Carl Schuricht conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performing Bruckner’s Symphony No.8 in C Minor

Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8 is the last symphony that the composer completed in full (he died before the final movement of the Symphony No. 9 was finished).  Bruckner worked on the Symphony during breaks from his commitments at the Vienna Conservatory and University of Vienna and all four movements were competed in draft by the end of the summer in 1885.  It took a further two years to complete the orchestration of this monumental symphony.  After initial feedback from his close friend and conductor, Hermann Levi, Bruckner continued to work on the Symphony for a further three years before...