I learn from Wolfgang on Holger Grintz's site www.brucknerfreunde.at <http://www.brucknerfreunde.at> that Barenboim and the Berlin Staatskapelle are doing a...
I also learnt from Holger's site, www.brucknerfreunde.at <http://www.brucknerfreunde.at> , of new publicity from Linz Tourist Board. 'LINZ BRUCKNER - hearing,...
Even the early publicity for the September 25, 2009 concert described Winbeck's piece as a free composition based on themes from the Finale. To me this...
For those of you who don't know this, it's from John Berky's website: abruckner.com. http://www.abruckner.com/Data/downloads/curiosities/birthdaybrucknermo/b\ ...
Hello everyone, Happy Labor Day Weekend! I'm looking forward to hearing about the Brucknerathon in CT. I would have loved to attend but unfortunately a...
Hi all, Yesterday, on AB's 185th birthday+1, a nice group of upwards of 15 or so music lovers assembled in Carlsbad, California and again availed ourselves of...
Dave, 1) We are talking about taste here. So can't answer.. 2) Can't answer that, either. Maybe if you truly want them you will find the way? 3) His Bruckner...
Hi Dave, It's an unlucky time to be looking for Bruckner by Asahina. For the 100th anniversary of his birth many of his recordings have been re-released in...
Interestingly my new Taiwanese roomate teaches me how the Asian mentality is as you mention Neil to try different approaches, always experimenting. Didn't...
I think he was the first to record the rare 1876 adagio for the 3rd. This was during the same concert series in Osaka which led to the 1983 JVC recordings of...
This is the exact reason I didn't want to name the best cycle. I have both JVC and Canyon set(actually 3 - 9). If not for the earlier symphonies I would have...
... Hi Dave, I had the privilege of hearing and seeing Asahina conduct his first concert in the United States when he came to Honolulu in 1985 and conducted...
Dear Dennis, Â Exactly what do you mean when saying that Asahina studied directly with Furtwaengler ? Is there any evidence on this ? AFAIK Furtwaengler...
Hi George, Perhaps I overstated it a bit to say that he "studied" with Furtwangler, but here is perhaps a more accurate statement from Martin Anderson that...
Oh, found it. Sorry about that. It seems that somehow the sheet with pages 11 and 12 got flipped and bound wrong, so that the pages go 10, 12, 11, 13... Letter...
Thanks for sharing these, Ken. This type of artwork follows the same concept of the artist, Ferdinand Eckhardt who drew "Musik-Ornamente" for many composers,...
The Bruckner Journal <http://brucknerjournal.co.uk/> went quite early to the printers, so as to try and avoid the effects of a strike by UK postal workers....
Two things I forgot to mention. In this issue of The Bruckner Journal is a report of the BrucknerTage, August 2009, at St Florian. Stephen Pearsall has...
There is a new book out on Simon Sechter's Fundamental-Bass theory and its influence on the music of Anton Bruckner. It's written by Dr Frederick Stocken, and...
Greetings one and all, I have been requested to pass on an exclusive invitation by the J.B. Foerster Society to attend a specially convened J.B. Foerster...
It might interest you to know that four Asahina Bruckner recordings have shown up for download on Emusic in the past two days: the Bruckner 5th, two...
thanx Ken--i will check out the university of michigan library of music, which i live near, and see if they have that Sechter book; and i eagerly await that...
Be good if Michigan library get it, Doug. There's another book I've ordered a review copy of for The Bruckner Journal 'Music and Monumentaliy' by Alexander...
thanx Ken, i will searrch for the 'monumentality' book as well--i like those ideologically focused books! listened to the 3rs symphony again--monumental brass...