La discothèque idéale de Diapason Vol. XI

La discothèque idéale de Diapason Volume XI is dedicated to symphonies and massess composed by Anton Bruckner.

Its contents were listed in my last post. As you can see, they are mainly historical recordings and have all been released commercially before.

In this post, I've included pictures of their previous corresponding releases, most being original releases, on LPs and/or CDs. From these pictures, you can see that this box is a real bargain in the sense that many of these recordings are not easy to obtain in the past. The selections are all worthy of their place. I can boldly say that this is the best Bruckner box set released in 2017.

This box has the generic design from this series.

Bruckner 1: Georg Ludwig Jochum (1956)

Bruckner 2: Franz Konwitschny (1951)

Bruckner 3: Kurt Sanderling (1963)

Bruckner 4: Hermann Abendroth (1949)

Bruckner 5: Hermann Abendroth (1949)

Bruckner 6: F Charles Adler (1952)

Bruckner 7: Karl Böhm (1943)

Bruckner 7: Eugen Jochum (1952)

Bruckner 8: Wilhelm Furtwängler (1944) (CDs)

Bruckner 8: Wilhelm Furtwängler (1944) (LPs)

Bruckner 9: Eduard van Beinum (1956)

Bruckner 9: Wilhelm Furtwängler (1944) (CDs)

Bruckner 9: Wilhelm Furtwängler (1944) (LPs)

Bruckner Mass No. 3: Eugen Jochum (1962)

La Discothèque idéale de diapason: Bruckner (Intro)

Now it is Anton Bruckner's turn in the La Discothèque idéale de diapason series.

New release of another historical Bruckner box set:

La Discothèque idéale de diapason Volume XI: Bruckner symphonies et messes.

Contents:

B1: Georg Ludwig Jochum

B2: Konwitschny

B3: Kurt Sanderling

B4: Abendroth

B5 (2 versions): Abendroth & Eugen Jochum

B6: Adler

B7 (2 versions): Eugen Jochum & Karl Böhm

B8: Furtwängler

B9 (2 versions): Furtwängler & van Beinum

Te Deum (2 versions): Karajan & Andreae

Overture: Adler

Mass 1: Adler

Mass 2: Marcus Creed

Mass 3: Eugen Jochum

Quintet: Amadeus Quartet

Physical discs appear to be available only from France at the moment. In other areas, streaming is available online.

Anton Bruckner - The Collection from Profil will get an update

Four years ago, Profil issued a box set of 20 CDs called "Anton Bruckner - The Collection" (PH 13007) which included all the symphonies and some choral works and chamber and instrumental music by the great composer. 

In the not so distant future, this box set will get an "update" or "revision" as they like to call it (PH 16059). It will include 3 more CDs to become a 23-CD box set. These three CDs are Symphony No. 9 with completion by Gerd Schaller (CD13 & CD14) and Psalm 146 and Organ Works, also by Schaller and Philharmonischer Chor Munchen together with Philharmonie Festiva (CD15).

Apart from these addtions, there are changes to the recordings of 3 symphonies, the F minor ("00"), the D minor "Annulled" ("0") and No. 7. The first 2 were previously those of Georg Tinter's, with Royal Scottish National Orchestra and National Orchestra of Ireland, and the No. 7 was that of Ahronovitch's, with the Güzenich-Orchester Köln. Now they are replaced by those by Philharmonie Festiva conducted by Gerd Schaller. Other recordings are the same as the original box set.

If you already have Schaller's respective additions, which have been issued separately, to this "revised" box set, then the new box set may not be attractive to you at all.