Volkmar Andreae (July 5, 1879 in Bern - June 19, 1962 in Zürich) Volkmar Andreae was a Swiss conductor and composer. Andreae received piano instruction as a child and his first lessons in composition with Karl Munzinger. From 1897 to 1900, he studied at the Cologne Conservatory and was a student of Fritz Brun, Franz Wüllner, and Friedrich Wilhelm Franke. In 1900 he was a soloist tutor at the Munich Hofoper. In 1902 he took over the leadership of the Mixed Choir of Zürich (Gemischten Chores Zürich), where he remained until 1949, also leading the Stadtsängerverein Winterthur from 1902 to 1914 and the Männerchores Zürich from 1904 to 1914. From 1906 to 1949 he led the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich (Tonhalle-Orchester) and from 1914 to 1939 the Conservatory of Zürich. Later he worked as freelance composer in Vienna and worked internationally as a conductor (especially with the works of Anton Bruckner). He composed opera, symphony and chamber music, a Piano, violin, and oboe concert, piano music, as well as choir music and songs.
 
VOLKMAR ANDREAE
conducts
ANTON BRUCKNER *****
Symphony no 1 in C minor, WAB 101 1877 Linz version with revisions - Ed. Robert Haas
15.01.1953
***** Symphony no 2 in C minor, WAB 102 1877 First Critical Edition. Ed. Robert Haas
16.01.1953
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Symphony no 3 in D minor, WAB 103 1890 Thorough revision Bruckner with Joseph and Franz Schalk Ed. Theodor Raettig
14.01 - 5.02.1953
***** Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 1881 (aka 1878/80) - Ed. Robert Haas
19.01.1953
***** Symphony no 5 in B flat major, WAB 105 1878 Version Ed. Robert Haas
24.01.1953
***** Symphony no 6 in A major, WAB 106 1881 Version. Ed. Robert Haas
14.01 - 5.02.1953
***** Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107 1885 Version with some Modifications by Bruckner. Ed. Albert Gutmann
14.01 - 5.02.1953
***** Symphony no 8 in C minor, WAB 108 1892 Version by Bruckner and Joseph Schalk. Ed. Haslinger-Schlesinger-Lienau
14.01 - 5.02.1953
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Symphony no 9 in D minor, WAB 109
1894 Original Version. Ed. Alfred Orel
14.01 - 5.02.1953  
Anton Dermota Gottlob Frick
 
Hilde Rossel-Majdan Emmy Loose
Te Deum in C major, WAB 45* Gottlob Frick, bass
Anton Dermota, tenor
Emmy Loose, soprano Hilde Rossel-Majdan, alto
1953
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Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde*
Wiener Symphoniker
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