Munich Philharmonic / Kurt
Wöss
(Recorded live, September
20, 1975; International Bruckner Festival;
Brucknerhaus,
Linz, Austria)
(click twice to begin video)
I. Allegro
II. Andante quasi
allegretto
III. Sehr schnell - Trio. In gleichem Tempo
IV. Allegro moderato
Concerning the life and career of the
conductor and musicologist Kurt Wöss (1914-1987), see this
illustrated article:
"Kurt Wöss was born in Linz in
Upper Austria on May 2nd, 1914. His formal musical education took
place at the 'State Academy of Music and the Performing Arts' in
Vienna were he studied under the university professors Egon Joseph
Wellesz (Austrian-English musicologist and composer who himself had
studied under Arnold Schönberg and Guido Adler), Robert Lach
(musicologist-composer), Alfred Orel (who, like Wellesz, studied
under Guido Adler), and he studied with musicologist Robert-Maria
Haas (who is famous for the restoration of the Bruckner Symphonies).
Robert-Maria Haas influenced Wöss to a great extent.
In addition he studied as a private
student under Felix Weingartner (his subjects were violin and
composition) and this is significant for the way Wöss developed his
style of conducting. Wöss was not only noted for his musical
perception and exactness of interpretation, he also had a remarkable
memory and it is said that he conducted most (if not all) classical
works that were on his repertoire without a score. His repertory was
extensive and ranged from J. S. Bach to the more contemporary Béla
Bartók."
