Post by dschawv May 18, 2008 (1 of 21)
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Hello everyone-
I have been getting back into Bruckner in the last year or so. I guess I have finally matured (39 yrs.old) to enjoy it thoroughly. I was wondering about recommendations from others here.
I currently have two SACD's of the 9th. Harnoncourt and Janowski. I like them both.
What others do you own and personally recommend.
My favorites in the Bruckner cycle are 9,8,6, and 4.
Thanks in advance.
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dschawv said:
Hello everyone-
I have been getting back into Bruckner in the last year or so. I guess I have finally matured (39 yrs.old) to enjoy it thoroughly. I was wondering about recommendations from others here.
I currently have two SACD's of the 9th. Harnoncourt and Janowski. I like them both.
What others do you own and personally recommend.
My favorites in the Bruckner cycle are 9,8,6, and 4.
Thanks in advance.
My personal favorites are:
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 - Albrecht
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 - Enoch zu Guttenberg
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 - Kreizberg
Polynomial has come down hard on this last (the seventh) for reasons he clearly delineates in his cogent review. But I personally find the disc compelling, more compelling than any other seventh I ever heard. Yes I have the new CSO Resound with Haitink, and both Abbado and von Karajan with the Vienna Philharmonic on rbcd. The Kreizburg performance and/or the PentaTone sound gets me much farther into the music than any of those others.
I am not so fond of the ninth though I have several recordings of it! At first I was not going to bother with the new Janowski on PentaTone but I decided I will buy it anyway - mostly out of curiosity, to see what Janowski does with it. I heartily recommend the Farao Classics disc of the fourth with Enoch zu Guttenberg conducting the Orchester der KlangVerwaltung. I don't usually like "period performances" but this one is something else. The brass and woodwinds are unusually compelling.
The Czech Philharmonic under Albrecht do a serviceable job with the sixth. In other words, I thoroughly enjoy listening to it, but I think my old Klemperer on an Angel LP was an even better performance, and so I look forward to hearing other versions on SACD.
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Post by Edvin May 18, 2008 (3 of 21)
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The Blomstedt 7 is a far more involving performance than the Kreizberg. I also recommend the Blomstedt 8. There is an understanding that is unique in those performances.
If you can find no 4 with Böhm don't hesitate. Also the Wand set is highly recommendable. His ninth easily outshines both Harnoncourt and Janowski.
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Post by fafnir May 18, 2008 (4 of 21)
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No recommendation for the First or Nulte.
Simone Young on Oehms has very good performances of the Second and Third Symphonies in their original versions. Compared to my other SACD of the Third with Nagano, Young's faster tempo of the first and last movements are more vital.
Enoch zu Guttenberg's recording of the Fourth is excellent - far superior in both performance and sound to van Zweden's on Octavia. Young's forthcoming recording of the original version of the Fourth should be quite interesting.
Marcus Bosch on Coviello Classics has a good performance and recording of the Fifth.
No recommendation for the Sixth.
I have three SACD recordings of the Seventh: Haitink, Kreizberg, and Ozawa. Haitink is a very good performance in bass-shy sound. Kreizberg is a good performance in excellent sound, and Ozawa is out of the running.
No recommendation for the Eighth. Haitink's performance on RCO manages to do what I thought was impossible - make the great work boring.
I have Bosch's recording of the completed Ninth. The completion of the final is, of course, extremely controversial. I happen to like it; I think it is essential for full appreciation of the score, but others feel quite differently. In any event the Bosch recording is marred by an excessively fast third movement, but otherwise has some really fine moments. This is recommended with reservations. Perhaps the best approach is to pick up another version of the three movement version of the score and combine it with Bosch's finale.
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fafnir said:
I have Bosch's recording of the completed Ninth. The completion of the final is, of course, extremely controversial. I happen to like it; I think it is essential for full appreciation of the score, but others feel quite differently. In any event the Bosch recording is marred by an excessively fast third movement, but otherwise has some really fine moments.
I think the recording is marred by excessive reverberation time but once I adjusted my ears to the sound, I thought the realization of the fourth movement was absolutely convincing. It added immensely to my appreciation of the work as a whole.
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Post by Edvin May 18, 2008 (6 of 21)
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But you wouldn't dream of listening to it if it was a rbcd only. That goes for many of your recommendations.
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Edvin said:
But you wouldn't dream of listening to it if it was a rbcd only. That goes for many of your recommendations.
Why don't you go away? You and your sarcastic bullshit aren't wanted.
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Post by Edvin May 19, 2008 (8 of 21)
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Ah, the truth is so hard for some to hear.
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Edvin said:
But you wouldn't dream of listening to it if it was a rbcd only. That goes for many of your recommendations.
What does this post have to contribute to the furtherance of the sacd medium?
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Post by armenian May 19, 2008 (10 of 21)
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No recommendation for the Eighth. Haitink's performance on RCO manages to do what I thought was impossible - make the great work boring.
I have the P. Boulez Eight on CD, it is a superb performance and reasonably well recorded by DG, or shall I say the best possible sound that one can reasonably expect from DG. If I am not mistaken DG released this on SACD.
Vahe
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