Originally posted by verismissimo
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... then my apologies to the English - it was the Scots Tovey was being snide about, what with their "wish to catch the last train home"...
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Turning back to newer recordings and younger conductors, Yannick Nezet-Séguin sounds strikingly youthful, swift and lyrical with noticeable refinements of microdynamics and subtlety of phrase. With his Orchestre Métropolitain de Montreal (24/96, ATMA 2013) he has clearly taken much trouble over rhythmic clarity in the first movement - you can hear the 2+3 in the violins through the peak tumult as the main theme crashes from development to recap. Impressive coda too - brilliant and articulate but not too final.
If initially seeming a little understated, this YNS B6 compels attention by its sweet, natural melodic flow; a lovely continuity through its sectional boundaries, “moulded” but never self-consciously so. Pretty quick at some 52’, but never feels rushed, never abrupt or awkward. Quick and pretty too, a tenderly lyrical reading, you could say in the Schubertian tradition - singing lines, as compared to Klemperer’s craggy, angular drama. Light of touch and agile, but with truly powerful, brazenly climactic brass. No lack of excitement there, and the effortless fluidity & transparency of the 24/96 sound serves the music beautifully (Bruckner does benefit, more than most, from hi-res).
Natural, wide dynamic range; not a hint of the rhetorical or grandiose; lovely, sweetly-voiced adagio; exceptionally pert, lively scherzo, with bright, crisp brass and Eroica-inspired, inspiring horns in the trio.
The finale’s complexity is effortlessly navigated and outstandingly, colourfully played. The perfect balance of song and sweep, with a daringly wide rubato following every mood and modulation, enhancing, never obstructing, the music's flow. How admirably the brass, for all their power, blend with the Métropolitain palette.
So, a marvellously fresh, affectionate and renewing Bruckner 6th, stylishly apt to the music’s character. All of a piece and true to its distinctive self in every bar. Excellent sound in a warm and spacious acoustic.
One of the best Bruckner 6ths I heard all week, and somewhat to my own surprise, it proved at least the equal of Rattle or Dausgaard in my newer affections.Last edited by jayne lee wilson; 20-02-21, 04:00.Comment
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I will be listening to this. Just in case I change my mind.Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
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Well that’s Klemperer put in his place!
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FGS, NOT bloomin' Tom Service?
After his hysterical, non-stop gushing through the Wagner intervals last night.
Unlistenable.Comment
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He seemed like a new man in his previous BaL. But evidently it was a façade.Originally posted by DracoM View PostComment
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Has Rattle just been ruled out?Comment
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Neither a library contender, though, surely. Klemperer sounds awful, especially in the scherzo. My first version, don’t think I’ll ever listen to it again.Comment
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Looking like Ticciati , Jochum ( or maybe Celibidache ! ) ?Originally posted by Goon525 View PostComment
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Surely can’t choose Celi with a 22 minute slow movement? Sounding like Jochum to me - won’t be universally popular here!Comment
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I've developed a technique for making TS more listenable:- Repeat silently to myself - parrot like - whatever he says, but in a relaxed and friendly voice, then try to make sense of whatever you have just heard, which no longer has the gushing etc.Originally posted by DracoM View PostComment
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