The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Recorded live at Severance Hall, Cleveland, September 2008
Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E major
Bonus: Introduction by Franz Welser-Möst
Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony casts its spell on the audience with its clear-cut architecture, intensity, and climaxing fortissimos. The Cleveland Orchestra shines with their signature warmth and precision in this melodic masterpiece.
Franz Welser-Möst has extended his contract as Music Director of The Cleveland Orchestra to 2018, the Orchestra’s 100th season. “Calm and composure are his trademarks, along with a supple, elegant, and exemplarily precise beating wich should not be confused with distance and coolness. Again and again, lightning bolts of violent attaccas leap forth to set bold accents, build up towering mountains of sound, or to aim for monumental heights.” (Vienna’s Die Presse)