 Anton Bruckner |  Schubert Overture – ‘Rosamunde’ Strauss Duett-Concertino BrucknerSymphony No. 7 Schubert wrote much charming, tuneful music in his short life and this overture shows both these qualities. Strauss’s solo clarinet masquerades as a princess and the bassoon as a bear who turns into a prince when they dance together. Bruckner’s symphonies are like magnificent cathedrals in splendour, the famous slow movement of the Seventh being a glorious tribute to his idol, Wagner. |