Philharmonie Festiva

The Philharmonie Festiva is a festival orchestra founded by the conductor Gerd Schaller and became internationally recognized for its Bruckner recordings.

[3][4][5][6][7] Allain Steffen writes on Pizzicato: "With this recording of the 5th Symphony, Gerd Schaller and the Philharmonie Festiva have finally become the first group of the best Bruckner interpreters of the present.

The “Gesangsperiode” passages are delicate and lyrical, and the tutti climaxes weighty, underpinned by glorious brass [...]“[9] Also on MusicWeb International stated Brian Reinhard regarding the recording of the 6th Symphony: "I’m not totally sure what the Philharmonie Festiva even is, but they are really excellent, and have a fuller, more richly developed Bruckner sound [...].

[13][2][14][15] The CD recordings of the Philharmonie Festiva took place predominantly in the abbey church of the former Cistercian monastery Ebrach and in the Max Littmann hall of the regent building in Bad Kissingen.

The American magazine Forbes has named the co-production of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation - Studio Franken with the label Edition Günter Hänssler of the Great Mass in E Minor by Johann Ritter von Herbeck to one of the ten best CD new releases of the year 2015.