Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 / Wiener Philharmoniker / Conductor: Pierre Boulez / Recorded live at the Stiftskirche St Florian, 21-22 September 1996 / A performance from the Internationales Brucknerfest 1996 in Italy / DVD

Format: NTSC

Run time: 80 Minutes

UPC: 880242127563

• Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 16:9
• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Yes
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
• Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 4 Ounces
• Director ‏ : ‎ Brian Large
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Color, Classical, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 20 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ January 27, 2015
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez
• Studio ‏ : ‎ Euroarts
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

This 1996 Pierre Boulez performance of Anton Bruckners monumental Eighth, and last completed, Symphony took place in the St. Florian Church (Stiftskirche St. Florian) in Linz, Austria; it is here that Bruckner is buried, where he was organist and where themes of this symphony were first heard in an organ improvisation played by him in 1886. Boulez's much discussed interpretations, never, as was here, without controversy, tend toward sparkling clarity of musical structure without significant loss of the works rich, emotive expressiveness. 

On the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Bruckner's death, an International Bruckner festival took place in the composer’s home town of Linz. Paying tribute to the great late romantic composer, Pierre Boulez – himself an enormously successful composer – conducted Bruckner's Symphony No. 8. He had one of the most prestigious orchestras at hand – the Vienna Philharmonic with its silken, rich strings, full-throated brass and intricately delineated winds is perfectly suited to Bruckner’s dramatic symphonic works.
The recording took place in the St. Florian Church in Linz, Austria, where Anton Bruckner is buried, where he was organist and where themes of this symphony were first heard in an organ improvisation in 1886.
Boulez's much discussed interpretation is unique in its clarity of the musical structure without loosing the rich expression of the symphony.
This concert was a musical event and this DVDs enables the listener to relive it again.