Canon
Where to start with Bruckner
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
OrchestralSymphony no. 4 in E flat major, WAB 104, "Romantic"
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VocalTe Deum, WAB 45
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ChamberAequale no. 1 in C major, WAB 114 — For trombone ensemble
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KeyboardErinnerung in A flat major, WAB 117
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OrchestralSymphony no. 7 in E major, WAB 107
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OrchestralSymphony no. 5 in B flat major, WAB 105
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OrchestralSymphony no. 8 in C minor, WAB 108
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OrchestralSymphony no. 9 in D minor, WAB 109
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VocalAbendzauber, WAB 57
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ChamberAequale no. 2 in C minor, WAB 149 — For trombone ensemble
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VocalAfferentur regi, WAB 1 — Offertory
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VocalAve Maria, WAB 5 — Offertory
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VocalAve Maria, WAB 6 — Offertory
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VocalChristus factus est, WAB 10 — Gradual
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VocalChristus factus est, WAB 11 — Gradual
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Bruckner's catalogueMost Popular
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Symphony No. 4 in E-flat ”Romantic”
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Symphony No. 7 in E major
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Te Deum
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Symphony No. 9 in D minor (unfinished)
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Ave Maria (motet)
Most Acclaimed
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Symphony No. 8 in C minor
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Symphony No. 9 in D minor
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Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major
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Mass in F minor
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String Quintet in F major
Most Weird
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Symphony No. 0 ”Die Nullte”he rejected it from his catalogue — it’s actually extraordinary
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Symphony No. 9the finale was never completed — you can listen to it end after three movements and let the silence complete it
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String Quintet in F majorhis only chamber work — Adagio is as great as anything in his symphonies
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Psalm 150choral with orchestra — one of his last completed works; jubilant and strange
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Symphony No. 5ends with a double fugue that combines all themes from all four movements simultaneously
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 62
- Orchestral
- ● Symphony no. 4 in E flat major, WAB 104, "Romantic"
- ● Symphony no. 7 in E major, WAB 107
- Symphony no. 5 in B flat major, WAB 105
- Symphony no. 8 in C minor, WAB 108
- Symphony no. 9 in D minor, WAB 109
- March in E flat major, WAB 116 — For band
- Overture in G minor, WAB 98
- Symphony no. 0 in D minor, WAB 100
- Symphony no. 00 in F minor, WAB 99
- Symphony no. 1 in C minor, WAB 101
- Symphony no. 2 in C minor, WAB 102
- Symphony no. 3 in D minor, WAB 103
- Symphony no. 6 in A major, WAB 106
- Vocal
- ● Te Deum, WAB 45
- Abendzauber, WAB 57
- Afferentur regi, WAB 1 — Offertory
- Ave Maria, WAB 5 — Offertory
- Ave Maria, WAB 6 — Offertory
- Christus factus est, WAB 10 — Gradual
- Christus factus est, WAB 11 — Gradual
- Das deutsche lied, WAB 63
- Der Abendhimmel, WAB 56
- Ecce sacerdos, WAB 13 — Antiphon
- Helgoland, WAB 71 — For chorus and orchestra
- Iam lucis orto sidere, WAB 18
- In jener letzten der Nächte, WAB 17
- Inveni David, WAB 19 — Offertory
- Libera me, Domine, WAB 21
- Locus iste, WAB 23
- Mass in C major, WAB 25, "Windhaager Messe"
- Mass no. 1 in D minor, WAB 146
- Mass no. 2 in E minor, WAB 27
- Mass no. 3 in F minor, WAB 28
- Mitternacht, WAB 80
- O du liebes Jesukind, WAB 145
- Os justi, WAB 30 — Gradual
- Pange lingua, WAB 32
- Pange lingua, WAB 33
- Psalm 150, WAB 38 — For soprano, chorus and orchestra
- Salvum fac populum, WAB 40 — Antiphon
- Tantum ergo, WAB 32
- Tantum ergo, WAB 43
- Tota pulchra es, WAB 46 — Antiphon
- Um Mitternacht, WAB 89
- Vexilla regis prodeunt, WAB 51
- Virga Jesse, WAB 52 — Gradual
- Chamber
- Aequale no. 1 in C major, WAB 114 — For trombone ensemble
- Aequale no. 2 in C minor, WAB 149 — For trombone ensemble
- Intermezzo in D minor, WAB 113 — For string quintet
- Prayer and Halleluja — For brass ensemble
- Rondo in C minor — For string quartet
- String Quartet in C minor, WAB 111
- String Quintet in F major, WAB 112
- Keyboard
- Erinnerung in A flat major, WAB 117
- Fantasie in G major, WAB 118
- Klavierstück in E flat major, WAB 119
- Lancier-Quadrille in C major, WAB 120
- Prelude and Fugue in C minor, WAB 131
- Prelude in C major, WAB 129, "Preg Prelude"
- Sonata Movements in G minor
- Steiermärker in G major, WAB 122
- Stille Betrachtung an einem Herbstabend, WAB 123