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In the Thread: Bruckner, me and the Seventh
Post Subject: More BrucknerPosted by clarkjohnsen on: 7/23/2007
Of the ones I know, your list is excellent. Not that hot on the Rosbaud and Klemperer, actually. I can only add the van Beinum. Wish I knew the von Matacic.
Regarding Toscani, I auditioned this a few years ago at the Museum of Broadcasting (Hollywood), the only place to hear it, and man! was I impressed. How the Maestro could disparage Bruckner yet turn out a performance like that... At any rate here are a few notes on the newly-available CD:
http://www.pristineclassical.com/LargeWorks/Orchestral/PASC082.php
Regarding Furtwaengler, I find the '49 BPO performance preferable (and the '51 is not bad), but there's no gainsaying that the adagio from the '42 beats all.
Finally I also like a Celibidache with (it says) the VPO, but it may be the same recording as the one with the SDR; I've been meaning to check that.
clark
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