Barenboim conducts Bruckner Symphony No. 2

Daniel Barenboim – conductor, pianist, all-round musician – has been exploiting the impact of cyclical performances of composers’ works for several years now, with cycles of Beethoven’s symphonies and piano concertos, Wagner’s operas, Schoenberg’s orchestral works and, in conjunction with Pierre Boulez, Mahler’s symphonies. With the performance of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 2 at the Philharmonie de Paris, he completes his Bruckner Cycle with the Staatskapelle Berlin. Bruckner’s symphonies have

“rarely been performed so passionately” (Altamusica).