You tube has a snippet of 20th Cent German musician Paul Hindemith conducting Bruckner 7 1st movement. I was taken aback by the beauty of the conducting and...
Yes Dohnanyi firmly- I heard him conduct 4 in London with the Philharmonia recently and it was wonderful, I was sat behind the horns, heard music I'd never...
There is a new release on BBC Legends of Istvan Kertesz conducting the fourth symphony with the London Symphony Orchestra, a performance from March 1964. I had...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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,...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
Interestingly my new Taiwanese roomate teaches me how the Asian mentality is as you mention Neil to try different approaches, always experimenting. Didn't...
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...
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...
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