Bruckner

This second instalment confirms this will be a series well worth following as the Bruckner bicentenary year progresses [JQ]

This brisk, nervy account pales in comparison with Schaller’s steadier, grander recording [RMo]

Many first-class performances to celebrate the 475th anniversary of the Staatskapelle Dresden [MC]

Here we go again … best avoided [RMo]

The auspicious launch of what promises to be a Bruckner series of uncommon interest [JQ]

A magnificent account of the last version of Bruckner’s most approachable symphony, beautifully played in ideal recorded sound [RMo]

A patchy account, hobbled by a particularly egregious bit of tinkering with the codas of the first movement and the finale [RMo]

A swift, coherent, absorbing onslaught upon Bruckner’s Ninth which carries its own conviction [RMo]

Hindoyan does absolutely everything right in a beautifully played account [RMo]

Poschner once more subjects Bruckner’s Third Symphony to unreasonable and unaesthetic haste [RMo]

An outstanding performance of Bruckner’s Third from François-Xavier Roth and his Cologne players [MC]

A crisp, rhythmically alert account, making a wholly persuasive case for the original version of Bruckner’s Second Symphony [RMo]

Harnoncourt’s remarkable vision of this great symphonic master [TB]

Another urgent, cohesive, thoroughly convincing account from a conductor who is a true Brucknerian [RMo]

Another decent performance blighted by the conductor’s very audible vocal intrusions [RMo]

A thoroughly commendable and consistent account of the most popular version of Bruckner’s Second Symphony [RMo]

Roth makes an outstanding case for the original 1874 version of Bruckner’s Fourth [MC]

A tight, driven account of Bruckner’s First Symphony which is a success even if I still prefer Schaller’s version [RMo]

Haitink displays remarkable consistency in this grand and spacious account [RMo]

Grand, broad, live performances of Bruckner’s symphonies now collected in a box set [RMo]

Ballot completes his survey of Bruckner’s symphonies with another highly individual reading employing daringly extended tempi [RMo]

Two disappointingly tame live performances [RMo]

A beautifully played recording of the Fifth Symphony for those who like their Bruckner a little leaner and faster with variations of tempi strongly contrasted [RMo]

A classic of the Bruckner discography, revived [NC]