Margaret Mikulska ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Is there a set with Bohm?  The only time I was really attracted by a
>Bruckner symphony was when I heard Bohm conducting one of them live.
>(Actually, Norrington's 3rd isn't bad, either.)  My (oldish) DG catalog
>shows no Bruckner with Bohm.  Was there a cycle on LPs?

4 & 7 only IIRC. There are live performances floating about and Bohm
did conduct the first recordings of 4 & 5 in the 1930s in Dresden.

>Isn't Jochum a bit stodgy?

No. His 1940s 8 and 1956 9 are among my favourites and his 1950s 5 is
superb. MMind you it's arguable his younger brother (Georg Ludwig) was
an even finer Brucknerian. There's a joint cycle on TAHRA.

BTW I can't stand Norrington's 3rd, I don't think he understand
Brucnker at all.

Deryk Barker
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