Recordings from the Reich-Rundfunk_Gesellschaft (1940-1944)

These recordings from the Reichs Rundfunk offer a glimpse into the recording activity afforded to the music of Anton Bruckner during the dark era of the Third Reich. Hitler had an affinity to Bruckner due to their Austrian lineage and the regime gave Bruckner's music a prominent place in the concert hall and on the radio. These recordings show how the radio was fully engaged in exploring his lesser known works, including the early Orchestral Pieces and the sketches Bruckner left for the Ninth Symphony - including the discarded trio to the Scherzo and the fragment to the Finale.

ANTON BRUCKNER: Four Orchestral Pieces (13'00")
Hans Weisbach / Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Recording Date: May 9, 1944

ANTON BRUCKNER: Symphony # 9 (Trio Fragments) ( 9'41")
Strub-Quartett
Max Strub (V), Hermann Hubl (V), Hermann Herschfelder (Va),
Hans Münch-Holland (C), Emil Seiler (Va)
Recording Date: October 13, 1940

ANTON BRUCKNER: Symphony # 9 (Finale Fragment) ( 3'20")
Hans Weisbach / Großes Orchester des Reichssenders Leipzig
Recording Date: October 12, 1940

ANTON BRUCKNER: Symphony # 3 (Finale) (12'51")
Fritz Lehmann / Orchester des Deutschlandsenders und Reichssenders Berlin
Recording Date: June 28, 1940

* These are all complete recordings or the only existing fragments