Groundbreaking

The 7th Symphony was Bruckner’s first major success and is the most frequently performed of his symphonies. It deals with the horrors of the fire at Vienna’s Ringtheater and is a declaration of love to Wagner. Despite passages of melancholy, it is gentle, profound confessions of the soul, and, in its musical language, groundbreakingly modern. Michael Sanderling delves into a cosmos of mysteries. 

Among Mozart’s »concertos that make one break a sweat« is the Piano Concerto K. 450, a truly groundbreaking work that breaks with the form of the classical solo concerto. Pierre-Laurent Aimard shines in the first movement, leaves all earthly heaviness behind in the middle movement, and effortlessly conjures up the glittering finale.