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Bruckner (1824-1896)

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Listen to Bruckner's piano music on "Bruckner's Piano"!Bruckner was appointed organist of the Linz Cathedral at Christmas time in 1855, and studied composition with Otto Kitzler, the conductor of the Linz Theater. Kitzler encouraged Bruckner not only to study and practice, but also to actually write completed works, the results of which are known as "Kitzler's Practice Book. This exercise book contains string quartets, orchestral pieces, and no small number of songs and piano pieces, including an orchestration of Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata. This album contains the piano pieces from the collection. The piano used is a Bösendorfer owned by Bruckner (a beautiful color photo is included in the booklet), the recording location is St. Florian Abbey, which is associated with Bruckner, and the pianist was born in St. Florian and graduated from the Bruckner Conservatory. The pianist was born in St. Florian and graduated from the Bruckner Conservatory. After graduating from the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz, Christoph Johannes Eggener studied in Vienna with Paul Badura-Skoda, Akira Imai, Ludwig Hoffmann, and Oleg Meissenberg. He further studied in Paris with Brigitte Engeler and Michel Beloff. In addition to his activities as a soloist, he is also active as a member of the Egner Trio formed by his brothers. They have performed in all major European countries as well as in Asia and Oceania. Naxos Japan