Bruckner
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6, Te Deum (Testament)
An alpha performance of the Te Deum, but an omega one of the symphony [LD]
Otto Klemperer (conductor): The Remastered Edition (Warner Classics)
Klemperer consolidated; his full Warner legacy in best-yet transfers [JW]
Anton Bruckner: Eleven Symphonies (Bruckner Society of America)
A highly informative and accessible guide through the thickets of Bruckner scholarship [RMo]
Karl Böhm (conductor): The SWR Recordings (SWR Classic)
A rewarding collection [GT]
Bruckner: Symphony 9 for 2 Pianos (High Definition Tape Transfers)
A highly successful transcription embracing a wide variety of moods and colours [RMo]
Bruckner: Symphony 4 (Myrios Classics)
Roth makes a fine case for the original version of Bruckner’s Fourth [JQ]
Bruckner: Symphony 3 (RCA)
As fine a performance of the 1889 version of Bruckner’s Third Symphony as you could wish from a great partnership [RMo]
Bruckner: Symphony 4 (BIS)
Another weak instalment in this ongoing Bruckner cycle series [RMo]
Bruckner: Symphony 3 (Capriccio)
Played somewhat ‘wrong,’ but much of it still right [SV]
Bruckner: The Symphonies – Organ Transcriptions Vol. 6 (Oehms Classics)
A virtuoso player vividly brings to life a transformed orchestral masterpiece [MSt]
Bruckner: Symphonies 1-9 (Accentus Music)
As fine a collection of the nine, numbered Bruckner symphonies as one could wish for, in superb sound [RMo]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (Capriccio)
Poschner’s well-directed Complete Versions series continues [RMo]
Bruckner: Symphony 6 (LSO Live)
Controversial and underwhelming Bruckner from Rattle [LD]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (BIS)
Speed is not a substitute for energy [DP]
Bruckner: Symphony 4 (LSO Live)
Rattle’s ‘Romantic’ replete with missed opportunities [LD]
Bruckner: Symphony 5 for Organ (Profil)
A more grateful acoustic. a more varied sonic palette and a more propulsive manner incline me to prefer Schaller’s arrangement over Giesen’s [RMo]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (Sony Classical)
Superb engineering and wonderful playing hobbled by Thielemann’s reluctance to sacrifice beauty of sound to emotional release [RMo]
Bruckner: Symphony 4 (Myrios Classics)
A crisp, clean realisation of the specific soundworld of Bruckner’s music, culminating in a finale of epic power [RMo]
Bruckner: Symphonies 1-9 (Accentus Music)
An important and impressive contribution to the Bruckner discography [JQ]
Bruckner: Symphony 5 (Philips)
(Déjà Review) A classic recording rightly restored to the catalogue in good sound and an example of Jochum’s Bruckner at its best [TD]
Bruckner: Symphonies 3 & 6 (Unitel Editions)
Today’s pre-eminent Bruckner conductor conducts the essential Bruckner orchestra in superb live accounts of two of the more elusive symphonies [RWe]
Bruckner: Symphony No 8 (Capriccio)
Anyone wanting to hear the original version of Bruckner’s monumental Eighth Symphony given the best possible advocacy need look no further [RMo]
Bruckner: Symphony 4 (Capriccio)
A fine performance vitiated by Poschner’s penchant for rushed tempi [RMo]
Bruckner: Symphony 9 (Pristine Audio)
Van Beinum’s flexible way with this music will appeal to those who also esteem Jochum in Bruckner but there are too many flaws [RMo]
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