Bruckner: Complete Symphonies [George Tintner] [Naxos: 8501205]

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I recently acquired an older recording of Harnoncourt conducting the 7th with again, the Wiener Philharmoniker, onm Teldec and enjoyed it a great deal. I was very happy with how he shaped the overall line of the piece, yet not abandoning tiny details, and that rhythmic drive, oh man! Adagio: In the fifth section a solo violin was added from bar 150 to bar 164. During the rehearsal, violin soloist Heinz Haunold told: "... the violin solo at that point of the movement effectively prevented the orchestra from rising to the great climax ... but it also contained a fatal trap for the performers of the symphony." [7] [8] The eighth is another magnificent work. Of the Haas edition, Karajan’s third and last 1988 recording with the VPO, shortly before his death, is a fine one to own. Wand’s recording in 2001 is equally as thrilling a swansong, full of humility and humanity. As far as the Nowak version is concerned, Horenstein’s 1955 recording for Vox takes some beating. Of a more specialist interest is a 1972 recording made by William Steinberg with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. It’s a good, well paced and powerful reading, well played by the Bostonians, and as this under-rated conductor didn’t record the Eighth commercially it’s good to have this available. Unfortunately, however, it’s only very expensively available at present in the BSO’s Symphony Hall Centennial Celebration boxed set, available direct from the BSO.

No. 5: Apart from the ones already mentioned: Harnoncourt and the Vienna PO (RCA) and interestingly: Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra. A very good bargain. Ormandy has recorded no. 4 also and it was mentioned in a Gramophone article about neglected recordings. In short, while those earlier Columbia recordings have been superseded by later digital renderings, they remain on my playlist as pioneering efforts with superb musicianship and excellent sound for the day that stands up well against their digital counterparts. I believe I mentioned once that I experienced LIVE (front-row center) in the Cathedral in Speyer the Ninth conducted (in 1972) by Celebidache with the Stadtsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz. He had to take it pretty slowly because of the echo! The Scherzo was mind-blowing---a wonderful experience!Horst Stein,VPO,Decca. William Steinberg,BSO, R.C.A. One of his few recordings with this orchestra . Should be reissued on CD. The nullte is an attractive work of some substance, the slow movement particularly fine. Tintener on Naxos is once again a clear recommendation as it comes coupled with a difficult- to- acquire first recording of the eighth. Chaiily with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and the more pacy Haitink on Philips are also recommended though, to my knowledge both of these are only available as part of box-sets. What's appealing about the 'full monty' is the feeling it gives of the symphony's Schubertian pedigree: heavenly length joining hands with a deep sense of melancholy and melodic Angst. In his distinguished booklet essay, the Italian writer and broadcaster Oreste Bossini speaks of the performance’s polyphonic transparency and the naturalness and fluidity of its pacing. Even in the

This, the first published edition of the symphony, was prepared by Cyrill Hynais and was until recently thought to be inauthentic, but Carragan has shown that it corresponds closely to the 1877 version. This first edition was performed on 25 November 1894 by the Vienna Philharmonic under Hans Richter. For the performance of 1876, the inner movements were not altered, the violin solo in the Adagio was kept, and the internal Scherzo repeats remained cancelled. In the first movement, a cut was made in the coda. In the Finale, the fantasy on the second theme following the “Neuer Satz” was made more concise, a cut was also made in the coda, the peroration was recomposed and the additional trombone was removed. [9] Second Version, 1877 [ edit ] Future installments of Tintner's cycle, I gather, will include some relative rarities, such as William Carragan's edition of the 1872 (first) version of the 2 nd, currently only available in the Camerata set under Eichhorn. Daniel Barenboim conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 1997 (using a pre-publ. Carragan ed.) - Teldec CD 3984 21485-2

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Giulini,VPO,DG. I've been bothered by the excessively slow tempi in this conductor's late performances, but they work in the 9th. Cristian Mandeal conducting the Cluj-Napoca Philharmonic Orchestra - Electrecord LP ST-ECE 02731/32/33, 1984 My favourite set is Chailly on Decca with the Concertgebouw orchestra and the Deutsches Symphonieorchester Berlin (Not to be confused with the Berlin Philharmonic, but still a very fine orchestra). Very good playing throughout and superb sound. Number four is somewhat disappointing, but you already have a very good recording of that symphony. Among the symphonies you don't own, nos 2,3,5 and 8 are excellent. Wildner’s conviction is immediately apparent in the first movement: Listen as he builds the opening’s two great climaxes with arresting force, then infuses the following lyrical second subject with an ingratiating warmth. Fine as the first movement is, it’s actually the Adagio and Finale that benefit most from Wildner’s probing conducting, as both movements sound with a rare formal coherence married to dramatic impact. As a bonus, the first disc of this double set also includes the composer’s intermediate version (1876) of the Adagio. Every few years, it would appear, another great septuagenarian or even octogenarian conductor suddenly pops up as if from nowhere to impress us with his grasp of the great Austro-German symphonic repertoire.