This is my first post at this forum. This is mostly about a recent performance of the 7th at San Francisco with some other random thoughts. The performance of...
I did manage to attend the same performance (on Saturday, Jan. 25), and did travel many miles for it. However, my compatriate and I (our own personal...
After viewing 600+ messages tonight it seems that Herbert V.K., Dohnanyi and Chailly are the whipping boys of this group. Chailly's interpretations are just...
I agree with those who affirm that when Bruckner revised a Symphony in drastic ways over a period of many years, one is justified in considering the versions...
Thom, You've read 600 messages in one sitting? Sacre Vache! I hope it was time well spent... What would you like to have seen written about the Dohnanyi ...
Thom, Having wasted so much time at this, it's now too late to go swimming because the pool will be full of wretched screaming schoolkids, I can return for...
If you take the time and bear the expense of the Johannes Wildner 3CD set of the Bruckner 3rd, I think you will be very pleased, since it demonstrates very ...
Yes, it Was time well spent. *S* As for Dohnanyi where his 6th and 9th are concerned, this is not even debate able. They can and will stand up with the best...
... I doubt it. I do not consider myself to be that knowledgeable in this topic to be as discriminating as you do. It is quite likely that, with time, I may...
I know for sure that Mahler was an avid swimmer. From what I've read of Bruckner, he doesn't strike me as the athletic type. ... enjoying swimming? --Warren...
I haven't read it (I ought to), but Philip Barford has done some very good work on his life and music. Derek Watson also has a good hold of Bruckner lore....
"Bruckner Remembered" -- an excellent book. Very intriuging to read all the recorded memories of Bruckner. Yes, it did include information that Bruckner was an...
... wrote: "As for Dohnanyi where his 6th and 9th are concerned, this is not even debatable. They can and will stand up with the best performances for years to...
Unless I am mistaken, the Dohnanyi Bruckner 6th is still available thru the Musical Heritage Society. If you really want a copy, I can order one for your,...
Apart from a couple of references to Bruckner's swimming trunks, the reference in 'BRUCKNER REMEMBERED' comes in a reminiscence by the singer Felix von Kraus...
It's funny how Wand's first 7th gets lost when we talk of the really wonderful interpretations of this symphony. Is Blomstedt's 7th as fine as most people say...
... really ... The problem is that this is all so subjective. I have an early Wand 7th with the NDR on black vinyl, and it is very fine, and wonderful for the...
Hi Ken, You e-mailed me the other day, and I wanted to respond. I have been a Bruckner fan since I was 19 years old, and now I am 38. My first job out of high...
Dear all Tom's email has set me thinking. My first experience of Bruckner was his 4th Symphony conducted by Karl Boehm on Decca I think. From then on I have...
You asked Paul on where to start? Why not start with a cycle. Now the one I'm going to recommend, there will probably be an out cry from people as to this...
If I had to choose one cycle, I would go for the Skrowaczewski on Arte Nova. It’s a bit hard to get in the USA, but there are plenty of overseas websites ...
I agree with John about "Skrow" probably being the best of the currently-available cycles. And it's budget-priced as well! It also provides a recording of...
And in turn, I agree with Warren. Barenboim’s CSO cycle is indeed better than his BPO cycle, and with Chicago, he gives us “die Nullte” to boot. John ...
As for Barenboim's CSO being better than His BPO cycle.....ehhhhhhh I'll send You a card in the psyche ward. *LOL* This is beyond laughable. Misplaying as well...
Well, you seem to change your opinion quickly in that you wrote this earlier: “I'll go out on a limb on this, but IMHO the first Barenboim cycle with the CSO...
Dear John: Thanks for the reminder about Die Nullte, available along with several other Barenboim/CSO Bruckner discs as singles or (as with #4 & 7) duos from...
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