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"Bruckner: Complete Symphonies for 4-handed Piano"
Bruckner: Symphony No. 0 (arranged by August Stradal)
Recorded: September 4, 2019 [14: 34][12: 57][7: 22][11: 53]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 (arranged by Ferdinand Loewe)
Recorded: September 4, 2008 [12: 44][11: 50][6: 49][14: 15]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 2 (arranged by Josef Schalk)
Recorded: September 4, 2009 Live [18: 38][13: 04][7: 08][12: 46]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 (arranged by Gustav Mahler)
Recorded: September 4, 2010 [22: 22][15: 56][7: 02][13: 20]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (arranged by Ferdinand Loewe)
Recorded: September 4, 2012 [18: 47][16: 05][10: 46][20: 09]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 (arranged by Otto Singer II)
Recorded: September 4, 2013 [21: 48][18: 45][10: 28][20: 04]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 (arranged by Josef Schalk)
Recorded: September 4, 2014 [17: 02][15: 31][8: 29][13: 57]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (arranged by Joseph and Franz Schalk)
Recorded: September 4, 2016 [20: 07][21: 56][10: 18][12: 50]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (arranged by Josef Schalk)
Recorded: September 4, 2017 [14: 43][14: 55][26: 22][22: 12]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (arranged by Josef Schalk and Ferdinand Loewe)
Recorded: September 4, 2018 [25: 05][10: 38][24: 42]
Dino Sequi (piano)
Gerhard Hoffer (piano)
All recorded live at Alter Dom in Linz (Old Cathedral)
* Bruckner's complete symphonies in duet! Moreover, the arrangers include Loewe, Mahler, the Schalk brothers, and Singer, among others. It was lovingly arranged by Bruckner's disciples and Red Guards. It's a clear departure from what I did casually for fun. The early symphonies are really interesting. It can be seen that Bruckner continued to create quite elaborate works from the beginning. The duo of Dino Secuy (born 1984 in Venedik) and Gerhard Hoffer (born 1969 in Wels) performs with open heart and sincerity. On September 4th, Bruckner's birthday, he played the organ in Linz's largest Baroque cathedral, the place where Bruckner used to play the organ, and his passion for playing steadily for over 10 years came to fruition! Comes in a beautiful box at a super special price (completely limited edition).
About the artist
profile of the arranger
August Stradal (1860-1930) was a Czech pianist, music teacher, composer, and arranger. Born in Teplice, Bohemia. He attended the Vienna Conservatory and studied composition with Anton Bruckner. From 1884, he became a disciple of Franz Liszt, and accompanied Liszt around the country as his assistant until his death in 1886. During this period, he also arranged Bruckner's symphonies for solo piano. While working as a pianist and teacher, Stradal wrote many arrangements for the piano. His subjects cover a wide range of subjects, including Bruckner, Liszt, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Wagner, Max Reger, and Mahler, which he studied, and many of them are unpublished.
Ferdinand Loewe (1865-1925) Austrian conductor. After serving as music director of the Keim Orchestra (now the Munich Philharmonic), he founded the Vienna Performing Orchestra (now the Vienna Symphony Orchestra) and became its first music director. As a direct student, he revised Symphony No. 9, the last symphony written by his master Bruckner (1906 Loewe edition). From 1919 to 1922, he concurrently served as rector of the Vienna State University of Music.
Josef Schalk (1857-1900) Austrian pianist and musicologist. Older brother of great conductor Franz Schalk. Both brothers studied under Bruckner. Together with Franz, he revised many of Bruckner's works and worked to popularize them.
Franz Schalk (1863-1931) Austrian great conductor. His older brother is pianist Josef. Together, the brothers studied conducting and composition under Anton Bruckner at the Musikverein Conservatory in Vienna. Schalk worked to popularize the works of his master Bruckner, who was a minor figure at the time, by revising many of his works in order to make them widely known.
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) A great composer. During his lifetime, he was active all over the world as a conductor. Bruckner was a rival as a composer, but he was also a keen performer and also arranged.
Otto Singer II (1863-1931) The breath of German pianist and composer Otto Singer I. After being educated in the United States, he worked as a composer, conductor, and arranger in Germany, where he left behind a large number of piano arrangements, including vocal scores. It includes all of Beethoven's symphonies, at least 57 of Liszt's songs, the complete symphonies of Johannes Brahms, and the complete symphonic poems of Richard Strauss.
countryoforigin: Japan
