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Post Subject: Bruckner No.2 by Horst SteinPosted by Romy the Cat on: 1/26/2011
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Eventually I have found the Bruckner Second symphony that is played how I feel it need to be played. The recording is from 1973: Horst Stein lead the mighty Wiener Philharmoniker. I got my CD on Decca Eloquence. This is unspeakably wonderful and I hear it 3 times today.
Somehow Stein was able to keep absolutely amassing balance between overly Vaselino- romantic presentation of Bruckner and some kind almost pop-presentation. Under Horst Stein Bruckner 2 does not sound like a Broadway musical but in a way it is it but not any musical. The Stein is entertaining Bruckner, but making it “entertaining” Stein doe not loose absolutely anything from Bruckner itself. The Vienna Philharmonic plays wonderfully and the whole experience from this CD is absolutely phenomenal.
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