Anton Bruckner
Austrian composer
Joseph Anton Bruckner (German: [ˈantoːn ˈbʁʊknɐ]; 4 September 1824 – 11 October 1896) was an Austrian composer and organist best known for his symphonies and sacred music, which includes Masses, Te Deum and motets. The symphonies are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-German Romanticism because of their rich harmonic language, strongly polyphonic character, and considerable length. Bruckner's compositions helped to define contemporary musical radicalism, owing to their dissonances, unprepared modulations, and roving harmonies.
His works, the symphonies in particular, had detractors, most notably the influential Austrian critic Eduard Hanslick and other supporters of the German composer Johannes Brahms, who pointed to their large size and use of repetition, as well as to Bruckner's propensity for revising many of his works, often with the assistance of colleagues, and his apparent indecision about which versions he preferred. On the other hand, Bruckner was greatly admired by subsequent composers, including his friend Gustav Mahler.
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Works
- Ave Maria, WAB 5: Offertory 1861 Vocal
- Rondo in C minor: For string quartet 1862 Chamber
- Mass no. 2 in E minor, WAB 27 1866 Vocal
- Locus iste, WAB 23 1869 Vocal
- Os justi, WAB 30: Gradual 1879 Vocal
- Symphony no. 4 in E-flat major, WAB 104 "Romantische" 1880
- Christus factus est, WAB 10: Gradual 1884 Vocal
- Symphony no. 9 in D-minor, WAB 109 1887 Orchestral
- Helgoland, WAB 71: For chorus and orchestra 1893 Vocal
- 4 Lancier-Quadrilles
- 4 Tantum ergo, WAB 41
- Aequale no. 1 in C major, WAB 114: For trombone ensemble Chamber
- Aequale no. 2 in C minor, WAB 149: For trombone ensemble Chamber
- Afferentur regi, WAB 1: Offertory Vocal
- Das deutsche lied, WAB 63 Vocal
- Der Abendhimmel, WAB 56 Vocal
- Drei kleine Stücke für Klavier zu 4 Händen
- Ecce sacerdos, WAB 13: Antiphon Vocal
- Erinnerung in A flat major, WAB 117 Keyboard
- Fantasie in G major, WAB 118 Keyboard
- Iam lucis orto sidere, WAB 18 Vocal
- In jener letzten der Nächte, WAB 17 Vocal
- Intermezzo in D minor, WAB 113: For string quintet Chamber
- Inveni David, WAB 19: Offertory Vocal
- Klavierstück in E flat major, WAB 119 Keyboard
- Kronstorfer Messe, WAB 146
- Lancier-Quadrille in C major, WAB 120 Keyboard
- Libera me, Domine, WAB 21 Vocal
- March in E flat major, WAB 116: For band Orchestral
- Mass in C major, WAB 25, "Windhaager Messe" Vocal
- Mass in E Minor (1882 edition), WAB 27, for Double Choir and Wind Instruments
- Mass no. 1 in D minor, WAB 146 Vocal
- Mass no. 3 in F minor, WAB 28 Vocal
- Messe Nr. 3 in f-Moll, WAB 28
- Missa Solemnis in B-flat major, WAB 29
- Mitternacht, WAB 80 Vocal
- O du liebes Jesukind, WAB 145 Vocal
- Overture in G minor, WAB 98 Orchestral
- Pange lingua, WAB 32 Vocal
- Pange lingua, WAB 33 Vocal
- Prayer and Halleluja: For brass ensemble Chamber
- Prelude and Fugue in C minor, WAB 131 Keyboard
- Prelude in C major, WAB 129, "Preg Prelude" Keyboard
- Psalm 146, WAB 37
- Psalm 150, WAB 38: For soprano, chorus and orchestra Vocal
- Quadrille für Klavier zu 4 Händen
- Requiem in D minor
- Salvum fac populum, WAB 40: Antiphon Vocal
- Sonata Movements in G minor Keyboard
- Steiermärker in G major, WAB 122 Keyboard
- Stille Betrachtung an einem Herbstabend, WAB 123 Keyboard
- Streichquartett c-Moll, WAB 111
- String Quartet in C minor, WAB 111 Chamber
- String Quintet in F major, WAB 112 Chamber
- Symphony no. 00 in F minor, WAB 99 Orchestral
- Symphony no. 1 in C minor, WAB 101 Orchestral
- Symphony no. 2 in C minor, WAB 102 Orchestral
- Symphony no. 3 in D minor, WAB 103 Orchestral
- Symphony no. 5 in B flat major, WAB 105 Orchestral
- Symphony no. 6 in A-major, WAB 106 Orchestral
- Symphony no. 7 in E major, WAB 107 Orchestral
- Symphony no. 8 in C-minor, WAB 108 Orchestral
- Tantum ergo, WAB 43 Vocal
- Te Deum in C major
- Three Pieces, WAB 97
- Tota pulchra es, WAB 46: Antiphon Vocal
- Um Mitternacht, WAB 89 Vocal
- Vexilla regis prodeunt, WAB 51 Vocal
- Vier Präludien Es-dur
- Virga Jesse, WAB 52: Gradual Vocal
Box sets & recent recordings
- Bruckner: Complete Symphonies — Anton Bruckner, Eliahu Inbal, hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt (1983) box set · 44 tracks Spotify
- Bruckner: Complete Symphonies Edition — Anton Bruckner, Christian Thielemann, Wiener Philharmoniker (2020) box set · 43 tracks Spotify
- Bruckner: The Complete Symphonies — Anton Bruckner, Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (2016) box set · 35 tracks Spotify
- Bruckner: Complete Masses - Te Deum — Anton Bruckner, Isabelle Müller-Kant, Eibe Möhlmann, Daniel Sans, Christof Fischesser, Chamber Choir Of Europe, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Nicol Matt, Magdaléna Hajóssyová, Rosemarie Lang (2013) box set · 35 tracks Spotify
- Bruckner: Complete Symphonies — Anton Bruckner, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Heinz Rögner (2012) box set · 35 tracks Spotify
- Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 "Romantic" (1878/1881 Version) — Anton Bruckner, Nathalie Stutzmann, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (2026) Spotify
- Bruckner: The Collection of Symphony No.5,6,7,8 and 9 — Anton Bruckner, Maxwell Philharmonic Orchestra (2023) Spotify
- Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 — Anton Bruckner, Berliner Philharmoniker, Bernard Haitink (2022) Spotify
Box sets & recent releases via Spotify — surfaced automatically, not editorial picks.