"I could, if I wanted to, but I don't..." This was the alleged response of Anton Bruckner to singer Rosa Papiers question, why he wouldn't compose songs like Johannes Brahms did. Eight songs by Anton Bruckner are academically proven, which - with one exception - were composed during his time and life in St. Florian and Linz. With his latest recording, the distinguished Austrian Bass Robert Holzer devotes himself, along with Thomas Kerbl, piano and conducting, the choir Chorvereinigung Bruckner and the chamber orchestra of the Anton Bruckner private conservatory Linz, to the unjustly neglected songs and the Magnificat by Bruckner. A sensation came about in the year 2015 with the discovery of the song Der Mondabend, with it's world premiere recording being released on this album.

Tracklist:

Dir, Herr, Dir Will Ich Mich Ergeben, Wab 12
O Du Liebes Jesukind, Wab 145: O Du Liebes Jesu Kind, Wab 145
Herz-Jesulied, Wab 144
In Jener Letzten Der Nachte, Wab 17 (Version For Voice And Organ)
In Jener Letzten Der Nachte, Wab 17 (Version For Unaccompanied Chorus)
Ave Maria, Wab 7
2 Totenlieder: 2 Totenlieder: No. 1 In E-Flat Major, Wab 47
2 Totenlieder: 2 Totenlieder: No. 2 In F Major, Wab 48
Fruhlingslied, Wab 68
Amaranths Waldeslieder, Wab 58
Im April, Wab 75
Festgesang, Wab 15
Herbstkummer, Wab 72
Mein Herz Und Deine Stimme, Wab 79
Magnificat, Wab 24
Der Mondabend, Wab Deest 29

UPC: 9003643990715
Label: Gramola
Release Date: 1.8.16
Format: CD

Bruckner / Holzer / Chorvereinigung Bruckner - Bruckner: Lieder - Chore - Magnificat (CD)