GUNTER WAND EDITION, PART II (NTSC)

• Günter Wand (1912–2002) made an imperative contribution not only to our understanding of Bruckner but also to that of Schubert as a symphonist. Both composers were particularly close to his heart and his international breakthrough came – late in his life - with his highly-acclaimed Bruckner and Schubert recordings 1974-81.

• In the television recordings from the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival that are now released for the first time on DVD, Günter Wand and his inimitable style of conducting are brought back to life in a particularly impressive way.

• This, the second box of the Günter Wand Edition, includes includes the popular Bruckner Symphonies Nos. 4 (“Romantic”) and 7, Schubert’s symphonies 5, 8 (“Unfinished”) & 9 as well as Beethoven’s third Leonore and the first symphony by Brahms.

• Already released in the first edition have been Bruckner symphonies Nos. 5, 6 and 8 in their original or restored versions as well as an elegant, but rarely performed Haydn Symphony and the “Unfinished” symphonies by Bruckner and Schubert.