Kawasaki, Takanobu: Bruckner's Fifth Symphony - Original Concepts

Takenobu Kawasaki is a Bruckner scholar who lives in Japan. His work has resulted in two of the recordings that Akira Naito has made for Delta Music. They are the Symphony No. 8 with the Intermediate Adagio (in collaboration with Dermot Gault) and the First Concept edition of the Symphony No. 5. Here is a short essay prepared by Mr. Kawasaki that explains his process in preparing this edition of the Symphony No. 5.