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Bruckner: The Complete Symphonies
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    		Bruckner: The Complete Symphonies

    Manufacturer: EMI Classics
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    ASIN: B00004YA0T
    Release Date: 2000-11-07

    Tracks:

    1. Sym No.1 in c: I. Allegro
    2. Sym No.1 in c: II. Adagio
    3. Sym No.1 in c: III. Scherzo: Schnell
    4. Sym No.1 in c: IV. Finale: Bewegt, Feurig

    Tracks:

    1. Sym No.2 in c: I. Moderato
    2. Sym No.2 in c: II. Andante
    3. Sym No.2 in c: III. Scherzo: Massig Schnell
    4. Sym No.2 in c: IV. Finale: Mehr Schnell

    Tracks:

    1. Sym No.3 in d: I. Mehr Langsam, Misterioso
    2. Sym No.3 in d: II. Adagio (Bewegt) Quasi Andante
    3. Sym No.3 in d: III. Ziemlich Bewegt
    4. Sym No.3 in d: IV. Allegro

    Tracks:

    1. Sym No.4 in E flat 'Romantic': I. Bewegt, Nicht Zu Schnell
    2. Sym No.4 in E flat 'Romantic': II. Andante Quasi Allegretto
    3. Sym No.4 in E flat 'Romantic': III. Scherzo: Bewegt - Trio: Nicht Zu Schnell
    4. Sym No.4 in E flat 'Romantic': IV. Finale: Bewegt, Doch Nicht Zu Schnell

    Tracks:

    1. Sym No.5 in B flat: I. Intro: Adagio - Allegro
    2. Sym No.5 in B flat: II. Adagio - Sehr Langsam
    3. Sym No.5 in B flat: III. Scherzo: Molto Vivace - Schnell
    4. Sym No.5 in B flat: IV. Finale: Allegro Moderato

    Tracks:

    1. Sym No.6 in A: I. Maestoso
    2. Sym No.6 in A: II. Adagio: Sehr Feierlich
    3. Sym No.6 in A: III. Scherzo: Nicht Schnell - Trio: Langsam
    4. Sym No.6 in A: IV. Finale: Bewegt, Doch Nicht Zu Schnell

    Tracks:

    1. Sym No.7 in E: I. Allegro Moderato
    2. Sym No.7 in E: II. Adagio: Sehr Feierlich Und Sehr Langsam
    3. Sym No.7 in E: III. Scherzo: Sehr Schnell - Trio: Etwas Langsamer
    4. Sym No.7 in E: IV. Finale: Bewegt, Doch Nicht Zu Schnell

    Tracks:

    1. Sym No.8 in c: I. Allegro Moderato
    2. Sym No.8 in c: II. Scherzo: Allegro Moderato
    3. Sym No.8 in c: III. Adagio: Fierelich Langsam, Doch Nicht Schleppend
    4. Sym No.8 in c: IV. Finale: Feierlich, Nicht Schnell

    Tracks:

    1. Sym No.9 in d: I. Feierlich, Misterioso
    2. Sym No.9 in d: II. Scherzo: Bewegt, Lebhaft - Trio: Schnell
    3. Sym No.9 in d: III. Adagio - Langsam, Feierlich

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    Here's a welcome box of all Bruckner's numbered symphonies led by a distinguished specialist renowned during his lifetime for his identification with the composer. Neatly laid out with each symphony on a disc of its own (no annoying midsymphony changeovers) and in top-quality late-1970s sound, this is an irresistible bargain for such superb performances. Jochum's Bruckner was spontaneous-sounding, with generally swift tempos tempered by flexible rhythms and slow movements that squeeze all the juice from this heartfelt music. The Dresden orchestra is a marvelous instrument for these works, with a beefy, warm sound and brass players that can whip up the excitement in the grand climaxes. Individual conductors, whether vintage greats like Furtwängler or more recent Brucknerians such as Wand on RCA and Tintner on Naxos, may equal or better Jochum in individual works, but taken as a complete traversal of these massive scores, Jochum's is second to none. --Dan Davis
    100 Best Sacred Works
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      ASIN: B000NOKAAS
      Release Date: 2007-04-03

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      2. Miserere Mei, Deus - Gerald Finley
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      4. O Nata Lux - Choir Of King's College
      5. Verbum Caro Factum Est - CLERKES OF OXENFORD
      6. Buccinate In Neomenia Tuba - Barry Rose
      7. O Magnum Mysterium - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
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      16. Hosanna To The Son Of David - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
      17. Spem In Alium - Paul Nicholson

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      2. Laudamus Te - Deborah Norman
      3. Magnificat Anima Mea - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
      4. For Unto Us A Child Is Born - Ambrosian Singers
      5. Bereite Dich, Zion - Janet Baker
      6. Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem) - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
      7. Cum Sancto Spiritu - Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
      8. Et Incarnatus Est - Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
      9. Chorale Prelude BWV622 - Peter Hurford
      10. Zion Hort Die Wachter Singen - South German Madrigal Choir
      11. Erbarme Dich, Mein Gott - Stephanie Blythe
      12. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
      13. Thou Knowest, Lord (Funeral Music For Queen Mary) - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
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      16. Crucifuxus A 8 - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
      17. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth - Ambrosian Singers
      18. Hallelujah Chorus - Ambrosian Singers

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      2. Kyrie - Felicity Lott
      3. Lacrimosa Dies Illa - Felicity Lott
      4. Laudate Dominum - Barbara Hendricks
      5. Regina Coeli - Kolner Kammerchor
      6. Laudams Te - Kiri Te Kanawa
      7. Benedictus - Julia Hamari
      8. Alleuluia - Lucia Popp
      9. Ave Verum Corpus K618 - Swedish Radio Chorus
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      11. The Heavens Are Telling - Arleen Auger
      12. Kyrie - Carolyn Watkinson
      13. Gloria In Excelsis Deo - Carolyn Watkinson
      14. Kyrie - Janet Baker
      15. Die Ehre Gottes Aus Der Natur (Nie Himmel Ruhmen) Op.48 No.4 Orch. Mottl - New Philharmonia Chorus
      16. Gloria - Waltraud Meier

      Tracks:

