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The East Coast Brucknerathon – Performance History The East Coast Brucknerathon – Performance History Symphony in F Minor 2009 - Dong-Ho Lee Jeju Philharmonic Orchestra CD 2010 – Rupert Frieberger Orchestre Extempore Fabian CD 2011 – Gennadi Rozhdestvensky USSR Ministry of Culture Orch. Melodiya CD 2012 – Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Saarland Radio Sym. Orchestra Oehms CD 2013 – not played ** 2014 – Kazuhiko Komatsu Bruckner Orchestra of Nagoya BON CD 2015 – Elyakum Shipirra London Symphony Orchestra EMI LP 2016 – Gerd Schaller Philharmonie Festiva Profil CD Symphony # 1 2009 - Georg Tintner Scottish National Orchestra Naxos 2010 – Eugen Jochum Berlin Philharmonic DGG 2011 – Vaclav Neumann Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Berlin Classics 2012 – Martin Haselboeck Vienna Chamber Ensemble Capriccio CD 2013 – Leon Botstein American Symphony Orchestra Orchestra Download 2014 – Dean Dixon Hessian Radio Symphony Orch. Radio recording 2015 – Philippe von Steinacker Musica Saeculorum Fra Bernardo CD 2016 – Not played Symphony in D Minor “ Die Nullte” 2009 - Gennadi Rozhdestvensky USSR Ministry of Culture Orch Melodiya 2010 – Daniel Barenboim Chicago Symphony Tower / DGG 2011 – Takashi Asahina Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra Fontec CD 2012 – Mario Venzago Tapiola Sinfonietta CPO CD 2013 – Mario Venzago Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Aircheck 2014 – Stephan Blunier Beethoven Orchestra of Bonn MDG SACD 2015 – Ernst Maerzendorfer Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra ZYX Classics 2016 – Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Yomiuri Nippin Symphony Orchestra Denon CD Symphony # 2 2009 - Herbert Blomstedt Montreal Symphony Orchestra Aircheck 2010 – Simone Young Hamburg Symphony orchestra Oehms 2011 – Dean Dixon Hessian Radio Symphony Orchestra Aircheck 2012 – Hans Zender SWR Symphony Orchestra Amati CD 2013 – Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Minnesota Orchestra Aircheck 2014 – Georg Solti Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Digital Classics DVD 2015 – Ernst Praetorius Orch Reichssender Stuttgart DRA Recording 2016 – Not played Symphony # 3 2009 - Akira Naito Tokyo New City Orchestra Delta Test Pressing 2010 – Jonathan Nott Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Tudor SACD 2011 – Hans Zender SWR Symphony Orchestra Aircheck 2012 – Gerd Schaller Philharmonie Festiva Profil CD 2013 – Herbert Blomstedt San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Aircheck 2014 – Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos Dresden Philharmonic Genuin CD 2015 – Georg Solti Bavarian Radio Symphony Arthaus DVD 2016 – Not played Symphony # 4 2009 – Guiseppe Sinopoli Philharmonia Orchestra NHK DVD 2010 – Osmo Vanska Minnesota Orchestra BIS SACD 2011 – Franz Konwitschny Vienna Symphony Orchestra Denon CD 2012 – Karl Boehm Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Decca CD 2013 – Franz Welser-Moest Cleveland Orchestra Arthaus Musik Blu Ray 2014 – Franz Paul Decker Barcelona Symphony Orch. Concert Diumenges CD 2015 – Eugen Jochum Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra DGG CD 2016 – Michael Gielen SWR Symphony Orchestra SWR Symphony # 5 2009 - Heinz Roegner Berlin Symphony Orchestra Berlin Classics 2010 – Peter-Jan Marthe European Community Orch. Preiser CD 2011 – Paavo Jarvi European Youth Orchestra Estonian ERP DVD 2012 – Claudio Abbado Lucerne Festival Orchestra Accentus Blu-Ray 2013 – Takashi Asahina Chicago Symphony Orchestra NHK DVD 2014 – Gunter Wand NDR Symphony Orchestra TDK DVD 2015 – Otto Klemperer Vienna Philharmonic M&A CD 2016 – Stanislaw Skrowaczewski London Philharmonic Orchestra LPO CD Symphony # 6 