Christian Thielemann returns to the CSO podium to lead Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony. The broadcast also includes Wagner’s Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde, led by Daniel Barenboim, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s ninth music director from 1991 until 2006.
Thielemann Conducts Bruckner

Christian Thielemann conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Photo: Todd Rosenberg Photography)
Playlist
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor (1890 version)
Christian Thielemann, conductor
October 2022
Richard Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
1994 (Teldec)
Mason Bates: “Primordial Orchestra” from Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra
Edwin Outwater, conductor
2021 (Sony)
Mason Bates: “Finale and Rebirth of Sprite” from Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra
Edwin Outwater, conductor
2021 (Sony)