Muti has done some fine work. You have to be receptive to his brash, forward, unsubtle approach, but in some music it leads to wondrous results. His set of...
Thanks Neil! Â I agree the 6th is different at each performance (my favorite is still Skrow's recording)Â Wow you have been in the "classical scene" for a...
The Samale/Cohrs completion of 2006. I presume the performance is the one of Marcus Bosch with the Aachener Symphoniker. I was in the audience during this...
I don’t want to be the sour grape in the vineyard, but I have come to think that the publicizing of Internet streams may be counter-productive. Many of ...
Hello everyone, Last night, much to my pleasant and unexpected surprise, I heard an *extraordinary* performance of Bruckner's 7th by the Boston Symphony...
fantastic thanks for that...it kinda makes me want to avoid listening to recorded performances and just wait for a live one to come my way that I might hear...
The previous weekend Hans Graf conducted the Houston Symphony Chorus (of which I am a member) and Ensemble in the Mass No. 2 in e-minor. This was an...
ah...but Samuel what I meant was to be there in the audience, the sights...smells... sounds of that now ancient gathering place...the concert hall. I've...
I don't mind either way, live or recorded. A great performance is a great performance and a poor performance is a poor performance. I haven't watched this...
Hans Graf conducted the Colorado Symphony in Bruckner's Seventh on March 6-8. I haven't posted anything because I've been tinkering with my thoughts, hoping to...
Great review! Boston, Colorado, and I thought I heard mention of Houston as well, does conductor Hans Graf travel around and work, or who does he normally...
Hi Josh, Hans Graf is Music Director of the Houston Symphony. It looks like he's doing several guest conducting appearances with the Seventh. You have a good...
"The 4-6 symphonies of Bruckner do seem to go along together somehow, and the 8th and 9th together in a realm of their own. But I was just thinking about the...
"Nr 5 as the climactic work of his early works..." indeed 2 3 and 4 are mighty musical entities in their own, and the 5th being even in Bruckner's own...
speaking of sunny (and not because I currently live in Miami)...how about that passage in the first movement 7th which truly seems to be like the heavens...
Grouping Bruckner symphonies is a bit more complicated than what we have below. I suggest the following: Early Works: Symphony in f minor Symphony No. 1 in...
Thanks John. This list is thought provoking and certainly has been touched upon by members of the group in the past. I find that transitional period quite...
Hi all, This is a fascinating topic which no doubt many of us have thought about in some way, even if not as a subject in its own right. My personal belief is...
Thanks for continuing the discussion Siggy! Â Perhaps due to the latest postings or just an inclination to revisit some Bruckner music, I began last night...
Hello - I am Jordi, I live in the UK and I have just joined the club. I am a physicist and, in my free time, also a composer. I have been a Bruckner fan all my...
... Welcome aboard, Jordi! In passing, you may be interested in knowing that the founder of this group, is a physicist himself.. ;) Kind regards, Marco...
... <jordi.vives@...> wrote: Hi Jordi! ... I am a physicist and, in my free time, also a composer. I have been a Bruckner fan all my life. My favourite...
Hi Jordi: As Some friends have mention to you, the two big sources are: -) "IX. Symphonie D-Moll Finale", by John A. Phillips, and -) "IX. Symphonie D-Moll...
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