      1. Prelude - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
      2. Ave Maria - Janet Baker
      3. Credo - Opening - Laurence Dale
      4. Sanctus - Laurence Dale
      5. The Sheperds' Farewell - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
      6. Tu, Christie, Rex Gloriae - Marie-Claire Alain
      7. Pie Jesu - Nancy Argenta
      8. Ubi Caritas Op.10 No.1 - Winchester Cathedral Choir
      9. Cantique De Jean Racine Op.11 - Winchester Cathedral Choir
      10. Panis Angelicus - Halle Choir
      11. Laudamus Te - Choeurs De Radio France
      12. Vinea Mea Electa (Four Motets For A Time Of Penitence) - Harry Christophers
      13. Priere A Notre-Dame (Suite Gothique Op.25) - Fredric Bayco
      14. O Sacrum Convivium - London Voices
      15. Sanctus - Olaf Bar
      16. Libera Me - Olaf Bar
      17. In Paradisum - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge

      Tracks:

      1. Sanctus - Stuttgart Hymnus Boys' Choir
      2. O Rest In The Lord - Janet Baker
      3. And Then Shall Your Light Break Forth - Janet Baker
      4. Cujus Animam - Robert Gambill
      5. Gott Ist Mein Hirt (Psalm 23) D706 - Sir Philip Ledger
      6. Heilig, Heilig, Heilig - Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
      7. Ave Maria - Anneliese Rothenberger
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      11. Evening Hymn (Te Lucis Ante Terminum) - Thomas Trotter
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      13. Ingemisco - Nicolai Ghiaurov
      14. Lux Aeterna - Nicolai Ghiaurov
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      17. I Was Glad - Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus

      Tracks:

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      2. Ave Maria - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
      3. I. Maestoso Ma Energico - Allegro Molto - Rachel Masters
      4. Pie Jesu (Requiem) - Jane Gilchrist
      5. Libera - Christopher Robson
      6. Ave Maria - Lesley Garrett
      7. Kyrie - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
      8. Totus Tuus Op.60 - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
      9. Magnificat - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
      10. Ave Maria (Vespers Op.37) - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
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      12. Nunc Dimittis - Martin Neary
      13. Requiem Aeternam - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
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        ASIN: B00000IGUW
        Release Date: 2000-12-06

        Tracks:

        1. Mass in C major K. 317 'Coronatoin' Mass: I. Kyrie
        2. Mass in C major K. 317 'Coronatoin' Mass: II. Gloria
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        5. Requiem KV 626 (Auszuge) - K. 626: Lacrimosa
        6. Requiem KV 626 (Auszuge) - K. 626: Agnus Dei
        7. Requiem KV 626 (Auszuge) - K. 626: Lux aeterna
        8. Ave Maria
        9. The Creation: Terzett: 'In holder Anmut stehn'
        10. The Creation: Terzett mit Chor: 'Der Herr ist gross in seiner Macht'
        11. Locus iste
        12. Ave Maria
        13. Abendsegen
        14. Pueri concinite
        15. Messiah: No. 03 Chorus: ' And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed'
        16. Messiah: No. 06 Chorus: 'And he shall purify'
        17. Messiah: No. 42 Chorus: 'Hallelujah'
        18. Messiah: No. 51 Chorus: 'Worthy is the Lamb that was slain' - 'Amen'

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        4. Tritsch - Tratsch Polka
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        7. Morning papers, waltz
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        Bruckner: Symphonie No. 9
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          ASIN: B000001GAM
          Release Date: 1989-05-02

          Tracks:

          1. Sym No.9 in d: 1. Feierlich, Misterioso
          2. Sym No.9 in d: 2. Scherzo. Bewegt, Lebhaft-Trio.Schnell
          3. Sym No.9 in d: 3. Adagio. Langsam, Feierlich

          Album Details

          It's a Shame that Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini Turned to Bruckner Relatively Late in Life If this Stunning Performance of the Ninth Symphony with the Vienna Philharmonic is Indicative of his Affinity for the Composer. This is a Remarkably Noble, Spiritually Alluring Performance with Giulini Favoring Often Extremely Broad Tempos and a Wide Dynamic Range. Rarely Has the Finale of the First Movement Been So Stark and Devastating Or the Scherzo Rendered with Such Mesmerizing Clarity of Vision. Although this is a Live Recording, Deutsche Grammophon's Astonishing Audiophile Sound Fully Compliments this Outstanding Symphonic Triumph. Just Brilliant!
          Zamfir: The Lonely Shepherd
          Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
          • Happy Trails
          • The most soothing sounds
          • moving and lyrical
          • Wonderful Music !!
          • Just one listen changed my life
          		 Zamfir: The Lonely Shepherd

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          ASIN: B000001F9H
          Release Date: 1990-10-25

          Tracks:

          1. The Lonely Shepherd
          2. The Rose
          3. Floral Dance
          4. Theme From Summer Of '42
          5. Bilitis
          6. Adagio 8
          7. Black Rose
          8. Ete D'Amour
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          Customer Reviews:

          5 out of 5 stars Happy Trails.......2007-01-11

          Item arrived in perfect condition and very quickly. Will trade again in the future. Thank you.

          5 out of 5 stars The most soothing sounds.......2006-02-20

          I grew up listening to Zamfir's pan flute soothing music, then for the past 15 years, I've been away from it until I heard The Lonely Shepherd while watching Kill Bill. I was pleasantly surprised to find the CD at Amazon and bought it at once. Many of the other songs on this CD are good as well, but nothing beats The Lonely Shepherd.

          5 out of 5 stars moving and lyrical.......2005-10-08

          I dont care for any of the other songs on the CD, but the "Lonely Shepherd" theme is very beautiful and sad. Zamfir was obviously deeply in love with the panpipes. Listen to his "Picnic at Hanging Rock" soundtrack and you'll know what I mean. I highly recommend this CD.

          5 out of 5 stars Wonderful Music !!.......2005-09-26

          THis CD by Zamfir is out of this world. There is nothing better than "The Lonely Shepherd"... I haven't heard a better one than this. Just the type of soft instrumental one would like...very soothing.

          5 out of 5 stars Just one listen changed my life.......2005-01-19

          I was once a punk rocker. I listened to the Sex Pistols, Ramones, Black Flag, and The Dead Kennedys. I have a string of gigs under my belt with various punk bands, a long list of one night stands with rocker chicks, and did enough drugs to make Keith Richards OD. All that changed the night I listened to Zamfir.

