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You can almost always count on the Vienna Philharmonic to deliver excellent Bruckner, and this performance of the First Symphony is no exception. Abbado chooses
It’s a curious thing that as late as 1973 Lovro von Matacic would choose to record the Schalk edition of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 5, which
Yannick Nézet-Séguin evidently has great admiration for Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7, but admiration alone, no matter how sincere, does not readily translate into a convincing
Bernard Haitink’s Concertgebouw Bruckner Sixth was one of the finer items in his complete symphony cycle for Philips. This remake employs the Dresden Staatskapelle, the
This younger and more energetic Günter Wand from 1990 contrasts markedly (at least visually) with the frail conductor who in 2000 proved he could still
This DVD provides a rare experience for Günter Wand fans, many of whom probably did not have the opportunity to see him conduct live. The
Dohnányi’s Bruckner Fifth humanizes the work to a degree that some hard-core Brucknerians tend to dislike. With the exception of the adagio, taken at the
Some discs are so unnecessary. Carlo Maria Giulini, inspirational though he was, recorded two excellent versions of Bruckner’s Ninth, one for EMI with the Chicago
What’s a major label to do when it has an excellent ongoing relationship with a fine artist who specializes in one area of the repertoire
This Bruckner Seventh, Wand’s third go at the piece, sounds absolutely magnificent in all respects–interpretation, playing, and sound. He sets flowing tempos and holds each
