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Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble & Trevor Pinnock - Bruckner: Symphonie No. 2 - The Sunday Times

Bruckner's Second Symphony in C minor (his second C minor symphony!), begun in London, is perhaps the least familiar in his canon. In the interests of dissemination, but mainly for musical reasons, the RAM sought from Anthony Payne a chamber version on the lines of those presented by Schoenberg's Society for Private Musical Performance in Vienna. Using a 20-strong ensemble, including the harmonium beloved of that society, Payne creates a beautiful pinpoint effect that illuminates Bruckner's argument and makes it seem even more productively spacious. Berg's transcription of Johann Strauss II's Wein, Weib und Gesang follows. 

The Sunday Times
06 April 2014