Great Bruckner 5
Sat, Nov 19 2011, 1:54PM
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RE: Great Bruckner 5
The greatest Brucknerian and the only who really understood Bruckner is Celibidache. There are 3 versions commercially available, one from EMI, one from DG and one from Altus. All are outstanding. The disks sadly don't bring across the full sonoric qualities (you had to hear him live for those), so the tempi obviously sound too slow due to lack of the full spectrum. In concert they were perfect and right, certainly not too slow.
Recently I was very impressed with a radio broadcast of Bruckner 5 conducted by Daniel Harding. Watch him, he's the only of the young generation that I'm aware of who has something to say, not only in Bruckner but across the range. He is wise to record sparcely still, he can become one of the very greatest with time.
Also on the radio I heard a recent broadcast of Bruckner 5 with Abbado and the Lucerne Orchestra. Although Abbado is not my "Brucknerian of choice" it was actually an excellent performance. Perhaps it will appear commercially some time soon.
Sat, Nov 19 2011, 3:02PM
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RE: Great Bruckner 5
Bernstein was certainly no Brucknerian, but his video version of the 9th Symphony with the VPO, filmed in 1990 a few months before his death, is surprisingly good: the orchestra is on top form, the marvellous acoustics of the Musikverein round off the washes of sound wonderfully, and the interpretation has force, drama, lyricism and gravitas. A great valedictory statement from Bernstein.
Sat, Nov 19 2011, 10:12PM
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RE: Great Bruckner 5
As I have said before, Bernstein almost detested Bruckner. That's why he avoided to perform his works consistently. So, he couldn't have been a good Brucknerian. The very few recordings and videos simply constitute the exception which justifies the rule.
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I wouldn't rate Bernstein's, Celibidache's, Barenboim's, Sinopoli's or Dohnanyi's, among those that I've heard as Great Bruckner 5s. In fact in ceretain instances they barely pass.
Certainly Schuricht, Furtwangler, Karajan, Welser-Most and Wand are up there and, possibly, Klemperer and Haitink's old Concertgebouw recording, but, as I said I haven't heard them all and even some that I have heard I have forgotten ( I do not know whether that's me or whether the performances were less than memorable).