Bruckner: Symphony No. 6; Weber: Overtures

Bruckner: Symphony No. 6; Weber: Overtures

Bruckner: Symphony No. 6; Weber: Overtures
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Composer: Anton Bruckner
Composer: Weber
Conductor: Horst Stein
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2005-05-30
Music Label: Decca Eloquence
Soundtracks:
  1. Symphony No. 6 In A Major - Maestoso
  2. Symphony No. 6 In A Major - Adagio: Sehr Feirlich
  3. Symphony No. 6 In A Major - Scherzo: Nicht Schnell - Trio: Langsam
  4. Symphony No. 6 In A Major - Finale
  5. Overture: Der Beherrscher Der Geister
  6. Overture: Abu Hassan

Music reviews of Bruckner: Symphony No. 6; Weber: Overtures

Music Review: One of the Top Recordings of the Bruckner 6th Symphony
Rating: 5 Stars

After a lapse of many years I recently heard this recording again courtesy my son, who chose to play for me this Stein/Vienna performance of Bruckner's 6th Symphony, one of his favorites from a vast collection of Bruckner symphonies.
Well, having previously slightly preferred a few other recordings of the symphony I'm now quite the believer in this one! From the very outset Stein convinces a listener that the Bruckner 6th is quite worthy of being placed alongside its later brethren, and gives the music a fully commited, thoroughly thought out reading! The majority of the issues common to performances of this work, mainly problems of pacing and transition, which can leave the work sort of unbalanced and ungainly, almost lopsided, here appear largely overcome.

The work of the Vienna Philharmonic is light years ahead of the playing found on Klemperer's version, Bruckner: Symphonie No. 6. The Vienna players sound perfectly natural and assured and at home in the music - a big, big plus! Stein gives a more thoughtful reading of the profound Adagio than is the case with an otherwise marvelous Keilberth recording with the Berlin Philharmonic. Bruckner:Symphony No.6(Though in Keilberth's defense, he views the work in sunnier, somewhat lighter, more Schubertain terms than do Stein or Klemperer - who both are solid exponents of a much grander vision.) I'm happy to own all three!

In sum, a grand recording of the first rank, and quite worthy of all the praise it has recieved. I'd earlier found the sound a bit harsh, and perhaps because of this judged the performance as a bit too aggressive - I now happily confess to being quite mistaken!

For the ultra Bruckner fan - The fabled Bruckner 6th recording led by the little known Heinz Bongartz from Dec 1964 with the Leipzig Gewandhaus can now be found as part of a set Legendary Masterworks Recordings [Box Set] Good as the Leipzig performance is, I think the Vienna version under Stein offers a better balance of orchestra playing and recording, though anyone who wants to go for the Bongartz will not be disappointed! (Name confusion - Heinz Bongartz was also the given name of writer Jürgen Thorwald, who opted to use the pseudonym Thorwald after the Russian occupation of Eastern Germany. Oddly enough, this German name didn't keep conductor Bongartz from leading the Dresdner Philharmonie from 1947 till 1964. His recording of the Bruckner Symphony 6th with the Leipzig orchestra follows immediately after his leaving the Dresden job.)
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