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With this new release the Naxos catalog now includes all extant versions of Bruckner’s much massaged Symphony No. 3. Georg Tintner’s imposing account of the
This very interesting and worthwhile disc offers an excellent reason to acquire yet another Bruckner Ninth. As usual, Harnoncourt offers a “concept”, and as with
Reginald Goodall’s notoriety (in England above all) rests on a single composer (Wagner), and he was the proud creator of one completely successful recording (Tristan
The sticker says “Jochum’s First, Visionary Recording of the Ninth,” meaning I suppose that this recording is not to be confused with his second and
Philippe Herrweghe’s “authentic” approach to the Bruckner Seventh is only marginally effective. Yes, the Champs-Élysées orchestra’s smaller forces and period instruments do bring enhanced clarity
Walter’s Bruckner Ninth always has struck me as weak beer, comparatively speaking, but hearing it again leads me to reconsider. Certainly this is Bruckner viewed
Kent Nagano is not noted for his affinity for Bruckner, and he has made his job even more difficult by choosing the most awkward (and
Lovro von Matacic’s luminous and moving Bruckner Seventh employs relaxed tempos in the first two movements (smiliar to Chailly’s), but also naturally breathing phrasing alongside
Klemperer’s Bruckner 4 is one of the great ones, and a surprisingly swift reading too. We know that during his EMI phase he tended to
Although several of the works performed here are available on numerous other recordings–the Bruckner motets, Martin mass, and Schoenberg’s Friede auf Erden–you’ll never hear them