          Alone in my apartment I played this CD while cleaning a puke staine off my carpet. I don't know whose it was, but I'd like to thank him because it led me to my new life. I have since thrown away my guitars, amps, and entire music collection. It is all garbage by comparison to this and in the trash is where it all belongs.

          How can anyone listen to 'Summer of 42' and not fall to their knees by the sheer beauty of it? The Lonely Shepard title track brings tears to my eyes everytime I listen to it. It brings me to a magical place where no one gets arrested for shoplifting and everyone has peace in their hearts.

          I cannot find a panflute at the music store, so I'm trying to make one out of PVC pipe and old bongs. I think I found the G, A, and D major chords, but can't quite find F. A silly straw with a slit in it can make a pretty decent B minor, but it stretches out after a couple of days.

          All my friends have abandoned me and I haven't been with a woman in three months, but it is all worth it. I now happily skip through life with merriment in my heart. No more drugs for me, Zamfir is my natural high.
          Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
          Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
          • Karajan bows out
          • Karajan's finest Bruckner!
          • Very difficult to surpass
          • A "farrewell" recording but not conducted that way
          • A Double Requiem
          		 Bruckner: Symphony No. 7

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          ASIN: B000001GKC
          Release Date: 1996-07-23

          Tracks:

          1. Symphony No. 7 In E Major: Allegro moderato
          2. Symphony No. 7 In E Major: Adagio. Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam
          3. Symphony No. 7 In E Major: Scherzo. Sehr schnell
          4. Symphony No. 7 In E Major: Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht schnell

          Customer Reviews:

          5 out of 5 stars Karajan bows out .......2006-08-13

          "His last recording" it says on the front of this issue. Karajan must have known that this would be the last time he would set down a Bruckner 7 and that the coda of his life's journey was upon him. So you might expect the performance to be a valedictory one, measured, pensive - final curtain stuff. But no, what he presents is the kind of youthful view which a much younger would man have; if I was told that the conductor was, say, Franz Welser-Most I could believe it. It's a reading which looks as much to the Schubert era as it does to the Late Romantic and it's a refreshing experience. The approach is similar in another of my favourite versions: Georg Tintner on Naxos (Tintner's is the later recording). In the end though on balance I prefer Karajan's earlier version on EMI (1972) because of the bigger, more panoramic view, and perhaps more in keeping with Bruckner's intentions for how this symphony should sound. If you are a serious Bruckner fan you shouldn't be without either of these Karajan versions: both exellent performances - interesting as two very different visions seen by the same man on two different occasions.

          5 out of 5 stars Karajan's finest Bruckner!.......2006-06-07

          The end of Herbert K's life brought a strange amount of discord. His health was very bad after falling off of a podium which broke his hip and there was an estrangement which set in between the Berlin Phil which sadly darkened the last years after all he did for this orchestra. That being said, the relationship which spawned again with the Vienna Philharmonic was a source of great music making...so that being said one can imagine how fine things were in Vienna in the late 80s with such conductors as Karajan, Giulini, and Abaddo making so many fine recordings in the Sofiensaal...to cap it off Bernstein was doing great Mahler in Vienna at that time as well!!

          so...here we come to the last recording of Karajan's career. It is truly an awesome piece of music making with the Adagio as the high point...all of the wonder of this fine music is here plus the opulent phrasing which only the Vienna Phil can bestow on this music....as for price this recording at any price is worth having. Not since the like of Klemperer, Jochum and Knappersbusuch has such great Bruckner playing been heard...although I like Barenboim for different reasons his Bruckner is defintely not anywhere in this league...

          so for true collectors of fine performances and Conducting this Karajan is a real must!

          5 out of 5 stars Very difficult to surpass.......2006-05-26

          Besides this recording, I also own Chailly, Celibidache (Munich), Jochum (Dresden) and Solti (CSO, nla). The spirituality is much more intense than all the others. The acoustics of the Grosser Saal of Musikverein is superb (i.e. just resonant enough, not too reverberating). The response from Wiener Philharmoniker is precise (you can hear pp,p,mf,f,ff), their playing natural and idiomatic. The whole recording has been remastered with the so-called 'Original Bit Processing' and is very satisfying. In short, it brings out the greatness of Bruckner's arguably best composition to its fullest extent. Anyone who can afford this should acquire this.

          5 out of 5 stars A "farrewell" recording but not conducted that way.......2005-11-01

          Reviewers here treat this Bruckner Seventh, which was released posthumously after Karajan's death in 1989, as if it foreshadows his passing. But this isn't a slow or reflectivly melancholic reading--in fact, the first movement is quicker (if only marginally) than any of Karajan's two previous recordings for EMI and DG, both with the Berlin Phil. By comparison the Vienna Phil. sounds sweeter, never bombastic, incapable of a brash phrase. The recordidng sounds so alive and present one could swear this was a live performance, but apparently it wasn't. In any case, the orchestra is more animated and fresh-sounding than on Karajan's previous readings.

          Karajan always favored whispering pianissimos and thunderous, though controlled, fortissimos. Here the contrasts are much reduced; the music tends to stay in an average range until a climactic swell is called for. This evenness of tone gives the music a flowing quality, which is enhanced by Karajan's refusal to use start-and-stop phrasing so common with other conductors of Bruckner. The shaping is lyrical throughout; the slow movement is especially free and spontaneous, not at all funereal even if the composer was aware of Wagner's recent death. This memorial to his greatest hero is sublime rather than grieving.

          With so many special qualities, it's hard not to declare that this is Karajan's greatest Bruckner Seventh recording. In terms of freshness and a singing line, only the live Giulini performance from London (on the BBC label) comes close to it in my experience. Highly, highly recommended.

          4 out of 5 stars A Double Requiem.......2005-02-26

          On the subject of Bruckner's 7th Symphony, composed after Bruckner perceived the impending death of his hero Richard Wagner and indeed appropriating the very Wagner tubas into the score in the Adagio which was apparently directly inspired by Bruckner's encounter with Wagner, it would be a disservice to the recorded versions of this work not to include this CD which proved to be Herbert von Karajan's valedictory recording.

