Bruckner

A tribute to a great and versatile conductor containing some superb performances, and some less successful [RMo]

A marvellous testament to Haitink’s longstanding work with one of his great orchestral partners [ST]

A performance of two halves: the first subject to vagaries in tempo which impede coherence, but the second triumphant [RMo]

Gerd Schaller is determined to exploit the mighty instrument’s full potential to maximum effect [RMo]

The best available transfer of a great performance of Bruckner’s Eighth [PSt]

The first two movements here of Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony are mostly fine and measured – but the Scherzo and finale are erratic [RMo]

A fascinating and valuable musical-historical document [JQ]

A performance which may entice those whose main interests lie with Bruckner’s classical predecessors and may refresh the ears of more seasoned Brucknerians [GPu]

A handful of Bruckner’s lovely motets, beautifully done, together with some organ improvisations [SB]

The conclusion of a most rewarding series of archive Bruckner recordings [JQ]

Some will find Schaller’s tempi in the first two movements controversial [RMo]

Collectors who have been following this important Bruckner series can invest with confidence in this penultimate installment [JQ]

The last in this set of nine Bruckner symphonies conforms to the imposing style and impressively high standard set by its predecessors [RMo]

Another grand, weighty, live account from the NCPA of Bruckner’s most hieratic symphony, beautifully played and engineered [RMo]

A superb contribution to the anniversary celebrations: original interpretation, fine playing, good sound and outstanding documentation [RWe]

(Déjà Review) A dedicated performance, with sensitive awareness of Bruckner’s idiom and musical characteristics [TB]

A magnificently grim, steady account, bringing out all the might and menace of this most ambivalent of Bruckner’s symphonies [RMo]

A great orchestra pays its tribute to a much loved conductor [PH]

A wild, driven performance which oozes personality and conviction, now cleaned up to an unprecedentedly high standard [RMo]

Despite slight reservations, these are performances of exceptional quality [PSt]

A very welcome further installment in this significant historical Bruckner series [JQ]

A captivating live performance of the Bruckner F minor Mass [MC]

A good archive reading of Bruckner’s Third symphony and a more questionable Fourth [JQ]

One of the finest modern Bruckner 7 recordings available today [KC]