Thomas Heilman wrote:

>I have been paying particular attention to assorted recordings of the
>Bruckner 2nd symphony lately.  In all the notes reference is made to the
>statement of the Vienna Philharmonic of Bruckner's day referring to this
>symphony as being unperformable.

The one item I recall is that the horn line near the end of the slow
movement was considered treacherous enough at the time to be shifted to
the clarinet in a revision.

Roger Hecht