bestimmtheit und scheuem Zögern, zwischen verhaltener und hymnischer Sprache kommen in dieser kontrastreichen Version voll zur Geltung.«

»Poschner is once again convincing with his wide-ranging dynamics, tonal refinement, and well-considered phrasing.«

Remy Franck | Pizzicato | 08.11.2023

Video Review: Poschner’s Superb Bruckner Fifth

»The Bottom Line: This is one of the best entries in Poschner’s ultra-complete Bruckner symphony cycle–a performance full of characterful ideas, perfectly executed.«

David Hurwitz | Classics Today | 18.11.2023

Anton Bruckner d’équilibre et de raison 

»On se sent ici au plus près du texte, mais jamais dans l’exagération car Markus Poschner travaille le fond mais reste au service de la forme et de la puissance géniale du talent créatif du compositeur. L’Orchestre de la radio de Vienne sonne avec une relative neutralité qui sert parfaitement la lecture du chef. Tous les pupitres adhèrent à l’option choisie. Ils se fondent avec une incroyable discipline et une écoute mutuelle exemplaire dans ce creuset musical. «

Pierre Jean Tribot | Crescendo Magazine | 21.11.2023

»Poschner has carefully thought through the series of contrasts he wishes to implement and his vision is coherent… The big tune of the chorale unfolds nobly – more beautiful playing from the ORF.«

Ralph Moore | MusicWeb International | 01.2024

Gramophone Editor’s Choice

»As one of our interviewees in this month’s special Bruckner feature, it’s wonderful to be able to welcome Markus Poschner’s superb new recording of Symphony No 5.«

Gramophone Editor’s Choice: January 2024 | The best new classical recordings

Martin Cullingford | Gramophone | 01.2024

»… this is one of the finest recordings of the Fifth to have come my way for some time. … from the start, one feels an impressive sense of conviction in the reading. … The playing is extremely fine, transparent and expressive in quieter passages while maintaining energy in the symphony’s extended tutti passages.«

Christian Hoskins | Gramophone | 01.2024

»As Bruckner conductors go, Poschner is less concerned with grandiosity and pontification than most, and a thread throughout his recorded cycle so far has been the tendency to play the music simply. … Poschner keeps the music moving… «

Steven Kruger | Fanfare | 03.2024

Symphonie Nr. 5

»Mit der Veröffentlichung der 5. Symphonie auf CD hat Markus Poschner nun seinen Bruckner-Zyklus, der sämtliche Symphonien des Komponisten in allen verfügbaren Fassungen enthält, fortgesetzt. Im Gegensatz zu manchen anderen seiner Werke hat Bruckner seine 5. Symphonie nie überarbeitet. Insofern ist die hier vorliegende Fassung die einzige, die aus der Feder des Komponisten überliefert ist. Und dieser Symphonie scheint die ganze Liebe des Dirigenten zu gehören.

Was Poschner und das hervorragend disponierte ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra aus der Partitur herausholen, ist ein absolutes Glanzstück. Tief tauchen Dirigent und Orchester in den fein gewobenen Klangteppich ein, den sie vom ersten bis zum letzten Takt mit größter Meisterschaft zum Klingen bringen. Bei Poschner dürfte es sich um den besten Bruckner-Dirigenten der Gegenwart handeln. Seine Auffassung von Bruckners 5. Symphonie ist von großer Tiefe und Eleganz geprägt. Gleichzeitig mutet seine Darbietung recht transparent an. Die von ihm angeschlagenen Tempi sind nicht zu langsam und wirken recht ausgewogen. Die einleitenden Pizzicati der Kontrabässe sind zwar extrem leise und praktisch nicht hörbar. Aber bereits ab dem anschließenden Motiv der Streicher, das er sehr choralartig auffasst, läuft Poschner zu ganz großer Form auf. Sehr feierlich lotet er das anschließende Blechbläser-Motiv aus. Einfach grandios gelingt ihm die fulminante, in ein herrliches A-Dur mündende Steigerung, die zum Höhepunkt der Introduktion hinführt.

Ungemein emotional und tiefgründig lotet er das nun folgende Adagio aus, wobei seine ganze Aufmerksamkeit der klagenden Oboe gehört, die er gekonnt herausstellt. Sehr wirkungsvoll interpretiert er die markanten Sept-Sprünge. Das Scherzo nimmt Poschner recht flott, wobei er den fein intonierenden Holzbläsern seine ganze Aufmerksamkeit schenkt. Einen überzeugenden Kontrapunkt setzt er mit dem eindringlich dirigierten Ländler. Den abschließenden Final-Satz breitet er mit großer Feierlichkeit und enormem Glanz vor den Ohren des begeisterten Zuhörers aus. Bei all dem verliert Poschner an keiner Stelle den großen musikalischen Zusammenhang aus den Augen.

Hier haben wir es mit einer ausgezeichneten Aufnahme zu tun, die sich die beste Bewertung verdient hat.«

Ludwig Steinbach | Das Orchester | 03.2024

»In the Fifth… we have a piece that is admired for its economy of materials and contrapuntal ingenuity, including a fine double fugue in the finale; lush, spiritual passages are at a minimum. As a result Poschner’s bracing vitality fits the music very well, and I am happy to recommend this release.«

Paul L Althouse | American Record Guide | 05.2024

»… there is some noteworthily attractive playing in all four movements. For example, in the second movement (Adagio. Sehr langsam), the richness of the strings at the start of the second thematic section suddenly gives the music a more luminous quality, and this luminosity becomes even stronger as the section continues.«

Raymond Tuttle | Fanfare | 09.2024

»Marcus Bosch and Markus Poschner make the most persuasive cases for an antimonumental Fifth. They point up the correspondence points in the symphony with both ›Die Nullte‹ and the Ninth, underlining the pivotal place of the Fifth within Bruckner’s whole output.«

Peter Quantrill | Gramophone | 10.2024

Foto: Kaupo Kikkas | Grafik: Capriccio