Paradoxically, an adaptation of Anton Bruckner's symphonies for wind orchestra is both problematic and tempting: while the symphonies as a whole seem unsuitable for a wind orchestra, often simply because of their enormous size, but of course also because of the lack of strings, the recurring passages with large, compact brass instruments practically call for such an adaptation.

Anton Bruckner's monumental 8th Symphony was premiered in 1892 to great success and subsequently gained the reputati...