Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Study Symphony in F minor
Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra
Simone Young, conductor
The Study Symphony is a summing-up of the craftsmanship
acquired by Anton Bruckner – it did not particularly
serve the development of his own artistic profile.
“It is”, evaluates his biographer Matthias Hansen, “as
if Bruckner – one last time – wanted to play through
what he had learned, taking great trouble and care not
to forget the slightest detail”. Here, Bruckner tested
the limits of the classical-romantic models, according
to Hansen, “with a ‘borrowed’ looseness and flexibility,
even with elegance” that he then dropped with the
Symphony No.0.