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Post Subject: All Peak ExperiencesPosted by Paul S on: 6/10/2013
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Romy, I am hardly familiar with Bruckner. The local SO never plays it and, honestly, they are not really equipped to do it; and this was mostly the case when I lived in LA, also. And because my hi-fi systems could never do it, I do not even have a good sampling of Bruckner recordings. Also, like you say, this music is not easy to record well, either. So, my choosing Bruckner 7 yesterday was partly a test, and partly just casting a line w-a-y out there, and I was really only hoping to hear it as well rendered as the best I've heard from my system so far, which includes a sense of listening in on the session(s). Had it been more than that I would have been ecstatic. In other words, at this point I am not even sure - in terms of Bruckner - what's on the LP I played!
I have mostly decided that the hi-fi cannot deliver more than the original performance(s), in terms of music and musical expression, but I am usually OK with this if the sound delivers enough of the gestalt of the music, and I hope my imagination will supply the rest of a rich musical experience. Since my own thoughts and feelings about Bruckner are not well formed, you can factor this in with my remarks about the sound I got. You might say it wound up being more about sound than Bruckner, when I hoped it would be vice-versa.
The LP set in question here is London (stereo, ffrr), CSA 2216, and it does have "that curve".
Now I hope you will recommend a Bruckner 7 (LP set)!
Best regards,
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