Berky, John: Bruckner Recordings Buried in Orchestra Boxed Sets

The China Philharmonic Live 100 CD Set Over the years, many orchestras have produced boxed sets of recordings that feature various aspects of their ensemble’s performance history. Often, it is a series of recordings made over the years featuring various music directors and/or guest conductors. Some have focused on a given conductor. Some sets (especially the later example) have been produced by commercial recording companies and others have been assembled using commercial recordings. This listing, however, will focus on the sets sponsored by the orchestras themselves and produced as a source of income for the orchestra. Given that fact, many of these sets were quite elaborate productions and very expensive. Many are no longer available. Given the way these set were produced and marketed, the performances themselves were never listed in recording catalogs. It should be noted that there is another whole series of recordings where orchestras have released single CDs featuring Bruckner symphonies. That is an extensive list and is not covered here. The listing below shows sets offered by the orchestra where the Bruckner symphonies contained within were not openly listed on the cover of the set. Boston Philharmonic – 40th Anniversary / 8th Birthday of Benjamin Zander Symphony No. 8 – Benjamin Zander - October 13, 2005 Boston Symphony Orchestra – Symphony Hall Centennial Celebration Set Symphony No. 8 – William Steinberg - February 26, 1972 China Philharmonic Orchestra – CPO Live-100 CD Set Symphony No. 4 – Okko Kamu - March 13, 2009 Symphony No. 8 – Lan Shui - June 30, 2012 Symphony No. 9 – Jonathan Nott - March 10, 2012 Chicago Symphony Orchestra – In the Twentieth Century Symphony No. 7 – Klaus Tennstedt - May 31 / June 2, 1984 Chicago Symphony Orchestra – From the Archives Vol. 7 (Radiothon premium) Symphony No. 6 – Rafael Kubelik - December 9 & 11, 1982 Cleveland Orchestra – Christoph von Dohnanyi Compact Disc Edition Symphony No. 4 – Christoph von Dohnanyi - May 18, 2000 Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam - Anthology Vol. I (1935-1950) Symphony No. 4 – Otto Klemperer - December 4, 1947 Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam - Anthology Vol. II (1950-1960) Symphony No. 3 – Rafael Kubelik - January 28, 1954 Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam - Anthology Vol. IV (1970-1980) Symphony No. 9 – Carlo Maria Giulini - January 22, 1978 Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam - Anthology Vol. V (1980-1990) Symphony No. 6 – Eugen Jochum - November 2, 1980 Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam - Anthology Vol. VI (1990-2000) Symphony No. 3 – Kurt Sanderling - November 8, 1996 Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam - Anthology Vol. VII (2000-2010) Symphony No. 8 – Zubin Mehta - December 2, 2005 Minnesota Orchestra – Minnesota Orchestra at One Hundred Symphony No. 3 - Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - October 5, 2001 New York Philharmonic – The Historic Broadcasts 1923 to 1987 Symphony No. 9 – Otto Klemperer - October 14, 1934 New York Philharmonic – Leonard Bernstein Symphony No. 6 – Leonard Bernstein - March 27, 1976 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – The Janson Years Symphony No. 7 (Adagio) - March 21-22, 2003 Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra - Great Recordings from the Archives Symphony No. 7 – Rudolf Kempe - April 9, 1975 Tonhalle Orchestra Düsseldorf – John Fiore Box Symphony No. 9 – John Fiore - January 11-14, 2008 Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich – Celebrating 150 Years Symphony No. 5 – Bernard Haitink - January 6, 2009 Symphony No. 7 – Volkmar Andreae - December 8, 1942 Symphony No. 9 – Herbert Blomstedt - December 3, 2014