Originally posted by Beef Oven!
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Bruckner Symphony no. 2
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Originally posted by Bryn View Post... excusable with Kna or Andreae in the 1950s perhaps, even forgivable with Karajan, but unnecessarily confusing now.
Berky only lists it under "transcriptions" as it can't be under any authentic version.
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Originally posted by verismissimo View PostI know that everyone knows this, but …
Such an enormous step from S1 to S2. :)
Both are toweringly original masterpieces (and not just "for me"), but with No.2, especially in its original version, there are more Brucknerian beginnings than endings really....No.1 much more self-contained in its own perfectly-achieved way. But then No.3 sets off on yet another far-flung direction....
Or you can see 1,5 (a sort of symphonic Laputa) and 9 standing apart, and 2-4 and 6-8 as the continuous process of refinement, of both compression and expansion, of Bruckner's most favoured, obsessive forms and models....
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As for No.2, just a reminder of the recent, wonderful Mozarteum/Bolton recording of 1872 Carragan, one of the best ever of the loveliest, certainly the most formally/symphonically coherent, version of the symphony. On OEHMS.Last edited by jayne lee wilson; 06-04-20, 17:37.
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