Günter Wand conducts Bruckner (2010)

Günter Wand - The Last Great Brucknerian Günter Wand was never a man to seek the limelight, yet his energy for conducting and recording was quite simply inexhaustible. He was a conductor of the old school, steeped in the great Austro-German class such as Fritz Stiedry, Hans Knappertsbuch, Franz Schalk, Hermann Abendroth and Otto Klemperer. Noted for his work with the great orchestras in Hamburg and Bremen he had recently enjoyed a glorious Indian summer of recordings for the RCA label which began in the mid 80's and continued right up to his death with projected plans for a number of recordings still left unfinished on the shelf. Wand was born in Eberfeld, Germany and immediately set out on a musical career. (...) Bruckner was one of his greatest loves. In an uncanny way, he could manage to portray the deeply spiritual side of the symphonist with the craggy, almost brusque facet of the countryman. (...) (Classical.net)

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