Pablo Heras-Casado conducts Anton Bruckner's F minor Mass

When Anton Bruckner wrote his F minor Mass, he had had difficult months behind him. In the spring of 1867, he said, personal and professional setbacks had driven him to the brink of madness. The Linz Cathedral organist suffered a nervous breakdown from which he had to recover in a sanatorium. When he was able to return to work in August of the same year, he composed as if in a frenzy. Delighted by his regained creative power, he achieved a brilli...