Bruckner: Symphony no. 7 BaL 13/12/14

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • Eine Alpensinfonie
    Host
    • Nov 2010
    • 20570

    Bruckner: Symphony no. 7 BaL 13/12/14

    0930
    Building a Library
    John Deathridge compares recordings of Bruckner's powerful 7th Symphony and makes a personal recommendation. The moving slow movement with its distinctive scoring for 4 Wagner tubas was written around the time of Wagner's death and is sometimes seen as Bruckner's homage to the composer he revered above all others.

    Available versions:-

    Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (DVD)
    VPO, Claudio Abbado
    Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Yuri Ahronovitch
    Vienna SO, Volkmar Andrae
    Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli
    BPO, Daniel Barenboim
    Chicago SO, Daniel Barenboim
    Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim IDVD/Blu-ray)
    Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard Van Beinum
    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt
    Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt
    Bavarian Radio SO, Karl Böhm
    Staatskapelle Dresden, Karl Böhm (download)
    VPO, Karl Böhm [BaL choice 2006]
    Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Ivor Bolton
    Aachen SO, Marcus Bosch
    SWR Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Sylvain Cambreling
    BPO, Sergiu Celibadache (DVD, Blu-ray)
    Munich PO, Sergiu Celibadache (CD & DVD)
    Berlin Radio SO, Riccardo Chailly
    Thomas Christian Ensemble
    Bavarian Radio SO, Sir Colin Davis
    Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Dennis Russell Davies
    Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
    Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Oskar Fried
    BPO, Wilhelm Furtwängler (1951)
    BPO, Wilhelm Furtwängler (1954)
    BPO, Carlo Maria Giulini
    Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini (download)
    BBC SO, Reginald Goodall
    VPO, Carlo Maria Giulini
    Netherlands PO, Hartmut Haenchen (download)
    Chicago SO, Bernard Haitink
    Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
    VPO, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
    SWR Stuttgart, Paul Hindemith
    BPO, Jasha Horenstein
    L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Marek Janowski
    Bavarian Radio SO, Mariss Jansons
    Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
    Frankfurt SO, Paavo Järvi
    Bavarian RSO, Eugen Jochum
    Munich PO, Eugen Jochum (1979)
    Staatskapelle Dresden, Eugen Jochum
    Eugen Jochum (1980 Blu-ray)
    VPO, Eugen Jochum (download)
    Munich PO, Oswald Kabasta
    BPO, Herbert von Karajan (1981 live)
    BPO, Herbert von Karajan (DG studio)
    BPO, Herbert von Karajan (EMI studio)
    VPO Herbert von Karajan (live 1962)
    VPO, Herbert von Karajan (studio)
    BPO, Otto Klemperer (1958)
    Bavarian Radio SO, Otto Klemperer
    NDR SO, Otto Klemperer
    New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer (1965)
    Philharmonia, Otto Klemperer (1956)
    Vienna SO, Otto Klemperer (1958)
    VPO, Hans Knapperstbusch (1949)
    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Franz Konwitschny
    Vienna SO, Yakov Kreizberg
    Linos Ensemble
    Cincinnati SO, Jesus Lopez-Cobos
    Aarhus SO, James Loughran
    Bavarian Radio SO, Lorin Maazel
    Israel PO, Kurt Masur
    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Kurt Masur
    NYPO, Kurt Masur
    Staatskapelle Berlin, Kurt Masur
    Israel PO, Zubin Mehta
    Boston SO, Charles Munch (DVD)
    Bavarian State Orchestra, Kent Nagano
    Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal, Yannick Nézet-Geguin
    SWR Stuttgart, Sir Roger Norrington
    Willem Van Otterloo
    VPO, Seiji Ozawa
    Czech PO, Libor Pesek
    Berlin SO, Heinz Rögner (download)
    Berlin Radio SO, Hans Rosbaud
    Sudwestrundfunks SO, Hans Rosbaud
    BBC SSO, Donald Runnicles
    SWR Stuttgart, Kurl Sanderling
    Philharmonia Festiva, Gerd Schaller
    BPO, Carl Schuricht
    NDR SO, Carl Schuricht (1954/1964)
    Stuttgart Radio SO, Carl Schuricht
    Sinfonia Varsovia, Jerzy Semkow
    LPO, Stanislaw Skrewaczewski
    Saarbrucken Radio SO, Stanislaw Skrewaczewski
    Staatskapelle Dresden, Giuseppe Sinopoli
    Chicago SO, Sir Georg Solti (download)
    Chicago SO, Sir Georg Solti (DVD)
    VPO, Sir Georg Solti
    VPO,George Szell
    Boston SO, Klaus Tennstedt (DVD)
    LPO, Klaus Tennstedt (live)
    Munich PO, Christian Thielemann
    Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
    Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Georg Tintner
    Basel SO, Mario Venzago
    Columbia SO, Bruno Walter
    NYPO, Bruno Walter
    Köln Radio SO, Gunter Wand
    Munich PO, Gunter Wand (download)
    NDR SO, Gunter Wand (CD & DVD)
    Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (DVD/Blu-ray)
    Gustav Mahler YO, Franz Welser-Möst
    Netherlands Radio PO, Jaap Van Zweden
  • Barbirollians
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 11680

    #2
    A very strange choice of reviewer .

