Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, WAB 105 1878 version (with Score)

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, WAB 105 [1878 version] (with Score) Composed: 1876, Revised 1878 Conductor: Eliahu Inbal Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony (hr-Sinfonieorchester) 00:00 1. Introduktion: Adagio – Allegro (B-flat major) 19:48 2. Adagio: Sehr langsam (D minor) 34:35 3. Scherzo: Molto vivace (schnell) (D minor) – Trio: Im gleichen Tempo (B-flat major) 48:21 4. Finale: Adagio – Allegro moderato (B-flat major) The Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, WAB 105, by Anton Bruckner was written in 1875–1876, with minor changes over the next two years. It came at a time of trouble and disillusion for the composer: a lawsuit, from which he was exonerated, and a reduction in salary. Dedicated to Karl von Stremayr, education minister in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the symphony has at times been nicknamed the “Tragic“, the “Church of Faith“ or the “Pizzicato“; Bruckner himself referred to it as the “Fantastic“ without appl