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In stead of 1000 we now have only 999 recordings of Bruckner 4. Really a tragedy. -
Diffiicult to say. Maybe Barbs meant that it was a Barbirolli performance which was not retained?Originally posted by Roehre View PostComment
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Obviously so Dave - if Roehre doesn't think a Barbirolli Bruckner 4 was likely to be worth hearing then that is his problem .Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
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I haven't an opinion whether that performance was worth hearing.Originally posted by Barbirollians View PostObviously so Dave - if Roehre doesn't think a Barbirolli Bruckner 4 was likely to be worth hearing then that is his problem .
I don't think a Barbirolli Bruckner 4 which hasn't been recorded for whatever reason is a tragedy.
It may be a loss, perhaps a great loss, but that is as far as it goes.Comment
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Musical tragedy was the phrase used .Originally posted by Roehre View Post
Getting back on topic the Rubbra 6th is stupendous !Comment
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I am always interested in high quality performances of Rubbra!Comment
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Ah, so we're "arguing" about the meaning of words. I have heard other Bruckner recorded performances by Barbirolli which are indeed very good. The eighth, for example. I'm not sure how many Barbirolli Bruckner perfornaces have been captured for posterity.Originally posted by Roehre View Post
It is sad if there was a discarded opportunity to retain a memory of a good, possibly great, performance.Comment
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Rave reviews for both the Mahler and Brahms discs in BBCMM today - makes the loss of the Bruckner seem even more likely to have been a musical tragedy !Comment
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Here is a list of all known Barbirolli broadcasts of Bruckner Symphonies.
From a soon to be published Live Concert list for the Barbirolli Society.
May 20, 1970 Royal Festival Hall
BRUCKNER Symphony No 8 * Hallé Orchestra BBCL 4067
April 26, 1967 Free Trade Hall, Manchester
BRUCKNER Symphony No 7 Hallé Orchestra BBCL4186
September 16, 1966 Philharmonie Berlin
BRUCKNER Symphony 9 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Digitally Preserved.
July 29, 1966 RAH London (promenade concert 06)
BRUCKNER Symphony No 9 Hallé Orchestra BBCL 4034-2
December 18, 1964 FTH Manchester
BRUCKNER Symphony No 3 Hallé Orchestra BBCL4161
August 9, 1964 (date of b/cast) BBC Studios
BRUCKNER Symphony No 9 Hallé Orchestra [most of Ist mvt. missing] DP
January 17, 1963 FTH Manchester
BRUCKNER Symphony no 8 (gaps in music) Halle Orchestra DP
December 13, 1961 BBC Studios Manchester
BRUCKNER Symphony no 9 Hallé and BBC Northern Orchestras DP
There may(hopefully be a tape of the Bruckner 7 performance that he gave with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in June 1965 but that has not yet been confirmed.
All the DP's listed above exist and are held by the Society.Comment
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Me too. Much more important than yet another Bruckner or Mahler!Originally posted by Alison View Post
The classic account of Rubbra 6 is of course Del Mar with the Philharmonia on Lyrita. I shall be fascinated to hear this Barbirolli live version.Comment
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Me too.Originally posted by silvestrione View Post
Maybe not much more important than yet more Bruckner or Mahler,but a refreshing change for us British music lovers.Comment
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It's high time to get another Rubbra cycle recorded (Elder? Runnicles?). The last complete one is now around 20 years. (But I think a Wordsworth cycle or an Arthur Butterworth one would even be preferable, not one single being recorded sofar)Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View PostComment
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Just a warning that the sound on that Rubbra 6 is pretty primitive live mono but far from unlistenableComment
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A nice shiny new box of the complete Havergal Brian Symphonies would be.....nice.Originally posted by Roehre View PostComment
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A new intégrale of the wonderful Duphly harpsichord works, from Pieter Jan-Belder for a great price on Brilliant Classics. But how does it shape up to Rousset's (incomplete) set, I wonder?
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