    Comment

    • Petrushka
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 12247

      #3
      Choosing just one from the available versions is no easy matter. There are not that many duff recordings out there and I am pushed for choice when reaching for one from the shelves.

      My top three would be VPO/Karajan (his last recording), Dresden Staatskapelle/Jochum and Concertgebouw/Haitink (1978 recording).

      One very special one for me is a live 1976 performance from Karl Böhm and the VPO (on Andante but probably nla).

      There is also a very fine live Munich Philharmonic recording from 1979 under Jochum recently released on the Weitblick label.
      "The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink

      Comment

      • antongould
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 8782

        #4
        Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
        0930
        Building a Library
        John Deathridge compares recordings of Bruckner's powerful 7th Symphony .........llll
        Available versions to follow.
        I'm sure there will be very few EA, Faure Nocturnes country......

        Comment

        • LeMartinPecheur
          Full Member
          • Apr 2007
          • 4717

          #5
          A version of the 7th that really struck me when a friend played it from LP is the Decca Concertgebouw/Van Beinum from 1953 with a certain J Culshaw in the booth. Ashamed to say I've now bought it on Eloquence (c/w 5, 8 & 9) but haven't yet spun it

          [NOT to be confused with his 1947 version which I bought in a case of mistaken identity (in a mathematical sense?) - it's in no way exceptional IMHO.]
          I keep hitting the Escape key, but I'm still here!

          Comment

          • Eine Alpensinfonie
            Host
            • Nov 2010
            • 20570

            #6
            Originally posted by antongould View Post
            I'm sure there will be very few EA, Faure Nocturnes country......
            Very few, eh? My notes up to now:

            Comment

            • Stanfordian
              Full Member
              • Dec 2010
              • 9310

              #7
              Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
              0930
              Building a Library
              John Deathridge compares recordings of Bruckner's powerful 7th Symphony and makes a personal recommendation. The moving slow movement with its distinctive scoring for 4 Wagner tubas was written around the time of Wagner's death and is sometimes seen as Bruckner's homage to the composer he revered above all others.

              Available versions to follow.
              Hiya Eine Alpensinfonie,
              In Bruckner 7 it has to Gunter Wand with Berliner Philharmoniker the RCA Red Seal. Harder driven than Wand I also like Eugen Jochum with Berliner Philharmoniker on DG.

              Comment

              • verismissimo
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 2957

                #8
                Originally posted by antongould View Post
                I'm sure there will be very few EA, Faure Nocturnes country......
                The Penquin Guide of 1984 notes five - Karajan, two Haitinks, Jochum and Sanderling. Expecting a similar number now, anton?

                Comment

                • Nick Armstrong
                  Host
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26533

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Barbirollians View Post
                  A very strange choice of reviewer .
                  And I picked up just now that it's going to be one of those 'live in the studio in discussion with AMcG' sessions....

                  (Interesting to see your notes, EA !! )
                  "...the isle is full of noises,
                  Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                  Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                  Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

                  Comment

                  • antongould
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 8782

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
                    Very few, eh? My notes up to now:

                    We really do not deserve you thanks again for your weekly efforts....

                    Comment

                    • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                      Gone fishin'
                      • Sep 2011
                      • 30163

                      #11
                      One of the most astonishing, multi-faceted of works, right at the heart of the Western Classical Tradition (Austro-German branch) - there cannot be a single version to reveal all of the work's secrets.

                      Karajan (all three), Wand (both), Jochum (both), Böhm (especially his early 1930s recording), Furtwangler just to name the "old school" recordings are all indispensible treasures. I'm interested in recordings made this millennium!


                      (But wasn't this work "done" not that long ago?)
                      [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

                      Comment

                      • Bryn
                        Banned
                        • Mar 2007
                        • 24688

                        #12
                        Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post


                        (But wasn't this work "done" not that long ago?)
                        2006, when a Böhm recording 'won'. The following year the Blomstedt/Gewandhausorchester Leipzig was the CD Review Critics Disc of the Year 'winner'.

                        Comment

                        • mathias broucek
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 1303

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Petrushka View Post
                          Choosing just one from the available versions is no easy matter. There are not that many duff recordings out there and I am pushed for choice when reaching for one from the shelves.

                          My top three would be VPO/Karajan (his last recording), Dresden Staatskapelle/Jochum and Concertgebouw/Haitink (1978 recording).

                          One very special one for me is a live 1976 performance from Karl Böhm and the VPO (on Andante but probably nla).

                          There is also a very fine live Munich Philharmonic recording from 1979 under Jochum recently released on the Weitblick label.
                          +1 for the Munich/Jochum

                          There's also a lovely Böhm / Bavarian RSO on Audite

                          Comment

                          • mathias broucek
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 1303

                            #14
                            Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                            Böhm (especially his early 1930s recording)
                            I think it was 1943 but special all the same

                            The Blomstedt SKD gets good reviews but I've never heard it

                            Comment

                            • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                              Gone fishin'
                              • Sep 2011
                              • 30163

                              #15
                              Originally posted by mathias broucek View Post
                              I think it was 1943 but special all the same
                              What's thirteen minutes between friends?
                              [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

                              Comment

                              Working...
                              X