
Spare a twinge of sympathy for the Bruckner Orchestra Linz. Unless you’re a brass player, Bruckner is one of the least fun composers to play,
This is an exceptional Bruckner Eighth, make no mistake. Here’s why. Pierre Boulez does all of the things that a great Bruckner performance requires. First,
On the whole this is a beautiful performance, well thought-out and carefully shaped in all of its details. Kent Nagano takes great pains over transitions
Let’s see. The main reasons to acquire this recording would be: 1. Bernard Haitink’s reputation as a highly accomplished Bruckner conductor; 2. The Royal Concertgebouw
After budget box appearances on EMI and Musical Heritage Society, this outstanding Bruckner cycle hopefully has now found a permanent home on Brilliant Classics at
Kurt Sanderling’s Bruckner Fourth is of the massive and magisterial type most famously espoused by Böhm, but also by Tintner, Karajan (EMI), and others (the
Conducting an ensemble named the “Bruckner Orchestra Linz” at a venue called the “Brucknerhaus” in live concert in the 2003 Bruckner Festival, Dennis Russell Davies
One of those legendary British classical music comedy events, the Hoffnung Festival Concerts, featured a recorder and harpsichord ensemble playing Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, complete with
Kurt Masur’s Bruckner Symphony cycle enters a market overgrown with complete sets, a situation that was impossible to imagine at the end of the LP
Otto Klemperer’s 1965 recording of Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony never has been surpassed, and this reissue presents it sounding better than ever. His performance is typically