          Though the actual performance with the Vienna Philharmonic is not fully uplifting or illuminating, it does suggest the obeisance many of the great conductors of the romantic repertoire had for Bruckner. There is a communication with the spirit of Bruckner that haunts this recording, and to make the complete circle of dealing with Brucker's mighty 7th, this recording deserves a careful hearing. Grady Harp, February 2005
          Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
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            		Bruckner: Symphony No. 4

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            ASIN: B000NPCMJE
            Release Date: 2007-05-08

            Tracks:

            1. Bewegt, nicht zu schnell
            2. Andante quasi allegretto
            3. Scherzo- trio
            4. Finale

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            Bruckner's Fourth Symphony underwent a complicated revision history. This recording uses the Nowak from 1886. Bruckner himself nicknamed this symphony "The Romantic." Its 1881 premiere marked his first Viennese triumph; it remains his most popular symphony, despite its occasional repetitiousness and moments when grandeur becomes grandiosity. As always, the spirit of Wagner hovers over the harmonies and the orchestration. The solemn processionals and chorales reveal the devout Catholic, while the sonorities and the frequent rests and pauses recall the organist resetting his stops. The Symphony abounds with long, arching melodies - somber and prayerful, soaring and ecstatic - and innumerable climaxes, often aborted but gathering for the final triumph. The incomparable Berlin Philharmonic revels in the glorious orchestral sound, from each individual solo to the massed tuttis. The performance is immensely exciting, expressive, and evocative. The only flaw is the excessive dynamic contrast; keep a finger on the volume-control. --Edith Eisler

            Album Description

            Following up their release of Brahm's Ein Deutsches Requiem, Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker continue to celebrate the orchestra's 125th year with an exploration of the 19th-century Germanic greats. On this recording they take on Bruckner's mighty Fourth Symphony, an uplifting spiritual journey across a huge musical landscape which commands the listener's attention and promises to remain in memory long after the final chords have died away.

            Speaking of the individuality and overwhelming power of Bruckner's music, Rattle had this to say: "It's as though one's caught up in a gigantic wave...which simply will not stop until the last note and in fact when the last note is sounded, very often the audience simply doesn't applaud because there's a feeling to it still going out into space..."

            Tracklisting:

            Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
            Symphony No.4 in E-Flat Major "Romantic"
            1. Bewegt, nicht zu schnell
            2. Andante quasi allegretto
            3. Scherzo- trio
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            Ave Maria
            Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
            • A ***MUST HAVE*** ALBUM for lovers of CHORAL & SACRED MUSIC!
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            		 Ave Maria

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            ASIN: B000001G5C
            Release Date: 1990-10-25

            Tracks:

            1. Ave Maria
            2. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Et incarnatus est
            3. Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: Shepherds' Music
            4. Stabat Mater: Sancta mater istud agas
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            Customer Reviews:

            5 out of 5 stars A ***MUST HAVE*** ALBUM for lovers of CHORAL & SACRED MUSIC!.......2002-04-12

            If you have a any appreciation at all for the human voice raised in song, you will absolutely LOVE this album!! I have had this album on cassette since 1990, but until three weeks ago, I'd never listened to the entire cassette. I had only listened to the first song on side A because I was that was the version of "Ave Maria" I was familiar with. THIS
            ALBUM is the best compilation of choral music ever!!! It's not just different versions of "Ave Maria"; it is a compilation of songs whose theme is Maria. I particularly like the Giovanni Battista Pergolesi duet, "Stabat mater: Sancta mater istud agas". You would have to be DEAD not to fall madly, deeply and completely in love with this song. All the songs on this album are GEMS!!! I highly recommend this album. I'm buying the CD version myself, as I have been playing my cassette to death. Buy the CD already!!!!

            5 out of 5 stars One of the best CDs of my several hundred CDs collection.......1999-10-28

            Unusually successful collection! Must have!
            100 Hymns & Songs of Inspiration
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            		 100 Hymns & Songs of Inspiration

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            ASIN: B00008GEKT
            Release Date: 2003-04-14

            Tracks:

            1. Love Divine All Loves Excelling - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
            2. Father Hear the Prayer We Offer - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
            3. Now Thank We All Our God - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
            4. This Day, The First of Days - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
            5. Stars of the Morning So Gloriously Bright - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
            6. God Save the Queen - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
            7. Day of Resurrection - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
            8. God Rest You Merry Gentlemen - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
            9. Of the Father's Heart Begotten - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
            10. O Come All Ye Faithful - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
            11. Awake My Soul and With the Sun - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
            12. Thine Arm O Lord in Days of Old - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
            13. All People That on Earth Do Dwell - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
            14. Good Christian Men Rejoice and Sing - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
            15. There Is a Green Hill - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
            16. Lord of Beauty - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
            17. Rejoice Today With One Accord - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
            18. New Every Morning - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
            19. Lead Us Heavenly Father Lead Us - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
            20. O God Our Help in Ages Past - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral

            Tracks:

            1. Morning Has Broken - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
            2. Happy Are They - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
            3. In Christ There Is No East or West - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
            4. Silent Night - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
            5. Be Thou My Guardian - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
            6. Ye Servants of the Lord - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
            7. At the Name of Jesus Every Knee Shall Bow - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
            8. To Thee O Lord Our Hearts We Raise - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
            9. Behold the Great Creator Makes - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
            10. Rejoice the Lord Is King - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
            11. Creator of the Stars of Night - Ely Cathedral Choir
            12. He Comes With Clouds Descending - Ely Cathedral Choir
            13. O Little Town of Bethlehem - Ely Cathedral Choir
            14. Alleluya Alleyluya Alleyluya - Ely Cathedral Choir
            15. This Is the Day the Lord Hath Made - Ely Cathedral Choir
            16. How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds - Ely Cathedral Choir
            17. Lord Thy Word Abideth - Ely Cathedral Choir
            18. Jesus Lord We Look to Thee - Ely Cathedral Choir
            19. O Lord Our God Arise - Ely Cathedral Choir
            20. Lord of All Hopefulness - Ely Cathedral Choir

            Tracks:

            1. Soldiers of Christ Arise - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
            2. Lift Up Your Hearts - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
            3. Holy Father, Cheer Our Way - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
            4. Maker of the Sun - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
            5. O King Most High - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
            6. O Praise Our Great and Glorious Lord - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
            7. Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
            8. We Love the Place O God - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
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            17. Jesus Shall Reign - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
            18. God of Love My Shepherd Is - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
            19. O Jesu Saviour of Mankind - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
            20. Immortal Invisible God Only Wise - Choir Of Truro Cathedral

            Tracks:

