Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 "Romantic" - Sawallisch (1994)

Anton Bruckner

Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat

"Romantic"

(Nowak Edition)

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Wolfgang Sawallisch

EMI CDC 5 55119 2

Recorded at the beginning of Sawallisch's tenure in Philadelphia, this Romantic showcases all the beauty of tone of the Philadelphians, which comes very close to a very appropriate organ-like tone throughout the performance, thanks to their noted round and honeyed sound palette.

A tribute to a great, slightly underrated conductor, who will turn 89 this August.

This CD was bought at the music lovers' heaven that is Academy Records on E 12th St., NYC in March 1996.

Flac & Covers

Bruckner: Symphony nº 5 - C von Dohnányi/Cleveland Orch (1993)

This was Davide's Christmas rip for Chamaeleo (and all the rest of us have a chance to hear it as well).

Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 - Georg Tintner

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Georg Tintner

Naxos 8.554269

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Classics Today Rating: 10/10

Georg Tintner's generally excellent survey of the complete Bruckner symphonies for Naxos reaches a peak with this exceptional performance of the Seventh. What makes Tintner such a wonderful Bruckner conductor is his unerring ability to set a naturally flowing tempo for each of Bruckner's thematic complexes. The result, in the first movement, is richly contrasted, but never eccentric or disruptive of Bruckner's musical architecture. Tintner's flexibility gives the opening a genuinely powerful sense of momentum that makes the following slow movement sound all the more inevitable. Too often, this symphony sounds like two slow movements followed by two quick ones, despite the "Allegro moderato" marking on the very first page. Tintner also disciplines the RSNO's brilliant brass section so that they produce a glowing sonority that never sounds forced or harsh. Add to these several pluses a splendidly rich recording, and the result is as fine a Seventh as you're likely to hear - and a steal at budget price.

David Hurwitz

Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 0 - Georg Tintner

Anton Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 0
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Georg Tintner
Naxos 8.554215-16

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I didn't find any review "with a pedigree", but found many of the reviews at the amazon page linked, both informed and competently written.

Bruckner: Complete Symphonies - Eugen Jochum

Bruckner: Complete Symphonies - Eugen Jochum, Berliner Phiharmoniker, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

9 CD's (.ape+.cue+.log)

Bruckner is my first musical love (the 4th symphony was the first classical composition which really got me hooked). This is the first set of his complete symphonies I bought.