Originally posted by Darkbloom
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The orchestral sound was much better integrated, as others have said, than Petrenko in the 5th. Still can't understand why it got such rave reviews. Such a difference in conducting style between Petrenko and Rattle, too. The former, all flailing arms and mopping up the sweat between movements; the latter very often almost as minimalist in gesture as Haitink in his last years. There are no prizes for guessing which one I prefer.
Rattle kept things moving. The first movement flowed beautifully, nothing stodgy here! The second movement ditto and again I have no problem with this movement and was surprised when it had finished.
On the evidence of what we've heard in the past few days I'd say that Petrenko needs more experience conducting Bruckner, while Rattle is developing into a Bruckner conductor of the first rank.
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