I find the effect of the so-called "historically-informed performance" movement on Bruckner performance quite dismal, at least as it manifests itself in...
neil, it is surprising that you have only one beethoven symphony cycle by the same conductor. i am sure you have many individuals, but still.. i find the...
Hi Sam, My budget when we were in Japan two years ago was pretty limited, and so I stuck to Asahina's Bruckner (the JVC and Canyon sets). But I have since...
neil, the reissued one is 1997 set. i do have that set also. it is generally lighter in texture. nos. 1,2,3,4,6,8 are very good, the 9th interesting. but 5 and...
Fabulous, among the best ever. Get them best regards, Â Oscar. ... From: adrianldball <adrianldball@...> Subject: [Y! Bruckner] Bruckner - Symphonies 1...
Hi, again, friends-- I finally had the time to listen to Norrington's 7th all the way through with a score. Some things I liked, some that I didn't. The best...
... Propulsive, powerful, and ... Norrington suddenly ... passage. The effect is ... informing me of that), and ... Dear Neil, just listen to the recordings of...
I have just come across this passage on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._9_(Bruckner) under First movement: "at a point near the coda,...
Perhaps you can provide a better translation of the original German text yourself. Regards, Jorge ... passage from the first movement of his Seventh Symphony."...
... the English first? As you write, it is probably a mistake. But there is also no quotation of the 7th symphony's first movement at the end of the adagio of...
...(Naito performance for you buffs out there) and this from a friend relatively new to Bruckner, most familiar with the 7th slow movement. And a woman at...
Hi John, The person who wrote the Wikipedia article on the Ninth heard more than a first-movement quote from the Seventh. Check out the deleted text on the...
Dear Al This is my worry about Wikipeidia: sheer unfounded inaccuracy taken as truth. As Sébastien said: the so-called quote of the VII Symphony's 1st...
I cannot speak German at all, so cannot help you as well. (S'il s'agissait de français, peut-être on pourrait parler autrement) Couldn't the original text be...
Jorge, Vous vouliez dire que l'article brucknerrien était une traduction en anglais de l'article qui se trouve au site de wikipedia allemand? Navré de le...
What about AB's quote in the V's Adagio (bar 193) of the Mozart Requiem's Lachrymosa (bar 5)? There are similiarities, but is it a direct quote?? Rgds, ...
I compared the two and they look OKish to me, but I'm no pro, just a dilletant. I had also read about this quote somewhere .... John Soutter Rue des...
Since I like moaning about the bad style found on the American English Wikipeidia, how about this from the third movement of the V. "The Scherzo is the only...
... English Wikipeidia, how about this from the third movement of the V. ... pizzicato strings, hence the nickname Pizzicato." ... pizzicato introduction but...
Hélas... English is not even my second language... Anyway, I'm not sure it's so, because I don't understand German. Regards, Jorge ... en anglais de l'article...
Have you also checked the discussion forum and the German version? Regards, Jorge ... Have you also checked the discussion forum and the German version? ...
I would say pretty direct but my musical vocubulary is a bit limited: the Bruckner is in smooth crotchets pitched in G-flat while the Mozart is in hesitant...
... mmmmmmmmmm ... I always thought that the first dozen bars of the Lachrymosa were Mozzie's (as we call him in Liverpool) John Soutter Rue des Lilas 10...