

Janowski’s Bruckner features one indisputably great performance: the Eighth Symphony. […]

Hindemith had a relatively poor reputation as a conductor, even

Smooth and easy going–fitting descriptors, were I discussing a performance of Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending. But this is not what you want in a

Gerd Schaller is a sensitive and idiomatic Bruckner conductor, but he has caught Bruckneritus, the uncontrollable urge to perform a stupid new edition of one

The deluge of Bruckner symphony releases continues, having all of the appeal and value for the recording industry of a bloom of jellyfish clogging the

Everyone plays Bruckner these days. Everyone records Bruckner these days. Ninety-nine percent of those recordings, never mind the live performances, are dreck. They exist for

Otterloo has his fans—everyone does, let’s face it—and I intend

It’s a mystery as to who is left at the

The great Donald Francis Tovey one sagely observed that a

The principal value of this five-CD set lies in “Der
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