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Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in music by Brahms, Hans Rott and Bruckner, all pieces composed in Vienna in the year 1880.

Recorded in April and introduced from the Royal Festival Hall by Christopher Cook.

Brahms: Tragic Overture Op.81
Hans Rott: Scherzo from Symphony No.1 in E major
Bruckner: Symphony No.6 in A major

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Conducted by Sir Simon Rattle

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's Principal Artist, Sir Simon Rattle, here recreates the sound-world of Vienna in 1880, in a performance on period instruments of three works composed in that year. The three composers knew each other well, but were not exactly best friends: Brahms was the great tradition-bearer of Viennese music, and strongly disapproved of the new orchestral visions of Bruckner; Hans Rott was taking Bruckner's visions further, and was a massive influence on his flatmate Mahler, as can be heard in the movement from Rott's symphony. The disapproval of Brahms and the Viennese establishment eventually drove Bruckner to depression, and Rott to mental breakdown and a premature death - dramas and tensions played out in these pieces, heard in a new transparency with the OAE's period instruments.