Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 Conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch Berlin Philharmonic The recording date is listed as February 4, 1950. It's possible this is the same recording (broadcast source) as January 28, 1950. The sound quality is a very stable and excellent monaural recording. Disc condition: Excellent Booklet condition: Excellent Recording date: January 28, 1950 Performance venue: Titania-Palast, Berlin Recording format: Monaural live recording (broadcast source) Score used: Revised edition by Ferdinand Löwe (1903 edition) Features: Although this recording is not Knappertsbusch's only commercially available official recording of Bruckner's Symphony No. 9, the source itself has been released on CD by various labels, and its existence is widely known. The performance is characterized by the conductor's characteristic profound and large-scale interpretation, and combined with the sound of the Berlin Philharmonic at the time, it is considered one of the historical masterpieces. The use of the Löwe edition includes different orchestrations and harmonic changes from the modern versions of Nowak and Haas, which is also one of the highlights.