This is the FIRST PERFORMANCE and RECORDING of a little-known version of the Adagio of Bruckner s Eighth Symphony, intermediate between the two published versions of 1887 and 1890, and known as the "Intermediate Adagio." This version is preserved in a manuscript (in the hand of a copyist, with some corrections by Bruckner himself) held in the Musiksammlung of the Osterreichisches Nationalbibliothek in Vienna.(Mus.Hs. 34.614/1).
NOTE: This CD is no longer in print. Through an agreement with Delta Entertainment, we can now offer you a CDR clone of this recording. (original CD booklet was Japanese only).
The Intermediate Adagio is 317 bars long, as opposed to the 329 bars of the 1887 version and the 291 bars of the final version of 1890.
Don't miss owning this unique edition.
Naito, Akira
Tokyo New City Orch 4/9/04
Delta CD DCCA-0003
73:00 - 15:10 13:11 23:30 20:50
