ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra - Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (CD) - CD

Details: "Since Beethoven, nothing has been written that even comes close!" The great conductor Arthur Nikisch made this remark to Bruckner's former student, Joseph Schalk and also his fellow conductor, Hermann Levi, described the piece as "the most significant symphonic work since Beethoven's death." Arthur Nikisch conducted the first performance in the Stadttheater, Leipzig, on 30 December...