David Harbin ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>Can I throw my hat into the ring and name my favourite Bruckner recordings?
>Perhaps others out there can suggest their own favourite list:
Certainly.
>1. Unsure. Possibly the new Tintner when it is released.
Haitink or Sawallisch on Orfeo.
>2. Karajan/BPO
Konwitcshny (Berlin Classics), Georg Jochum (Tahra), but I much prefer
the 1872 Carragan edition, Eichhorn (Camerata) and Tintner.
>3. Tinter/RSNO = FRSO/Inbal
Haven't heard this yet. Which version? I prefer 1877/8 and either
Haitink (VPO) or (surprisingly) Sinopoli (Dresden).
>4. Celibidache/Munich PO
Good choice. I like the recent Klemperer reissue but I think my
favourite is (one of) Asahina's.
>5. Welser Most/LPO = Furtwangler/BPO (1942)
Well I like the W-M, but don't think it's in the same league as
Furtwaengler, or Konwitschny or Horenstein.
>6. Tinter/NZSO (despite the playing) Furtwangler/BPO (1942 again)
You didn't mention that the Furtwaengler, great though it is (and actually
Nov 1943 BTW) is missing its first movement.
I think Tintner's earlier recording (on Deutsche Schallplatten) was
actually better than his Naxos disc. But my favourites remain Klemperer
(by some margin) and Sawallisch.
>7. Knappertsbusch/VPO (1949). No contest
Well, I don't think I've heard this, but no contest? Not from Furtwaengler,
Rosbaud, Jochum, Abendroth, Boehm, Kabasta and many others?
(Actually, I just found that I have the Kna 1949 in my collection - I must
listen again, but it's obviously not one of my favourites)
>8. Wand/NDRSO (1987 live Lubeck Cathedral) Horentsein/LSO
I've never quite understood the appeal of Wand from his
commercially-released recordings, not even this one, good though it is.
(Odd thing is, I have some off-air recordings of 5 & 9 which are
wonderful).
Horenstein, yes, but also his 1955 Vox, Furtwaengler (1944), and the
"usual suspects" Jochum, especially his 1949, Abendroth, Schuricht, et al.
>9. Giulini/VPO (1989)
Furtwaengler (1944), Horenstein (Vox), Jochum's 1950s recording.
And, especially for its Samale/Mazzuca/Philips finale, Kurt Eichhorn
on Camerata.
Deryk Barker
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