            1. Ride on Ride on in Majesty - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
            2. All Glory Laud and Honour - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
            3. Come Rejoicing - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
            4. God Is Love and Where True Love Is - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
            5. Magnificat: The Great Advent Antiphons - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
            6. Come, Christ's Beloved - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
            7. Children of the Hebrews (Palm Procession) - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
            8. Veneration of the Cross/The Reproaches (Veneratum and Reproaches) - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
            9. Once in Royal David's City - Choir Of Keble College
            10. God Be in My Head - Choir Of Keble College
            11. O Thou Who Camest from Above - Choir Of Keble College
            12. Judge Eternal Throned in Splendour - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
            13. Christ the Lord Is Risen Again - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
            14. For All the Saints - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
            15. Thy Hand O God Has Guided - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
            16. Christ the Dawn of Our Salvation - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
            17. I Was Glad - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
            18. Dear Lord and Father of Mankind - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
            19. Locus Iste - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
            20. Praise My Soul the King of Heaven - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel

            Tracks:

            1. Stand Up! Stand Up for Jesus! - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
            2. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
            3. O Worship the King - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
            4. O Heavenly Word of God on High - Choir Of The Collegiate Church Of St Mary
            5. Praise to the Lord, The Almighty - Choir Of The Collegiate Church Of St Mary
            6. Jesus Christ Is Risen Today - The Choir of York Minister
            7. First Nowell - The Choir of York Minister
            8. Abide with Me - The Choir of York Minister
            9. Breathe on Me Breath of God - Choir Of Keble College
            10. Rock of Ages - Choir Of Keble College
            11. On This Day, The First of Days - Choir Of Keble College
            12. Jesu Sweet and Mary - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
            13. O Quam Gloriosum - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
            14. Ye Holy Angels Bright - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
            15. O for a Closer Walk With God - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
            16. Prayer of St Patrick - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
            17. Lord's Prayer - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
            18. Blessed Be the God and Father - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
            19. Day Thou Gavest Lord Is Ended - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
            20. Jerusalem (And Did Those Feet in Ancient Times) - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel

            Album Description

            Full Title - 100 Hymns & Songs Of Inspiration. UK box-set featuring 100 tracks performed by Britain's finest Cathedral Choirs including, Gloucester Cathedral, Norwich Cathedral, Sheffield Cathedral, & many more. Five standard jewel cases housed in a slipbox. Castle Pulse. 2003.

            Customer Reviews:

            5 out of 5 stars The picture.......2006-12-11

            I haven't purchased the CD but the picture of the inside of a church on the cover is not of a British church, like one would assume since it says its a recording of British choirs. This picture is of Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Just thought i'd let you know. I'll be honest; I'm one to judge things by it's cover and if the company took such care to choose a 'British' church for their British choir CD, I'm willing to bet the music is equally well selected... I'm being sarcastic. But I gave the product 5 stars because I didn't want to hurt its ratings just because i'm cynical. But check out the church if you're ever in Montreal, it's truly beautiful... here I'm not being sarcastic.
            Bruckner: Symphonies 1-9
            Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
            • Musically unsurpassed, but sonically not so great
            • One of the two great Bruckner symphony sets
            • If you want all of your Bruckner in one box, this is the one
            • Overall, a great set of Bruckner performances
            • superlative
            		 Bruckner: Symphonies 1-9

            Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

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            1. Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1-7
            2. Symphonies 1-9
            3. Gustav Mahler: Symphonie No. 9
            4. Schumann: The Four Symphonies
            5. Mahler: Symphonies 1-10; Das Lied von der Erde

            ASIN: B00000E4HD
            Release Date: 1990-03-15

            Tracks:

            1. Allegro
            2. Adagio
            3. Scherzo. Schnell
            4. Finale. Bewegt, Feurig
            5. Symphonie No. 5 Introduction. Adagio - Allegro
            6. Adagio. Sehr Langsam
            7. Scherzo. Molto Vivace (Schnell)
            8. Finale. Adagio
            9. Mehr Langsam, Misterioso
            10. Adagio, Bewegt, Quasi Andante
            11. Ziemlich Schnell
            12. Allegro
            13. Moderato
            14. Andante
            15. Scherzo. Maessig Schnell
            16. Finale. Merh Schnell
            17. Symphony No. 8, Allegro Moderato
            18. Scherzo. Allegro Moderato - Trio. Langsam
            19. Adagio. Feierlich Langsam, Doch Nicht Schleppend
            20. Finale. Feierlich, Nicht Schnell
            21. Bewegt, Nicht Zu Schnell
            22. Andante Quasi Allegretto
            23. Scherzo. Bewegt - Trio. Nicht Zu Schnell. Keinesfalls Schleppe Nd - Scherzo
            24. Finale. Bewegt, Doch Nicht Zu Schnell
            25. Majestoso
            26. Adagio. Sehr Feierlich
            27. Scherzo. Nicht Schnell -- Trio. Langsam
            28. Finale. Bewegt, Doch Nicht Zu Schnell
            29. Allegro Moderato
            30. Adagio. Sehr Feierlich Und Sehr Langsam
            31. Scherzo. Sehr Schnell
            32. Finale. Bewegt, Doch Nicht Schnell
            33. Feierlich, Misterioso
            34. Scherzo. Bewegt, Lebhaft
            35. Adagio. Langsam, Feierlich

            Customer Reviews:

            5 out of 5 stars Musically unsurpassed, but sonically not so great.......2005-10-10

            Like any die-hard devotee of Bruckner, I could object to the reviewers here who lower Karajan to the status of such workmanlike musicians as Jochum, Wand, and Scrowaczewski. Taste is taste. But there's no denying that Karajan was a master of Bruckner's idiom, perhaps the greatest we have on disc along with Furtwangler, Klempereer, and Giulini. As for living conductors, only Harnoncourt impreses me as being potentially of this rank.

            In this colleciton we get great performances of every symphony but #6, which for some reason Karajan found uncongenial. The symphonies he recorded repeatedly are Sym. 7, 8, and 9, so arguably there are greater performances of those than the ones which appear in this box. I have three of each, and find new insights in all of them.

            What I really wish is that DG would remaster this set. The sound tends to be steely and congested in loud passages, of which there are many, and the microphones come close to overloading in double and tripple forte climaxes. That's typical of early digital remastering. Altogether, except for the sonic blemishes, I can't imagine anyone not finding this set the best cycle of Bruckner symphonies ever recorded.

