Dear Juan, Back in 1987, I didn't have a computer so I never saved the Bruckner VIII "fragments" I played on my CD player. But I couldn't resist the temptation...
... wrote: Hello Neil. ... LP (as well as an ... breadth, majesty and ... timings--Barenboim, 11:14; ... breathe and really sing ... Especially for Bruckner's...
Hello, Sébastien It is certainly true that slow tempos can give rise to inert, soporific performances. Similarly, fast tempos can give rise to glib,...
... speculate endlessly, that ... I think what you wrote is very interesting. For example, is the essence of Bach's Cantatas and Passions in the rhetoric, in...
Maarten, It is true that Mahler revised his Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, but the revisions were minor compared to Bruckner. The revisions of the Fifth were...
... wrote: Hello Denis Mahler never revised in order to please others; only to please himself. Bruckner, on the other hand, was constantly letting the ...
... wrote: Hello Juan. Well, it was Franz Schalk, not Ferninand Löwe. Löwe recomposed the Ninth :-) :-) Yes, of course! May you excuse my little distraction?...
In fact, I have attended this performance and you can find some impressions here: http://forum.bruckner.ru/cgi/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1177873974 (you have to use...
Just to give you a heads up, Apex has reissued Teldec 1983 recording of the first version of Bruckner's 4th symphony (Eliahu Inbal, RSO Frankfurt), so you can...
Sébastien said: "And sometimes, it was not in a better way..." And sometimes, the revisions were improvements. It's what makes Bruckner's various versions of...
I agree totally! It's a different symphony that shares melodic content with the 1878-1880 Symphony IV. Listening to the first version of IV is a lot of fun! By...
... wrote: And sometimes, the revisions were improvements. It's what makes Bruckner's various versions of the same symphony so difficult. It's a very mixed...
Yes Sebastian! Which rasies the question: What was it that Bruckner was trying to achive in the final movement of the 9th that was so radically different to...
... I think that your question does not only concern the finale of the 9th but the complete symphony. It is important there is no confusion between the...
Sebastien -my apologies if I gave that impression but if there are 'consequences' - huge or not surely they would be relevant as to meaning and significance of...
... <rumbles32001@...> wrote: Sebastien -my apologies if I gave that impression but if there are 'consequences' - huge or not surely they would be relevant as...
Sebastien I think your contributions are more than welcome. My only hope is that you let us read your work on this subject as I fear it may be copyrighted...
Dear Sébastien, I have some remarks on following : see part of your reply marked in blue To you Anton Bruckner may have had difficulties in achieving the...
Dear Gert, I do not quite follow Sébastien either, but I think he is making a very interesting proposition: that we should look at Bruckner's late revisions...
... wrote: Dear Gert and dear Al Kemp, ... Your comment is relevant. For instance, in the 1st mov. of the 1st sym, as I already wrote, the 3rd group was...
It seems clear to me that many of us in this group have strong personal feelings about the genesis and eventual status of the Finale to the Ninth Symphony. We...
... Reply Sébastien ; Yes, it is one of the clues I was talking about... But my thesis goes deeper. Gert said : Isn't it a bit dangerous to compare Anton...
I can only say that I agree completely with John Berky. Not without adding that in many cases Bruckners finales are not the utmost strong movements of his...
... wrote: Hello John. ... is that ... The ... landler! The ... into ... I think that the entire 9th symphony breaks new ground. At that time, through some...
... wrote: Hello Maarten. I can only say that I agree completely with John Berky. Not without adding that in many cases Bruckners finales are not the utmost...
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