Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: One of his specialties was the symphonies of Anton Bruckner , and Van Beinum made commercial recordings with the orchestra of Bruckner 's Eighth and Ninth Symphonies for the Philips Records .
Simplified: He was especially fond of the symphonies of Anton Bruckner , and he made recordings of Bruckner 's Eighth and Ninth Symphonies for the Philips Records .