Bruckner: Symphony No.8 C-Moll (1887)

Was it a sign of conductors’ general satisfaction with Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony or editorial foot-dragging, that the work’s original 1887 version wasn’t published and performed until 1972? It is this elaborate, raw earlier version that Markus Poschner performs here, in the latest edition by Paul Hawkshaw for the New Anton Bruckner Complete Edition. An interesting insight into emboldened Bruckner at his unadulterated self. (Capriccio)