            5 out of 5 stars One of the two great Bruckner symphony sets.......2005-09-12

            Karajan and Skrowaczewski are the only two great Bruckner conductors who've recorded all of the symphonies 1-9, and Skrowaczewski also did numbers 0 and 00, both of which are also great symphonies (0 being, in my opinion, up to the level of numbers 1-6--numbers 8 and 9 were even better, the greatest symphonies ever written).

            In addition, Sawallisch was just as great a Bruckner conductor as Karajan and Skrowaczewski, but never recorded #'s 2,3, 7 and 8. Bernhard Guller's and Bernhard Klee's Bruckner 9th's are probably the two greatest performances of that work on records, but neither conductor has recorded any other Bruckner.

            Specifically as regards the present set, the performances of numbers 1, 2 and 3 are definitive--the greatest ever recorded. However, Bruckner's 1890 version of the 1st is better than the earlier version which Karajan uses here, and I strongly recommend the F. Charles Adler performance of it, which, even though not definitive, is the best yet recorded.

            All of Karajan's Bruckner 4ths are good, but none is great--the great ones are Sawallisch, Skrowaczeski and Matacic. Some critics dislike the version that Matacic used, but nonetheless that recording is the greatest of all for any listener who thinks the 4th should be played with ferocious intensity. The opening of the 4th movement in the Matacic sounds like an earthquake--no one else does it that way. The Sawallisch is probably the best all-around for most tastes, nearly as radiant as the Matacic, and yet done in a traditional manner. The Skrowaczewski is the most laid-back of the great Bruckner 4th's--especially the recording he did with the Saarbrucken orchestra, which is in the complete set. (The recording he did with the Halle is a little less laid-back.)

            Karajan did a great Bruckner 5th with the Vienna Symphony in 1954, but the performance in the present set is inadequate in the final movement: instead of sounding monumental, it comes across as constricted, especially at the very end, where he races the notes. The other great recording of this symphony, and probably the greatest one done of it, is the one by Sawallisch, which is close to definitive.

            The Bruckner 6th still awaits a definitive recorded performance, but this one is probably the best ever recorded. The only movement that's done less than definitively is the symphony's greatest, the first movement.

            The 7th is the weakest performance in the set, though good, and none of Karajan's other recordings of it is better. The great one is in the Skrowaczewski set.

            This Bruckner 8th is Karajan's most explosive, but his greatest one was its immediate predecessor, the one he did with the same orchestra, the Berlin Phil., on EMI/Angel in 1958--calmer, more selfless, a mystical trance throughout, and perhaps the greatest Bruckner performance ever captured on records. Karajan's worst of this symphony was his last, with the Vienna Phil., recorded near the end of 1988--the performance most widely available. It's the only nervous performance he ever did of this sublimely calm work, and it's by far the least trance-like. The only Bruckner 8th that competes for greatness with Karajan's 1958 recording is Skrowaczewski's, which is very similar to it, but craggier.

            The performance here of the 9th is disappointing; it's only good. The great ones are Sawallisch and Skrowaczewski on the fast side, and Guller and Klee on the slow side.

            The most over-rated Bruckner conductors are Furtwangler, who brutalizes the music, and so is especially bad in the mystical 8th and 9th, and Celibidache, who plays the music as melodrama and not as drama. Furtwangler's formula for conducting Bruckner was simple: the louder the music got, the faster he played it. Bruckner would have had a heart attack to hear his music butchered so. But most conductors are no better. The ones I've mentioned are the rare exceptions.

            Close behind in the overrated category was Giulini, who seems to have been out of touch with the mystical aspect of the music, and was on the flaccid side instead of the necessary calm--the difference is subtle but crucial.

            Even some of the greatest conductors were not great on Bruckner. Bohm, Klemperer, and Konwitschny, each of whom was superb in some other works, never got into the spirit of his music.

            4 out of 5 stars If you want all of your Bruckner in one box, this is the one.......2005-03-23

            I normally only add a review if I feel I have something to add to the existing reviews. The other reviewers have pretty well covered it here, but I just wanted to add that, for those who don't want to get into Bruckner collecting mania that "afflicts" some of us, this is the boxed set of Bruckner symphonies to get if you want to have just one. Now, if you find yourself really loving these symphonies, there are individual performances by other conductors that you might want to supplement with, but you can't go wrong with this set as a whole.

            When I "clicked on" this set, I was kind of surprised that no "Karajan-bashers" had weighed in on this set. Personally, I feel that Karajan was unquestionably one of the greatest Bruckner conductors of the latter half of the 20th century. However I am of the opinion that there was a noticeable decline in the quality of his recorded performances (as a whole, not just his Bruckner) during the late 1970's. Most of the "too polished, too refined, lacking in 'fire'/passion" commentary is more pertinent to most of the last decade of his life, which happened to roughly coincide with the advent of digital recording technology. In the 1980's, the aging HvK became increasingly focused on sound quality, and many of his later recorded performances suffered from this. Some bugs in the new medium (digital), combined with Karajan's "ear" perhaps not being what it used to be, did indeed make most of his late recordings (esp. the studio ones) sound "too cold and refined." His last Johann Strauss recordings, and his last Beethoven symphonies cycle, are good examples of this. Posthumous remastering of many of these late digital recordings--i.e. the "Karajan Gold" series--has improved some of them.

            Fortunately, for Bruckner fans, most of these Bruckner recordings were made prior to the aforementioned "decline," and thankfully, the ones that were made in the "digital era"-- symphonies 1-3--were some of the better recorded performances of his last period.

            I don't usually review this way, but doing a breakdown of the individual symphonies in order might be the easiest way to do this...

            1) This was the last symphony to be recorded in the series. Karajan's first does have some "early digital glare," and there isn't a lot of space around the orchestral sound, but it is still a good performance, not lacking in fire in the scherzo and outer movements. The brightness and closeness of the recording might actually add some intensity to it. Some recordings that I would put ahead of this one are Jochum's DG, Sawallisch, and Barenboim's CSO recording, but Karajan's is a good one to have if you want them all in one box. Chailly made an excellent recording of the, often unfairly maligned, "Vienna Version" of 1891 of the First that is worth hearing (the more familiar "Linz Version" of 1866 is the one that Karajan, and most other conductors, have rightfully used).

