Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 9 [Import]

Track Listings
1. Te Deum Laudamus    
2. Te Ergo    
3. Aeterna Fac    
4. Salvum Fac    
5. In Te, Domine, Speravi    
6. I Allegro Molto Moderato    
7. Ii Adagio    
8. Iii Scherzo: Lebhaft    
9. Iv Finale: Bewegt, Feurig    
10. I Feierlich, Misterioso    
11. Ii Scherzo: Bewegt, Lebhaft- Trio: Schnell    
12. Iii Adagio: Langsam, Feierlich    

Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 9, Music, Mattila, Mentzer, Cole, Haitink, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Anton Bruckner, Bernard Haitinik, Classical
Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 9
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    		Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 9
    Mattila , Mentzer , Cole , Haitink , and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
    Manufacturer: Philips/Universal
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    ASIN: B0000942JV
    Release Date: 2003-11-20

    Tracks:

    1. Te Deum Laudamus
    2. Te Ergo
    3. Aeterna Fac
    4. Salvum Fac
    5. In Te, Domine, Speravi
    6. I Allegro Molto Moderato
    7. Ii Adagio
    8. Iii Scherzo: Lebhaft
    9. Iv Finale: Bewegt, Feurig
    10. I Feierlich, Misterioso
    11. Ii Scherzo: Bewegt, Lebhaft- Trio: Schnell
    12. Iii Adagio: Langsam, Feierlich
    Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9 [Germany]
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • He may not be Furtwangler but......
    • Please be careful
    • Best recording of Bruckner
    		 Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9 [Germany]
    Wand , and Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Manufacturer: RCA Red Seal
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    1. Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 (Box Set)
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    4. Bruckner: Symphony No. 2
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    ASIN: B000063X5K
    Release Date: 2002-05-13

    Tracks:

    1. Symphony No. 1 In C Minor
    2. Symphony No. 2 In C Minor
    3. Symphony No. 3 In D Minor
    4. Symphony No. 4, 'Romantic' In E Flat
    5. Symphony No. 5 In B Flat
    6. Symphony No. 6 In A
    7. Symphony No. 7 In E
    8. Symphony No. 8 In C Minor
    9. Symphony No. 9 In D Minor

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars He may not be Furtwangler but.............2006-05-09

    Wand is a great, reliable Bruckner conductor. Seems he recorded the symphonies three times. I know there is an NDR set, there is the Cologne set and then he did them in Berlin. I wonder if RCA will ever issue syms 1,2,3 and 6?

    His Bruckner is clear and reliable. He does not quite have the sense of mystery that Furtwangler does. Furtwangler's 9th is one of the great Bruckner recordings of all time. Still, Wand has great command and his readings are worth hearing.

    Only close to Furtwangler is the hard to get set with Eichhorn on Camerata. The elderly Eichhorn was a fantastic Bruckner condutor. Too bad his Camerata set is virtually impossible to get.

    4 out of 5 stars Please be careful.......2004-12-10

    Günter Wand is THE conductor when it comes to Bruckner. He traversed the all the great symphonies (with the exception of the mighty 6th) with the Berlin Philharmonic. All have been extremely well received, especially his rendition of the 8th, which won the Gramophone CD of the month. As to be expected, not only are Wand's interpretations inspired but the Philharmonic follows in similar fashion, playing as only the Berlin Philharmonic can.

    This set, recorded with the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, is a different beast. Wand's typical energy and passion is of course as evident as ever. The issue I have is with the orchestra. With Bruckner becoming more and more popular, it is becoming increasingly easier to find excellent recordings of the symphonies with exceptional conductors/orchestras. Karajan is always a safe bet. Eugen Jochum's groundbreaking traversal of the symphonies is also highly recommended. In this Wand set, the Cologne Radio Symphony just can't measure up to the better European orchestras. As mentioned above, look for Wand's Berlin Bruckner Symphonies. This set is well conducted and well played in spirit, but the orchestra just cannot measure up.

    5 out of 5 stars Best recording of Bruckner.......2004-04-07

    I have two complete sets of the Bruckner recordings. This one and the one with Sir Georg Solti and the CSO. This is by far the better recording. Gunter Wand is known for his Bruckner interpretations. I believe that this CD is not only conducted well, but it is played by a phenomenal German orchestra. You won't find many Bruckner recordings better than these, if you can find any.
    Anton Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5 - Herbert von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Good performances of both works from the reliable Karajan
    		 Anton Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5 - Herbert von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic
    Anton Bruckner (Composer) , Herbert von Karajan (Conductor) , and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
    Manufacturer: Polygram Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD
    ASIN: B00000E33Y
    Release Date: 1990-10-25

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Good performances of both works from the reliable Karajan.......2004-06-05

    Bruckner's Fifth Symphony is one of my favorite symphonies. I dunno why that is, but I just can't get enough of the piece. So many moments stand out from this work: the exhilarating ending of the first movement, the soulful second movement Adagio (not on a par with, say, the Adagio of Bruckner's Seventh Symphony, but moving nevertheless), and the brilliant central fugue of the finale, not to mention its grand coda, one of the most powerful codas in all of the symphonic literature.

    It was through Bernard Haitink's wonderful Concertgebouw recording of Bruckner's Fifth that I made my first acquaintance with the piece, and thus it will always have a place in my experience of it. So, in its own way, will Karajan's, in this 2-CD set from DG (coupled with Bruckner's First Symphony). They are so different: Haitink taut and light on his feet, Karajan broader and considerably heavier.

    If I was to choose between both, I honestly would probably go with Haitink over Karajan, but that is not to say Karajan's performance is an inferior one. Karajan conducts a slow but powerfully expressive Adagio, one of the best I've heard, and his account of the Finale is also mightily effective---the tempos are broad but a sense of forward momentum is preserved all the way through 'til the coda, which is played with proper grandeur by the Berlin Philharmonic.

    For me, it is Karajan's first movement that is this performance's snag. This first movement is indeed pretty episodic as Bruckner wrote it---it alternates wildly between Adagio and Allegro sections. Haitink recognizes this, but still manages to fashion an excitingly dramatic narrative out of it---he isn't afraid of making huge tempo contrasts, as written in the score. Karajan unfortunately allows his tendency to smooth things over to get the better of him here. He sets an Adagio and hardly wavers from it throughout the course of the movement. This one-tempo-fits-all approach might give the listener a superficial sense of a symphonic whole---the tempo at the end of the first movement does indeed match the one set at the grand peroration at the very end of the symphony---but it undermines the movement's drama and forward momentum, and makes it sound overweight and lumbering instead. (Giuseppe Sinopoli, in his recent DG recording with the Staatskapelle Dresden, takes a similar approach to the first movement but makes it work better than Karajan's by preserving a sense of forward movement via a slightly faster tempo in the Allegro sections.) In this case, Karajan is lucky to have the powerful Berlin Philharmonic brass players on hand, since they play with such an impressive sense of grandeur that they make it sound monumental rather than merely sluggish. By themselves, they make it work...almost.

    So the first movement doesn't quite succeed. Still, the rest is glorious enough that I think for the most part it deserves at least some of the hype received upon its release in 1977 on LP.

    As for the coupling: I am not sufficiently familiar with Bruckner's First Symphony to gauge how successful Karajan's performance is. Still, it sounds like a considerable reading, if arguably too heavy-handed at times for what is a relatively early work (written at 40, but still relatively early). The performance of the Fifth is the thing here, though, and 3/4s of it is good enough for it to earn all the 4 stars I've given it here.
    Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9
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