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  1. Classical Music Discussion
    What are your thoughts on Bruckner's Fifth? I am listening to it for the second time and still haven't warmed up to it. I much prefer 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9. But everyone says it is a wonderful symphony and one of the best. My first listen was Remy Ballot in the Cathedral. This time I'm listening...
  2. Blog
    I. Gemässigt II. Scherzo. Schnell - Trio. Langsamer III. Adagio IV. Finale. Lebhaft bewegt Not known for his chamber works, Bruckner hadn't thought of writing a string quintet until the famous Viennese violinist Joseph Hellmesberger suggested it. Intrigued and flattered by...
  3. Classical Music Discussion
    Has anyone ever noticed the weirdly close similarities between Schubert's String Quintet and Bruckner's Fourth Symphony? I know many people consider late Schubert and most of Bruckner's mature music to be working towards the same goals, with similar techniques, but these two pieces, in...
  4. Blog
    Best known for his symphonies Bruckner's only entry into the SQ genre came in 1862 whilst he was completing his studies with Sechter. The quartet was more of a study piece showing off the techniques Bruckner had gained through these studies. It's classical in form but also romantic in sound. The...
  5. Orchestral Music
    I know Bruckner was a Wagnerian. I even have heard, whilst attending the 1876 performance of The Ring Cycle, he closed his eyes and listened to the music and in the ending of The Twilight of the Gods he opened his eyes and said why they were burning the girl( Brunhilde). I don't know whether...
  6. Orchestral Music
    Just published a new video to YouTube. It is the EMI 1970 Karajan BPO recording.
  7. Classical Music Discussion
    Hi everyone! New member here, but I've been reading your great forum for some time. I've been wondering for quite some time about the climax in the Adagio of Bruckner's seventh symphony, since it seems that the timpani part seems to vary quite a bit. I have enclosed an image showing the three...
  8. Orchestral Music
    Hey there I am an avid listener of opera music and therefor adore Wagner. However I think it's time for me to broaden my horizon and try out other composers. I always hear and read so much about Mahler and Bruckner but I've never managed to get into their work, especially their symphonies...
  9. Orchestral Music
    Last Saturday, when I was editing my video coursework for an University module, I needed to find a good Bewegt from Bruckner's Symphony No.4. Because my favourite, Celibidache EMI, was too slow, I tried using one of the best I remembered, Klemperer PO. But this recording was well conducted and...
  10. Classical Music Discussion
    Bruckner's 8th is a masterpiece. Well, at least the first 3 movements. I can't think of a more perfect opening movement, scherzo and adagio in a Bruckner symphony or otherwise. They are all so profound. However, I find the final movement to be incredibly disappointing. It seems too emotionally...
  11. Orchestral Music
    Hello, I am searching for symphonic music in the tradition of Anton Bruckner. What I have found so far: Hans Rott (1858-1884): 1 symphony His style stands inbetween Bruckner and Mahler. Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): 11 symphonies Paul Büttner (1870-1943): 4 symphonies More lyrical and...
  12. Orchestral Music
    No.9 Results: Trash 47th: Haitink RCO 46th: Matačić NHKSO Decent 45th: Knappertsbusch BaySO 44th: Chailly RCO 43rd: Maazel SOdBR 42nd: Giulini CSO 41st: Wand KRSO 40th: Walter ColSO 39th: Goodall BBC SO 38th: Furtwängler BPO 37th: Wand SOdNDR 2000 36th: Barenboim CSO 35th: Leitner RSOS 34th...
  13. Recorded Music and Publications
    I posted this in the Bruckner Zweden recordings post, but I skipped a comment and I feared I was going to enrage Merlinus. I didn't want to throw away all the time I put into it so I leave it to you: Amazon USA: 2/19/17 No.00 $8.71 No.0 $9.99 No.1 $12.08 No.2 $11.38 No.3 $14.09 No.4 $9.97...
  14. Orchestral Music
    No.8 Results: Decent 58th: Szell ClO 57th: Furtwängler WPO 56th: Kubelík Orfeo 55th: Haitink WPO 54th: Zweden NthRPO 53rd: Asahina Live OPO 52nd: Wand Altus Good 51st: Skrowaczewski RSOS 50th: Maazel BPO 49th: Knappertsbusch MPO Live 48th: Asahina Studio OPO 47th: Tintner NSOoI 46th: Wand KRSO...
  15. Orchestral Music
    No.7 Results: Decent 46th: Horenstein BPO 45th: Schuricht ORTF 44th: Jochum RCO 43rd: Harnoncourt WPO 42nd: Klemperer PO 41st: Solti CSO 40th: Szell WPO 39th: Solti WPO 38th: Tennstedt LPO 37th: Blomstedt LGO 36th: Jochum BPO 35th: Barbirolli HO 34th: Matačić CzPO 33rd: Tintner RSNO Good 32nd...
  16. Orchestral Music
    Should there be a first Bruckner set by Rattle and LSO with complete finales? I read that Simon Rattle will begin his new work as music director of the London Symphony Orchestra this September 2017. He is not maybe the taste of everyone but I was very satisfied with his Mahler symphonies from...
  17. Orchestral Music
    No trash :-D Decent: 24th: Venzago BrSO 23rd: Tintner NZSO 22nd: Horenstein LSO 21st: Jochum SKD 20th: Gielen SWR 19th: Haitink RCO 18th: Chailly RCO Good: 17th: Klemperer BBC 16th: Haitink DSK 15th: Wand KRSO 14th: Young HPO 13th: Jochum SOdBR (1p) 12th: Eschenbach LPO 11th: Maazel SOdBR...
  18. Orchestral Music
    No.5 Results: Trash 44th: Tintner RNSO 43rd: Järvi ROTH 42nd: Horenstein BBC SO 41st: Asahina OPO Decent 40th: Knappertsbusch MPO 39th: Schuricht RSOS 38th: Haitink WPO 37th: Sawallisch BySO 36th: Eichhorn SOdBR 35th: Jochum SKD 34th: Kempe MPO 33rd: Matačić CzPO 32nd: Sinopoli SKD 31st...
  19. Classical Music Discussion
    As you may know, I am currently suffering an incurable Bruckneritis with all the recordings I can find, so I rate all of them and make my top rank. Yesterday, for an hour of leisure before dinner, I watched this whole rehearsal of Celibidache conducting Symphony No.9. It is fortunately in...
  20. Orchestral Music
    No.4 Results: Trash 42nd: Schuricht RSOS 41st: Sawallisch PhlO Decent 40th: Celibidache MetroGnome 39th: Sinopoli SKD 38th: Thielemann MPO 37th: Tennstedt WC 36th: Celibidache DG 35th: Haitink WPO 34th: Maazel SOdBR 33rd: Knappertsbusch BPO 32nd: Richter DSOB 31st: Kubelík SOdBR 30th: Matačić...
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