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ANTON BRUCKNER
Symphony No.5 in B flat major
Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe
1h09
1 CD
HMA1902011
Rarely did the premiere of a Bruckner symphony arouse such enthusiasm; even if, in this case, the first performance took place nearly twenty years after its composition, the work captivated listeners with its ineffable mystery (one thinks of late Beethoven), combining ‘Baroque’ logic with Romantic introspection. Parting company with Wagner, Bruckner had found his own path . . .
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- Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
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