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Newsletter - September 1, 2025

Newsletter - September 1, 2025

Newsletter - September 1, 2025
Some of the parcels being delivered to the Mediathek
Welcome to the Newsletter from Abruckner.com!

As of August 31st the Discography Database and the Bruckner Archive Database have been updated. The underlined headlines below will take you to the various sections of the website where the bullet points below are featured. Please use these as guides to the new information offered since the last newsletter.

Newsletter - September 1, 2025

In just a few days, the 2025 East Coast Brucknerathon will be taking place here in Connecticut. Ever since 2009, when the first East Coast event took place in order to mirror the "Brucknerthon" taking place in California, the three day gathering has evolved into a Bruckner Society of America function which incorporates an afternoon social, an all-day marathon listening session and the annual meeting the the Society's Board of Directors. Planning for the event can be intensive with planning for four meals and refreshments plus the actual selection of recordings and preparation for the Sunday morning board meeting. We have just over fifteen people attending at present, but there is still time, especially if you live in the area, to contact me and for you to join us for all or part of the activities. If you are so inclined, just click here to sign up! This year, we will be concentrating on vinyl recordings (8 newly released and 3 vintage selections).

In the middle of August, fourteen cartons of recordings were delivered to the Austrian National Media Library in Vienna thus completing what was the first physical transfer of Bruckner CDs to their facility. In addition, the Mediathek has been receiving monthly digital updates from me including new CDs and recent webcasts. The Mediathek is now the repository for the largest collection of Bruckner recordings in the world. I have also facilitated a link between the Mediathek and the Anton Bruckner Institute in Linz (ABIL) where Hans Roelofs' extensive library of vocal and instrumental music resides, thus allowing both institutions to collaborate in administering both collections. Meanwhile, the acquisition of recordings continues here thus ensuring that the archive continues to grow without any gaps in the list of new releases and webcasts.

Thanks to the help of a colleague in Poland, I was able to locate a website that contains numerous out-of-print biographies on Bruckner. It was a tricky and time consuming endeavor, but I succeeded in downloading a number of interesting books on Bruckner:

In English:
Gabriel Engel: The Life of Anton Bruckner
Hans Redlich: Bruckner and Mahler
Derek Watson: Bruckner
Erwin Doernberg: The Life and Symphonies of Anton Bruckner
Robert Simpson: The Essence of Bruckner
Hans-Hubert Schoenzeler: Bruckner
Lee Lovallo: A Bruckner Discography
Renate Grasberger: The Bruckner WAB Catalog (Werkverzeihnis)

In German:
Gollerich / Auer: Anton Bruckner: Ein Lebens- und Schaffens-Bild – A Picture of His Life and Work (9 Volumes)

They can all be found in the Articles and Essays section.

Please become a member of the Bruckner Society of America. For a $30.00 annual fee, you receive access to the Society's webpage archive and a subscription to the "Bruckner Journal." “The Bruckner Journal” (published three times a year), is now the official publication of the BSA. Each issue contains up to sixty pages of essays, recording and concert reviews and lists of upcoming concerts worldwide. Subscribe today at www.brucknersocietyamerica.org.


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LATEST NEWS AND POSTINGS

  • Any news about Bruckner that reaches my desk is posted here. After a while, interesting stories are moved to the FEATURES SECTION (below).


THE BRUCKNER ARCHIVE

  • The Bruckner Archive recording database (with over 10,369 listings) has been updated and it is easy to download as an Excel file. Many of these recordings are available to collectors and researchers. Contact me for details on how you can fill in some holes in your collection. The database is fully sortable including the ability to sort by performance date!


EDITOR'S SECTION

  • There are many subjects covered here. While the topics remain relatively static, the sections themselves are frequently updated, so make it a point to check out the various subjects under this heading.


NEW AND FEATURED RELEASES

  • A listing of new releases and exclusive recordings - many currently available in my webstore.


FUTURE RELEASES AND RECENT DISCOVERIES

  • A listing of future releases and recordings that have recently been discovered.


DOWNLOADS

  • A collection of wonderful downloads including scores and the always popular DOWNLOAD OF THE MONTH.


WEB STORE

  • The web store focuses on new Bruckner recordings and other Bruckner recordings that are not generally available. The store is divided up into sections for CDs and DVDs, books and scores, downloads, bargain samples and collectibles. Be sure to check out each section for new items. My focus is on new releases and hard-to-find items.



FEATURES

  • As stories in the LATEST NEWS AND POSTINGS section get older, those that are still relevant get moved into the FEATURES SECTION. There is a wealth of information here that you may have missed when they were first posted.


ARTICLES / GRAPHICS

  • Essays in English and other languages are entered as they are discovered or accepted.

  • New graphics (over 1,400) are frequently added.


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Stay safe and happy listening!

John F. Berky