2009 - Ira Levin Norrlands Opera Orchestra Lindoro 2010 – Rafael Kubelik Chicago Symphony Orchestra CSO CD 2011 – Heinz Bongartz Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Berlin Classics 2012 – Sergiu Celibidache Munich Philharmonic Orchestra Sony DVD 2013 – Leonard Bernstein New York Philharmonic NYP CD 2014 - Rafael Kubelik Bavarian Radio Symphony Orch Dreamlife DVD 2015 – Heinz Roegner Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Audio Mag CD 2016 – Remy Ballot Upper Austrian Youth Orchestra Gramola (pre-release) Symphony # 7 2009 - Eugen Jochum Concertgebouw Orchestra Altus DVD 2010 – Paavo Jarvi Frankfurt Radio Sym. Orch. RCA SACD 2011 – Yakov Kreizberg Vienna Symphony Orchestra Pentatone SACD 2012 – Daniel Barenboim Berlin Staatskapelle DGG CD 2013 – Klaus Tennstedt Boston Symphony Orchestra ICA DVD 2014 – Kurt Masur Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra RCA CD 2015 – Georg Ludwig Jochum Hessian Radio Symphony Orchestra DRA Recording 2016 – Herbert Blomstedt Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra Danish Radio DVD Symphony # 8 2009 - Takashi Asahina Osaka Philhahmonic NHK DVD 2010 – Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi Japan Philharmonic Exton DVD 2011 – Lovro von Matacic NHK Symphony Orchestra NHK DVD 2012 – Hans Graf Houston Symphony Orchestra Aircheck 2013 – Zubin Mehta Los Angeles Philharmonic Decca CD 2014 – Remy Ballot Upper Austrian Youth Orchestra Gramola SACD 2015 – Franz Welser-Moest Cleveland Orchestra Arthaus Blu Ray 2016 - Fabio Luisi Zurich Philharmonic Accentus / Zurich Phil. Symphony # 9 2009 - Fabio Luisi Dresden Staatskapelle Sony SACD 2010 – Gerd Schaller Ebrach Festival Orchestra Aircheck 2011 – Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Yomiouri Nippon Orch. Denon Blu-Ray 2012 – Herbert Blomstedt San Francisco Symphony London CD 2013 – Hans Graf Houston Symphony Orchestra Aircheck 2014 – Stanislaw Skrowaczewski SW German Radio Sym. Orch. Abruckner CD 2015 – Remy Ballot Altomonte Orchestra Gramola SACD 2016 – Christian Thielemann Staatskapelle Dresden C Major BD Symphony # 9 (Finale) 2009 - Akira Naito Tokyo New City Orchestra Delta CD 2010 – Gerd Schaller Ebrach Festival Orchestra Aircheck 2011 – Gerd Schaller Philharmonia Festiva Profil CD 2012 – Simon Rattle Berlin Philharmonic EMI SACD 2013 – Hans Graf Houston Symphony Orchestra Aircheck 2014 - Ernest Maerzendorfer Leipzig Radio Orchestra DRA Recording 2015 – Koerber/Puri-Jobi Piano Four-Hands Concert Recording String Quintet 2012 – Hans-Martin Schneidt Deutsche Musicschulorchestra Ars Musici CD Festmusik Bad Ischl 2016 – Gerd Schaller Eisenbarth Organ, Ebrach Profil CD Four Orchestra Pieces 2013 – David Epstein MIT Symphony Orchestra MIT CD Overture in G Minor 2013 - William Steinberg Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Command LP 2015 – Louis Lohraseb Amadeus Orchestra Concert recording March in E Flat 2013 – Kenneth Megan US Coast Guard Band USCG Recording Psalm 146 2016 – Gerd Schaller Philharmonie Festiva Profil CD Symphony # 3 (Excerpt) 2015 – First ever recording Excerpt from 1933 Movie Soundtrack 2115 - Arranged for Steel Band Broadcast recording Symphony # 4 (Excerpt) 2014 - Fritz Reiner Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Radio Transcription Symphony # 9 (Excerpts) 2016 – Cornelius Meister (1st Mvt.) RSO Wien Capriccio CD 2016 – Bruno Walter (2nd Mvt.) New York Philharmonic Pristine CD 2016 – Mariss Jansons (3rd Mvt.) Concertgebouw Orchestra RCO CD ** The 2013 Brucknerathon was devoted to American Orchestras. Since there was no US performance of the Symphony in F Minor, that work was replaced by performances of the Four Orchestral Pieces, the Overture in G Minor and the March in E Flat. .
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