            2) The second to last to be recorded in the series, and a really good Second, despite the "early digital" sound. This would easily fall into my top five Bruckner seconds. Karajan was generally a "Haas man," as am I (I'm not going to go down that winding road of the "versions" of Bruckner symphonies here, but his Haas allegiance is one of the things that gives the "Karajan-bashers" one more thing not to like about his Bruckner), but the version he uses here is a "hybrid:" i.e. the codas of the first and last movements have "two waves," the first of which were excised in the later version of the score. Karajan's version removes the first wave of the coda from the first movement, but leaves in the first wave of the finale's coda. This is the kind of editing that might make some Bruckner buffs say, "Hey, wait a minute!"--but Karajan manages it very convincingly, pacing his first movement coda, accordingly, so that it brings to mind the coda of the first movement of Beethoven's Ninth. As a side note, personally, I admire conductors who pick and choose from the versions of the Bruckner symphonies rather than rigidly adhering to either Haas or Nowak.

            The sound here is less close and bright than the recording of the First Symphony, and the adagio (which is actually my favorite adagio of the first five numbered symphonies) is beautiful, with some glorious horn sound. My favorite Second is one by Hans Zender with The SWDRSO Baden Baden on the Amati label, which is unfortunately out-of-print and hard to find. The one in the Haitink Concertgebouw box is my next favorite. Barenboim's CSO recording (unfortunately, also only available in a box) is also very good, as is Wand's Cologne recording. I find most other recordings of this work too slow.

            3) The third to last to be recorded in this set, this Third has my very favorite reading of the first movement, well-paced; and with blazing brass sound, esp. in the majestic climax. Unfortunately, Karajan chooses the 1889 version of the Third with its big cuts in the finale, but for better or worse this version was the choice of most conductors of his generation and before (incl. Jochum). Not only was this the first digital recording in this set, but having been made in late 1980, it was among the first generation of digital recordings. The sound is not w/o it's "early digital" glare and closeness, but it is not as uncomfortable to listen to as some early digital recordings, and as in the First Symphony, the brightness somehow seems to add to the intensity of the performance. For a recording of an earlier version, w/o the chopped-up finale, Sinopoli on DG is my favorite...although I must admit that I prefer the first movement of the 1889 version, mainly because it has a better climax, imo.

            4) The Fourth and Seventh were recorded in 1975, and were the second and third recordings to be made in this series. Imo, this Fourth would be just about perfect if HvK had chosen the Nowak edition, which brings back the symphony's opening horn call in the coda of the finale. The pacing of all of the movements is excellent and the analog sound has plenty of atmosphere. As I mentioned above, I am generally a "Haas man" but the Fourth is the one symphony in which I think Nowak scores over Haas by bringing back that all-important horn call. Imo w/o the horn call in the coda of the finale, this is one of the symphonies in which Bruckner's first movement coda outshines the coda to his finale. Other conductors whose otherwise great recordings are marred by the missing horn call, imo, are Wand and Walter; while Jochum, whose Fourth might be my overall favorite despite his dirge-like slow movement, and Bohm are examples of conductors who brought back the "Nowak horn call" (as I call it) in the finale. Btw, this recording of the Fourth is much better than the one Karajan made for EMI/Angel, imo.

            5) The Fifth was, appropriately enough, the fifth recording in this series, late in 1976. This was the first Fifth I ever heard, and it is still my favorite. I picked up a somewhat scratchy two-LP set of it in a used record store, and I still remember how excited I was the day that it was issued on CD (coupled with the First). There are versions with more flexible tempi, but none that are more majestic, and Karajan scores by using two sets of timpani in the codas of the first movement and finale, making the latter in particular, an even more thrilling conclusion than usual. You can easliy hear the second set of timpani, but a friend of mine who saw Karajan conduct a thrilling account of the Fifth live in Vienna confirmed that this was a trademark of his Bruckner Fifth. As with the Fourth, the sound has a nice sense of space which gives plenty of room for the majestic brass passages, incl. the all-important chorale of the finale, to resonate. Karajan-bashers, and purists, before you get your aquiline noses out of joint about the extra set of timpani, remember that Jocum augmented the chorale of the finale with extra brass (which may have been sanctioned by one of Bruckner's well-meaning "editors," such as the Schalks and Lowe, but was not officially sanctioned by the composer): such alterations are part of the vanishing art of interpretation.

            6) This was the sixth recording to be made in the series, the last one of the '70's, and the last analog one. As others have commented, this is indeed the "acchiles heel" of this set. It is not a bad performance, but it does sound a bit cool and indifferent compared to the great recordings of this piece. However, if you only want one "in a box" you needn't feel bad about having this one. Jochum's DG Sixth is still probably my favorite, along with Haitink's, and Barenboim's CSO (DG) recording. Some people think the Sawallisch is the one to have, but I think his first movement is just too fast. The majority of Bruckner fans seem to like the Klemperer, but I think his first movement and scherzo are too slow, and his slow movement is too fast (of performances with a similar profile, I prefer the Keilberth BPO recording on Teldec, but it is out of print, and has become a bit of a rarity; although it occasionally turns up in a used CD bin).

            7) This is a really good Seventh, recorded in 1975 within a month of the Fourth. The sound is a little more dry than the Fourth or Fifth, but still has a good sense of atmosphere. Karajan's pacing is very satisfying in all movements. Imo, this is his best recording of the Seventh, even better than his last (live) recording with the VPO, which is marred by sound that is too bright and harsh.

            8) The Bruckner Eighth was one of Karajan's specialties, so it is perhaps not surprising that it was recorded first in this series, in early 1975. Even among people who greatly admire Karajan's Bruckner Eighths, I am probably in the minority when I say that this--and not his acclaimed final VPO Eighth--is my favorite of his recordings of this "Everest among symphonies," as it has rightly been called. The recording has plenty of presence and ambience, and the Berlin brass sounds great. Karajan's tempi have never had much of the flexibility that you will hear from great "old school" Bruckner conductors such as Furtwangler and Schuricht, but he never lets his tempos drag, like many of the latterday Bruckner conductors do. His reading combines granite-like grandeur with spirituality. I have more than 40 recordings of the Eighth (and have heard many more), and this one easily falls into my top ten.

