Bruckner

Rattle’s ‘Romantic’ replete with missed opportunities [LD]

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]

Superb engineering and wonderful playing hobbled by Thielemann’s reluctance to sacrifice beauty of sound to emotional release [RMo]

A crisp, clean realisation of the specific soundworld of Bruckner’s music, culminating in a finale of epic power [RMo]

An important and impressive contribution to the Bruckner discography [JQ]

(Déjà Review) A classic recording rightly restored to the catalogue in good sound and an example of Jochum’s Bruckner at its best [TD]

Today’s pre-eminent Bruckner conductor conducts the essential Bruckner orchestra in superb live accounts of two of the more elusive symphonies [RWe]

Anyone wanting to hear the original version of Bruckner’s monumental Eighth Symphony given the best possible advocacy need look no further [RMo]

A fine performance vitiated by Poschner’s penchant for rushed tempi [RMo]

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]

Jakob Hrůša breaks a lance for the symphony by Hans Rott [JQ]

A fine, sensitive account but one which underplays some of the key points of tension [RMo]

Yet another superb Bruckner recording from a flawless Tokyo orchestra [RMo]

Another potentially engaging recording, fatally compromised by the conductor’s ill-disciplined vocal intrusiveness [RMo]

A wholly viable interpretation of indestructible integrity [RMo]

A compelling and superbly performed programme [WH]

Bruckner’s ‘Romantic’ Symphony in its original version from Poschner is solely for Brucknerian aficionados [GT]

An intriguing recording which will be wanted by those collecting this cycle [GT]