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In the Thread: Bruckner, me and the Seventh
Post Subject: Bicycles vs. BMWsPosted by clarkjohnsen on: 12/16/2010
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Great story... and analogy.
Happy to see you have found Hr. Andreae. His Bruckner set is as good as it will ever get (as a set by one conductor) and moreover represents an inheritance of decades of original Bruckner performance, although it was made late in the conductor's life (early Fifties). Not only that, but several of the symphonies are the first recorded performances by a Viennese orchestra.
Next I recommend Georg-Ludwig Jochum, whose Bruckner was pretty much superior to that of his brother Eugen -- although I've never stacked up an Andreae vs. G-L. Jochum comparison. I do know that one time when I was confined to bed and had just acquired the G-LJ box I listened to his Fifth three times in a row,
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