BRUCKNER, A.: Symphony No. 5 (Cleveland Orchestra, Welser-Most) (NTSC)

BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY NO.5

The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

Recorded live at the Stiftsbasilika St. Florian, Linz, 12-13 September 2006

Bonus film: Franz Welser-Möst in conversation

Picture format: NTSC 16:9 anamorphic
Sound format: PCM Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 / DTS 5.1
Region code: 0
Subtitles (bonus): English, German, French
Booklet notes: English, German, French
Running time: 75 mins + 13 mins (bonus)
No. of DVDs: 1

• Long considered one of America’s great orchestras, The Cleveland Orchestra stands today among the world’s most-revered symphonic ensembles
  
  
• Franz Welser-Möst, in his fifth season as Music Director of The Cleveland Orchestra, conducting Bruckner’s gigantic Fifth, regarded as the cyclopean colossus among Bruckner's nine symphonies
  
  
• An amazing aspect is the sound of the Cleveland Orchestra; it is a Bruckner sound without over-forcing; even when playing fortissimo; the brass is never bombastic. The hard-worked trumpets and trombones blend into the orchestral sound with an unparalleled brilliance, while the strings (particularly excellent in the Adagio, the heart of the symphony) bring out melodies with tonal intensity
  
  
• The concert, recorded during the Linz Bruckner Festival of 2006 at the Stiftsbasilika of St. Florian, features a work that Bruckner never heard performed due to his illness at the time of its premiere in 1894. Bruckner, who is buried at the Abbey of St. Florian, had served there as chorister, teacher and organist