Bruckner

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani mainly discusses Bruckner as one of the figures descending from Wagner. He counts him among the three great post-Wagnerians1 and cites him several times within that line, notably for his brass writing2. He stresses the scale of his symphonies, which he calls gigantic3. He often compares him with Mahler, but judges him "always thicker" than Mahler4. He notes that the two composers met the same fate: rejected after the war, they later returned to the repertoire5. In his view, Bruckner also belongs to the "club of nine", the composers who wrote nine symphonies6, and he points out that Bruckner is sometimes added to the "B"s of German music7. Finally, he mentions a documentary showing Bruckner undergoing brutal psychiatric treatment8. These mentions remain brief and do not come with a detailed analysis of any particular work.

1. 1Musicosophie 10. Les deux Klemperer et Bruno Walter dans Wagner18 Jan 2021 · 26:18
2. 2Debussy27 Mar 2020 · 23:25
3. 310#4 De Lascaux aux musiques modernes, la permanence de l'enjeu politique dans l'esthétique3 Nov 2021 · 2:01:43
4. 4Musicosophie 5. Bonheur contre pulsion de mort en musique11 Dec 2020 · 1:16:28
5. 5Musicosophie 8. Bonheur et malheur en musique11 Jan 2021 · 1:54:06
6. 6Musicosophie 11. Musiques modales et tonales24 Jan 2021 · 1:13:37
7. 7#1 Mignon ou le chant du silence7 Apr 2021 · 51:58
8. 8#4.4 Angélique (de Nerval)15 Jan 2018 · 4:05

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