04-28-2014 Post does not mapped to Knowledge Tree Paul S San Diego, California, USA Posts 2,658 Joined on 10-12-2006 Post #: 81 Post ID: 20741 Reply to: 20696 Solti Does Give "Closure" fiogf49gjkf0d Somehow I managed to orphan my 3rd/4th movement Q/A series in the Bruckner/Matacic thread. I just wanted to add here, properly, that my Solti/VPO performance does bring the whole B7, all movements, "together" via my system, when the electricity is great. In fact, I would recommend this performance to anyone under the conditions I heard it. Paul S

05-13-2014 Post does not mapped to Knowledge Tree Paul S San Diego, California, USA Posts 2,658 Joined on 10-12-2006 Post #: 82 Post ID: 20827 Reply to: 20741 From Memory fiogf49gjkf0d The way I remember it, before the good electricity the Solti/VPO LP performance seemed to move too quickly to "a certain spot", in terms of dynamics, and it did not seem to move off that spot enough on the appropriate occasions thereafter. With the excellent electricity, I could hear a lot more going on in terms of dynamics, LF, especially, including textures, and this plus a general "opening up" of the sound made me have a much better appreciation of the performance, and, above all, I came to appreciate both the performance and the piece. In other words, the performance was simply better when I could hear more of it better. Paul S