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In the Thread: Berlin Philharmonic Direct to Disc Bruckner 7 with Bernard Haitink
Post Subject: Thanks.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 6/12/2020
Yes, rowuk, thank you, I have seen it. The FB Bruker forum showed a video a few weeks ago how Mike Framer demonstrated his fetish of opening the box, smelling it and to glorifying it in all imaginable way. It is hard to say what it is. Bernard Haitink is famous for Brucker playing but I do not feel that he is such great interpreter. I hear him in Berlin 2 years ago and it was perfect but boring. The contemporary direct-to disk recordings are very much not known quality. Back in 90s most of them were very bad. I have no idea how they do it now. I have a very high suspension that they use it as marketing ploy, as everything is recorded today to digital files. Certainly, it would be wonderful if it was good quality recording as there are very few, if any good quality (sound) recording of Bruckner out there. My primary concern however is not with the recording but with the Berlin orchestra that I do not like with Bruckner. I feel that Berlin Philharmonic concert Hall is too non-reverberant for Brucker. It is fine for somebody like Brahms and Stravinsky for Bruckner should be performed is much more resonant acoustic environments.Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site