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Review by krisjan November 13, 2004 (3 of 3 found this review helpful)
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The original version of this symphony is rife with the (in)famous Bruckner pause. Nagano does a great job of turning those from awkward pauses to a useful musical device. He creates anticipation in what is to come making the listening experience that much more enjoyable. In a sym of this length, it is important to interpret the page and not just play the notes. Nagano does indeed interpret and as a result keeps me engaged. As a Bruckner admirer, I am glad to add this performance to my (large) collection.
Sound-wise, this is well balanced. In my recent review of the MTT Mahler 2, I noted that the brass were too prevalent with too much bite. Here, they are more realistically integrated into the texture. However, I must also point out that there are times in the big tuttis that seem a bit congested. Perhaps an artifact of this originating in a pcm master??
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Review by peteyspambucket June 21, 2004 (3 of 3 found this review helpful)
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Just a quick placeholder for now. I received this today from Elusive Disc, the only US online store I could find that sold it.
I love this symphony, and it's the first one I had studied from Bruckner, and that was with the Karajan BPO playing the 3rd Fassung. This recording, uses the 1st Edition, which I have only heard conducted by Inbal, on Teldec.
Nagano takes a decidedly romantic approach to this symphony. Everything is milked for whatever lyricism can be gotten from this music. This has a somewhat Schubertian quality, which is probably correct, given that Beethoven, Schubert, and Wagner were the major influences in Bruckner's musical output.
The sound is very good. This is quite the treat, because the 3rd Edition is so popular, this will probably stand out for a while as the only SACD of the original version.
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Review by stvnharr July 24, 2004 (2 of 3 found this review helpful)
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Quite a wonderful disc. Great sound, nice playing, and good conducting.
If you like your music with a Wagnerian touch, this is your symphony. It's long, complex, overly romantic, etc. The third movement does provide some splendid light relief.
As Peter noted, this is the first edition of the symphony, rather than the more recorded third edition. As such, likely to be only sacd of this. It's also 10 minutes shorter than my Georg Tinter recording of the third edition. And 68 minutes of music is enough for a symphony.
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