Bruckner 7 Performance Released on DVD

The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director Franz Welser-Möst’s live recording of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7 is now available on DVD. The new DVD was released in the U.S. on Oct. 27, coinciding with the Orchestra’s European tour and its return appearance on November 3 to the Brucknerhaus in Linz, which is named for the Austrian composer.

Recorded by WVIZ/PBS ideastream® at the Orchestra’s home, Severance Hall in Cleveland, during concerts on September 25 and 26, 2008, the Bruckner 7 recording is the third Bruckner DVD featuring the Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst. Copies may be purchased at the Cleveland Orchestra Store, online at clevelandorchestra.com and at retailers nationwide.

The new DVD continues the Orchestra’s ongoing collaboration with WVIZ/PBS ideastream. On June 11, 2008, PBS broadcast “The Cleveland Orchestra in Performance: Bruckner Symphony No. 5,” recorded in the Abbey of St. Florian in Linz, Austria, by Clasart and produced for U.S. broadcast by WVIZ/PBS. For 15 years, WVIZ/PBS has been the video production partner for The Cleveland Orchestra’s annual “Star-Spangled Spectacular Concert and Festival” at Public Square in downtown Cleveland.

View a slideshow of photos from the Orchestra's performances of Bruckner on September 25 and 26, 2008:



The Cleveland Orchestra has received eight Grammy Awards and 31 Grammy nominations. In addition to recordings released on commercial labels, The Cleveland Orchestra has itself produced five sets of archival recordings: the 75th Anniversary Compact Disc Edition, the George Szell Centennial Compact Disc Edition, the Christoph von Dohanyi Compact Disc Edition, George Szell – Live in Tokyo 1970 (Szell’s last recorded concert), and the Robert Shaw Legacy Compact Disc Edition.

View a preview of the DVD on the Orchestra’s YouTube Channel or read more details here.