Bruckner Orbit: Bruckner, Becaud, Kreisler, Brahms, Wilfer | Gramola 99234

Bruckner Orbit: Bruckner, Becaud, Kreisler, Brahms, Wilfer

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Label: Gramola

Cat No: 99234

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 17th September 2021

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On the occasion of a concert at the Brucknertage festival St Florian the great Austrian jazz pianist Rudi Wilfer took on his journey to Anton Bruckner and his Fourth Symphony, which would widely encompass the written music. Wilfer, who has found his very own combination of meditation and swing, perceived in Bruckner’s music a fascinating modernity, even agelessness. Surely, the pieces were recorded several times, yet no version turned out alike, even though the musical material remained the same. The listener could literally observe how Wilfer’s playing in every instant led to new paths – new harmonies, articulations, voicings. The album consists of two parts, the live recording and the studio recordings which at times shine a different light onto the same pieces, besides the hommage to Bruckner also jazz standards like “You Must Believe in Spring” and “What Now My Love”, Viennese pieces like Liebesleid by Fritz Kreisler or In einem kleinen Café in Hernals by Hermann Leopoldi as well as Wiegenlied by Brahms.

“This album showcases the patience – and ability to tell stories in music – that can only come from a lifetime of experience. It is lovingly intimate – and the listener is constantly rewarded by the surprises and the masterful musical wisdom of this beautiful journey in sound.” – Fred Hersch

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