Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (Arranged for Chamber Ensemble)

Anton Bruckner (Composer), Thomas Christian Ensemble (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Thomas Christian Ensemble
• Composer: Anton Bruckner
• Audio CD (May 24, 2005)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: MD&G Records
• ASIN: B0007OP680
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #457,814 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Allegro Moderato

2. Adagio. Sehr Feierlich Und Sehr Langsam

3. Scherzo. Sehr Schnell

4. Finale. Bewegt, Doch Nicht Schnell

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A FANTASTIC FIND FOR ALL BRUCKNERIANS!!!, August 7, 2005

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Sébastien Melmoth (Hôtel d'Alsace, PARIS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (Arranged for Chamber Ensemble) (Audio CD)

If you love Bruckner--(as I do)--you'll be thrilled with this new disc. It's on the MD&G gourmet label--(which, queerly enough, Amazon lists as "MP&G" [!]). It's a 1920s arrangement of the 7th for chamber ensemble (with harmonium!). It's fantastic. This is just the type of arrangement which was done for Schoenberg's post-WWI Society for the Private Presentation of Music wherein avant-garde pieces for large orchestra were reduced for chamber performance. See also Bruckner's 3rd for piano duet arranged by Mahler (also on MD&G--"MP&G").

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brisk, Clear And Brilliant, August 7, 2006

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Timothy Dougal (Madison, Wi United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (Arranged for Chamber Ensemble) (Audio CD)

I bought this chamber version of Bruckner's 7th out of curiosity, but I'm keeping it out of satisfaction. This arrangement for 10 musicians is something of a miracle of clarity, and power. The 59 minute performance is passionate and nuanced, and more satisfying than any full orchestral version I have heard! The recording is first rate, too.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Alert: there is version confusion, September 19, 2011

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Dr. Whom (Newton,, MA, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (MP3 Download)

added note: Bruckner lovers! Navigate to hear the chamber ensemble version done by the Linos Ensemble. Praise to the Algorithm for suggesting it.

there is an error -- a Bruckner 7 with francophonie canadian is merged with this version, the Thomas Christian Ensemble -- somebody named Christian leads that -- I am being approximate because one cannot look at the actual page and write the review at the same time, so who can remember?

i thought maybe there was an error, and that the wrong Bruckner 7 was hitched to these links. This is no chamber ensemble to my ears, although very pretty. But, the same sounds are at iTunes as here, and the slow movement is by far the slowest or longest on record - and I have almost every record. The timing is 24 minutes - many are 18. Maybe this is the only performance that takes every repeat -- but the pace sounds very slow.