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Post Subject: Bruckner and womenPosted by Romy the Cat on: 7/31/2012
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A few weeks back I bought Bruckner 8 by Australian conductors Simone Young leading Hamburg State Philharmonic. I need to admit that I got it only because Simone Young is woman and I would like to see some kind of special female touch of Bruckner. Call me a sexist, I do not care but it is what I wanted to hear. I am not spoiled with witnessing a lot of women go crazy over Bruckner (my Amy the Kitten is one of those seldom exceptions that justifies the rule). So as much Bruckner was deprived by women attention in his life the women conductors do not welcome Bruckner as well. So, I thought Simone Young might be a different.
I was listening the Ms. Young take on Bruckner, perhaps a dose time as now and I still can’t not “get” if I like what I hear. I certainly do not like the whole interpretation but Simone Young played very rarely played 1887 version that has a lot of what we love in 8th reduced. Under Young’s button the 8th sound like it is a light, concert version of the symphony, some kind of almost operetta-style phrasing. Then I presume that this style is not Ms. Young version but Bruckner own original vision. So, I’m kind of “getting” into the 1887 version and into what Simone Young is going. I am not there yet and I do not know if I ever will be…
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