remembering composer Joseph Anton Bruckner on his birthday

September 4, 1824: Joseph Anton Bruckner (September 4, 1824 – October 11, 1896)

"Joseph Anton Bruckner (4 September 1824 – 11 October 1896) was an Austrian composer and organist best known for his symphonies and sacred music, which includes Masses, Te Deum and motets. The symphonies are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-German Romanticism because of their rich harmonic language, strongly polyphonic character, and considerable length. Bruckner's compositions helped to define contemporary musical radicalism, owing to their dissonances, unprepared modulations, and roving harmonies." -Wikipedia

The German metal music multi-instrumentalist "Matt Carviero" (real name from The Metal Archives: Matthias Fritz) has with his project Bells and Ravens covered some Bruckner music. Below you will find the original Bruckner work and the Bells and Ravens reworking of the music. The Bells and Ravens song is from the 2020 album In Our Blood. There is also a second album titled What Death Cannot End (2022).

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 8

Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB. 108: IV. Finale (Feierlich, nicht schnell) · Berliner Philharmoniker · Wilhelm Furtwängler

Bells and Ravens (Germany) - In Our Blood (2020 album)

1896 (Bruckner Metal Medley: Symphonies 8.4 + 9.2) [Audio] | Bells and Ravens