Our Summer BAL 12 - Bruckner's 4th Symphony

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I'm wondering how this "Summer BaL" slipped under the radar and was excluded from the list for so long, lonely and unnumbered. The only solution was to use the King's Cross station method of numbering (though I suppose KC could have renumbered all the platforms).

[Bryn]

I was at a concert on Friday evening in the (acoustically superlative) Suntory Hall when Sylvain Cambreling conducted the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in the Benjamin Korstvedt edition of the 1888 version of the fourth. I was so taken up with the music that I forgot to listen out for major differences but it all seemed to make musical sense to me. It was a fine performance from a conductor whom I don’t automatically associate with Bruckner but, given his credentials in big works by Messiaen et al, I shouldn’t really have been surprised.

I direct you towards https://www.classicstoday.com/features/Bruckner-4th.pdf without fiurther comment at this stage.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I'm wondering how this "Summer BaL" slipped under the radar and was excluded from the list for so long, lonely and unnumbered. The only solution was to use the King's Cross station method of numbering (though I suppose KC could have renumbered all the platforms).

Well, a "Number Nought" is entirely appropriate with this composer, of course.

[cloughie]

Well, a "Number Nought" is entirely appropriate with this composer, of course.

...And no doubt there will be a 00 lurking somewhere!

[cloughie]

I'm beginning to realise that there are conductors other than the usual suspects who do fine things with Bruckner!

Lately I've been snacking on Nelsons' Gewandhausorchester Bruckner 4 and to say the least, it's growing on me.

'Snacking' - it's a four course meal that can last up to 80 minutes or more!

[Beef Oven!]

'Snacking' - it's a four course meal that can last up to 80 minutes or more!

Just work backwards from a Ring in a day as a banquet ..................

[cloughie]

Just work backwards from a Ring in a day as a banquet ..................

That's more Nibbelung!

[Beef Oven!]

That's more Nibbelung!

[Bryn]

That's more Nibbelung!

Now devouring the 1888 version (ed. Korstvedt) with some relish. This Vanska recording sells it very well. To Hell with Hurwitz's pathetic attempt at a debunk of Kostvedt's work. Take Hurwitz's 'argument' that Bruckner bequeathed to the Imperial Library not this 1888 socre but the 1878/80 version. Why would the composer have needed to thus 'bequeath' the 1888? It was already in print! What a troll among music commentators that Hurwitz is.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

...And no doubt there will be a 00 lurking somewhere!

"Our Summer BaL - favourite recordings of Capel Bond", perhaps?

[Beef Oven!]

" .....To Hell with Hurwitz's pathetic attempt at a debunk of Kostvedt's work. Take Hurwitz's 'argument' that Bruckner bequeathed to the Imperial Library not this 1888 socre but the 1878/80 version. Why would the composer have needed to thus 'bequeath' the 1888? It was already in print! What a troll among music commentators that Hurwitz is."

Harsh

[Bryn]

Harsh

Oh come on. He's on a par with Bernard Michael O'Hanlon for his 'flaming' reviews.

[Beef Oven!]

Oh come on. He's on a par with Bernard Michael O'Hanlon for his 'flaming' reviews.

[vinteuil]

"Our Summer BaL - favourite recordings of Capel Bond", perhaps?

... and why, pray, such a snide dig at the eminent Capel Bond?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capel_Bond

[ ... dontcha love the epitaph "He was an eminent musician and indulgent husband... " ]

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[vinteuil]

Oh come on. He's on a par with Bernard Michael O'Hanlon for his 'flaming' reviews.

... both Hurwitz and O'Hanlon are useful. As an initial stab, whatever they say, the contrary view is preferable...

They're more useful than stopped clocks.

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