The performance of all six of Anton Bruckner's mature symphonies on six
nearly consecutive evenings is an accomplishment that can truly be called
"superhuman" (Der Tagesspiegel). Daniel Barenboim - conductor, pianist,
all-round musical genius - set himself this task in June 2010 with the
Staatskapelle Berlin at the Berlin Philharmonie. What Barenboim and his
orchestra - he has been its principal conductor since 1992 - achieve in
this marathon is a new view of the Bruckner opus that opts for grandeur
and the mighty theatrical gesture. Bruckner's symphonies as "operas
without words" (Der Tagesspiegel).