            9) This Ninth was recorded fourth in the series, in late 1975. The Ninth is my favorite symphony, by ANY composer, and I have, let's just say, "too many" recordings of it. Karajan's Ninth is more "tough," unflinching, and perhaps you could say "hard-nosed," than spiritual; an impression that is solidified by a recording that is not ideally atmospheric or transparent. I prefer performances that emphasize the mysterious, spiritual, ethereal, other-worldly aspects of this piece a bit more, but Karajan's granitic reading is still a very good one, and is satisfying on its own terms. HvK also recorded a Ninth for DG in the early 1960's; and there's a live VPO version from '76 that appeared in the VPO anniversary series, several years ago; but I don't think those performances are better than this one.

            Since the Ninth is "my baby," I'll conclude with my five favorite Ninths: Furtwangler's 10/7/44 BPO; Haitink's 1980's CO recording; Barenboim/BPO (Teldec); Giulini/VPO (DG)...Wand's 1994 NDRSO Hamburg (not his '98 BPO) recording (BMG), and Skrowaczewski's Minnesota (not the Saarbrucken one) recording (Reference) vie for the Fifth spot. If you get into Bruckner enough that you want to supplement this set with individual recordings, you should know that the Furtwangler, classic though it is, will probably not be your first choice because the sound quality of the wartime recording made for German radio is not ideal. If I had to choose just one first choice for someone just getting into Bruckner, it would probably be the Haitink (the digital one, not the analog one from his boxed set). Unfortunately (and mindlessly--c'mon Philips and Teldec!), the Haitink and Barenboim are currently out of print, but not that hard to find in used CD bins. If you live in the L.A. area, I recently saw two copies of the Haitink in a used bin at the Amoeba in Hollywood.

            5 out of 5 stars Overall, a great set of Bruckner performances.......2004-12-19

            There may never be a set of Bruckner performances that are consistently good across the board, but Herbert von Karajan's set of the nine is the closest to consistent satisfaction that I've heard.

            Karajan's Bruckner style stands in stark contrast to Eugen Jochum's: while the latter is flexible tempo-wise and spontaneous-sounding, Karajan focuses more on maintaining steady tempos and preserving a sense of the symphonic whole. Jochum's more obviously Romantic approach to Bruckner works more often than it fails---his 1958 DG Fifth is a personal favorite among recordings of the Fifth---but, while it does bring a human warmth to some of the music, it could be argued that his sometimes excessive tempo fluctuations lose the sense of symphonic wholeness that Karajan is able to bring to them. And, while there are those who (sometimes rightfully) admonish Karajan for his obssessive attention to beauty of sound, his DG Bruckner performances certainly do not lack in moments of power and emotion. The performance of Bruckner's beautiful Seventh Symphony that is a part of this set is remarkable in this regard.

            So, some thoughts on the individual performances:

            No. 1: An energetic, intense performance of a relatively early work (he was about 40 when he wrote it). Perhaps could use a little more lightness of touch (the Finale does sound rather overweight); but an imposing performance nevertheless, with a lyrical slow movement.

            No. 2: Another good performance of a highly underrated symphonic work. Karajan treats the second movement Andante as an Adagio, and makes it sound rather self-indulgent and draggy in spots; but the rest is right-on, both lyrical and anguished by turns. The finale, especially, is fiery and dramatic even at a fairly steady tempo. (Pity about the dropped Scherzo repeats, though.)

            No. 3: The 1889 revision of Bruckner's troubled Third Symphony is not the best of the three existing versions of the work (Bruckner's original 1873 score is probably the best overall, with the 1877 version a serviceable compromise between the wild original and the 1889 bludgeoning), but Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic make the best of it. In fact, they do more than that. This is an electrifying performance from start to finish, played with power by the BPO (especially those glorious trumpets). Blazing stuff!

            No. 4: On its own, this 1976 DG remake is basically fine---I like its driven, dramatic thrust, appropriate to one of Bruckner's "lighter" symphonic works. But Karajan's broader 1970 EMI recording with the same orchestra is much more memorable, and in slightly better sound too.

            No. 5: 3/4s of a great performance. The Adagio is quite moving at a very slow tempo; the Finale culminates in a concluding chorale that is as awesome-sounding as any great performance should be. I have misgivings about Karajan's reading of the first movement, though; as magnificently as the BPO plays it, it still seems a bit too slow and monolithic for its own good (it's virtually at one very moderate tempo, which is not what Bruckner indicates in the score). A notable performance, nonetheless, with great orchestral playing throughout.

            No. 6: The one misfire of the set. Karajan still shows a structural grip on the symphony, but the BPO playing simply sounds uninvolved in parts. The slow movement is a particular disappointment; the playing is so bland that it sounds merely slow-moving rather than transcendant. Not the worst performance of this underrated symphony, but hardly the best.

            No. 7: A beautiful performance, with a particularly sublime slow movement. His 1989 recording with the Vienna Philharmonic has better recorded sound, though.

            No. 8: This was Karajan's favorite symphony among the nine, and his 1988 recording of this work with the Vienna Philharmonic remains one of the best. The 1976 DG recording that is part of this set is no slouch either: it's quicker overall (which I rather prefer), and it has great authority. (That said, the VPO's orchestral playing---especially the brass playing---outclasses the BPO in spots.)

            No. 9: The cycle culminates in a worthy performance of what could have Bruckner's greatest symphony, had he not died before finishing the Finale. Carlo Maria Giulini's grand 1988 Vienna Philharmonic recording will always be a personal favorite among Ninths, but Karajan's less extreme interpretation is almost as powerful. The Adagio here may not be as "final" as other interpretations make it, but it is touching nevertheless.

            In the end, I would not recommend just getting one set of Bruckner symphonies, since Bruckner's Nine covers such a wide range of musical environments that inevitably some conductors will respond to some symphonies better than others. Still, all in all, this Karajan set will satisfy if you are looking to buy all the Bruckner symphonies in one purchase. As a whole cycle, this is one of the most consistently terrific sets around, and will serve as a fine introduction to the musical world of Anton Bruckner, one of the most touching figures in music history. Recommended.

            5 out of 5 stars superlative.......2004-11-21

            I can't add any further to the reviews already mentioned except to say these are some of the most enjoyable musical experiences I have ever had!

            Music Composers:

            1. Bruneau, Alfred
            2. Bryars, Gavin
            3. Buck, Ole
            4. Bull, John
            5. Burgmüller, August Joseph Norbert
            6. Burgmüller, Johann Friedrich Franz
            7. Ferruccio Benvenuto Busoni
            8. Butterworth, Arthur
            9. Buxtehude, Dietrich
            10. Byrd, William

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