Perhaps I should keep this to myself (or at least away from Bryn, Waldo & Jayne), but last night I downloaded from Qobuz the Bruckner III Reloaded Live, by Peter Jan Marthe and the European Philharmonic.
It's best to simply copy and paste the Qobuz description, it says it all!!!!
Btw, I've played it through twice, and probably will again later tonight and I think it's ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!!
Qobuz says...........................
What we have here is not Bruckner's Third Reloaded but Bruckner's Third fully loaded. What conductor and arranger Peter Jan Marthé has done is include all three versions of the work from 1873, 1877, and 1889, plus the Adagio from 1876 in a single version. In addition, Marthé has added bridging passages, retouched the scoring, and reversed the order of the inner movements. And, as if that's not enough, Marthé has conducted his Third in a performance by the youthful European Philharmonic Orchestra recorded at a concert on August 19, 2005, at St. Florian Monastery over Bruckner's tomb of such unbearable intensity and overwhelming emotionality that the Austrian composer must have been spinning in his grave. In a word, it's all too much. Although the performance lasts an amazing 87 minutes -- most performances take about 52 minutes and even Celibdache, Marthé's teacher and inspiration, takes only 61 minutes -- it seems much longer. The opening Mehr [sic] langsam lasts an incredible 28 minutes and empires rise and fall in the interim. The central Adagio lasts an unbelievable 27 minutes and whole universes live and die in the meantime. There's no doubt that Marthé means it and there's no doubt that the EPO can do it, but it remains to be seen if anyone wants to hear it. Preiser's live digital sound is too big, loud, and vivid.
It's best to simply copy and paste the Qobuz description, it says it all!!!!
Btw, I've played it through twice, and probably will again later tonight and I think it's ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!!
Qobuz says...........................
What we have here is not Bruckner's Third Reloaded but Bruckner's Third fully loaded. What conductor and arranger Peter Jan Marthé has done is include all three versions of the work from 1873, 1877, and 1889, plus the Adagio from 1876 in a single version. In addition, Marthé has added bridging passages, retouched the scoring, and reversed the order of the inner movements. And, as if that's not enough, Marthé has conducted his Third in a performance by the youthful European Philharmonic Orchestra recorded at a concert on August 19, 2005, at St. Florian Monastery over Bruckner's tomb of such unbearable intensity and overwhelming emotionality that the Austrian composer must have been spinning in his grave. In a word, it's all too much. Although the performance lasts an amazing 87 minutes -- most performances take about 52 minutes and even Celibdache, Marthé's teacher and inspiration, takes only 61 minutes -- it seems much longer. The opening Mehr [sic] langsam lasts an incredible 28 minutes and empires rise and fall in the interim. The central Adagio lasts an unbelievable 27 minutes and whole universes live and die in the meantime. There's no doubt that Marthé means it and there's no doubt that the EPO can do it, but it remains to be seen if anyone wants to hear it. Preiser's live digital sound is too big, loud, and vivid.
)
Comment