Post by hiredfox September 1, 2013 (1 of 16)
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96/24 recording.
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5.0 multichannel, also.
The previous issues in the series -- Symphonies 5, 7 and 9 -- are excellent, IMO.
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Post by hiredfox September 2, 2013 (3 of 16)
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I hope to find time to write a brief overview but this is the best Bruckner 4 yet on SACD. A spritely and buoyant interpretation.
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Post by fausto K September 2, 2013 (4 of 16)
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And John accuses me of hyperbole.
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Post by hiredfox September 3, 2013 (6 of 16)
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samayoeruorandajin said:
And John accuses me of hyperbole.
Guilty as hell! It was an especially agreeable Saint Emilion wot did it!
What I really meant was that it was the best of the modern SACD versions imo and more listener friendly than most. The recording is rather special as well with a clarity of inner detail often missing in dense works such as this; this is not achieved by excessive spotlighting.
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Post by Jonalogic September 3, 2013 (7 of 16)
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fausto K said:
quite a statement that. Even better than Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 - Böhm and Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 - Wand ? I doubt it.
And I'd like to know which version Järvi plays, before we make statements like "the best Bruckner 4 yet".
+ 1
I agree these are standout recordings of the Romantic. As always, however, IMHO Wand's later recording with the NDR Orchestra Günter Wand: The Last Recording sounds markedly better than the BPO version cited here, whilst giving nothing away musically or interpretationally to the 'big band'.
And neither of these recordings is spot-lit; the Wand performance is very sympathetically and naturally recording, in fact, whilst the Bohm veers more towards the spectacular 'hi-fi' end of the spectrum. Both are fine recordings, however.
I therefore concur that the Järvi would need to motor a bit to surpass these!
Doesn't mean it's impossible, though... the strange thing about him as a conductor is that many of his US recordings suck mightily, whilst stick him in front of a German band and he seems to wake up!
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Post by Jonalogic September 3, 2013 (8 of 16)
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hiredfox said:
Guilty as hell! It was an especially agreeable Saint Emilion wot did it!
Blaming an itinerant medieval monk, hermit and confessor who apparently walled himself up in rock seems to me a low blow...
Eebygoom, thems sure wuz some right strange buggers knocking around then. I think they were all rehearsing for prophesied* Monty Python sketches - in his case, roughly 1200 years too early.
* in the Book of Armaments, naturally
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Post by hiredfox September 3, 2013 (9 of 16)
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Jonalogic said:
Blaming an itinerant medieval monk, hermit and confessor who apparently walled himself up in rock seems to me a low blow...
:-)
Bruckner is a name synonymous with wine growing although not in Saint Emilion's part of the world.
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Post by Jonalogic September 4, 2013 (10 of 16)
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