CELIBIDACHE / Münchner Philharmoniker - Bruckner: Symphony No. 6

Anton Bruckner (Composer), Sergiu Celibidache (Conductor), Münchner Philharmoniker (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Münchner Philharmoniker
• Conductor: Sergiu Celibidache
• Composer: Anton Bruckner
• Audio CD (April 6, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI Classics
• ASIN: B00000IG32
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #96,244 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Symphony No. 6 In A Major: Applause

2. Symphony No. 6 In A Major: l. Majestoso

3. Symphony No. 6 In A Major: ll. Adagio. Sehr feierlich

4. Symphony No. 6 In A Major: lll. Scherzo. Nicht schnell - Trio. Langsam

5. Symphony No. 6 In A Major: lV. Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell

6. Symphony No. 6 In A Major: Applause

Customer Reviews

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A magnificent musical experience, October 3, 1999

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Jim Rickman (Sudbury, MA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: CELIBIDACHE / Münchner Philharmoniker - Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 (Audio CD)

I heard Bruckner for the first time at a Friday afternoon Boston Symphony Orchestra concert more than 30 years ago when this symphony was performed. No interpretaion of this symphony since then has been able to quite match the feelings I had then, when I was introduced to Bruckner with, for me, his most beautiful symphony. But when I listened to Celibidache's interpretation here on this CD, I knew I was listening to one of the greatest performances of Bruckner ever. This is truly a soul-stirring event. Celibidache knew how to perform Bruckner! For me, this is the definitive Bruckner 6th! A beautiful and truly mountain-top revelation of a performance.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant and frustrating, January 29, 2000

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This review is from: CELIBIDACHE / Münchner Philharmoniker - Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 (Audio CD)

This performance contains 3/4ths of the best Bruckner 6th (and indeed some of the very best Bruckner) I have ever heard.

The first three movements are, to my ears, perfection. In particular, Celibidache takes an enormous risk with the Adagio and makes it pay off. Who else would dare to stretch out this ethereal music to such lengths? The committed playing of the orchestra holds the movement together gloriously in what could have been a disaster in less commited hands. This movement alone is an experience.

Unfortunately, the 4th movement is not at the same inspired level of the first three movements. The playing is just as committed, but I think that the tempo is too fast, especially coming off of what he accomplished with the adagio. It's not that his timing is much quicker than other conductors here, in fact he is more leisurely than the norm. It's just that in comparison with the tension built up in the prior movements,the finale to my ears lets up a bit and is not the overwhelming majestic culmination one would hope for.

Regardless of my feelings on the finale, this remains one of my most treasured disks and I cannot possibly think of another performance that has so captured the essence and timelesness of Bruckner than the first three movements of this gem. I give it 4 out of 5 stars because it was one movement away from my ultimate Brucner experience.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Genius of Celibidache, September 24, 2010

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Robert S. Gelfand (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CELIBIDACHE / Münchner Philharmoniker - Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 (Audio CD)

I volunteered for many years at a non-profit classical radio station in Pittsburgh.In spite of being non-profit, they still had to get in their news headlines and announcements every hour. Therefore, music had to be programmed to allow for this. For that reason, our audience seldom got to hear Bruckner and virtually never Celibidache.What a shame. I would listen at the station's library to Celi's recordings of Bruckner with the Munich Philharmonic and could not believe what I had been missing. This man was a true genius and the foremost interpreter of Bruckner. He understood and could convey his feelings of every detail of the music to the orchestra. For some reason Bruckner's Sixth is not recorded as often as his other later symphonies, and yet, under Celibidache it could be considered by many to be the greatest symphony of them all. I have a DVD of Celi conducting the Sixth with the Munich which is virtually impossible to find, but you can appreciate the dedication of this orchestra. The phrasing is absolutely perfect and the sound emanating from the orchestra is so beautiful. To think of those reviewers who dare to critique Celi's recordings in comparison to other conductors simply based on the number of minutes for a particular movement repels me. If one is completely involved with the music time is of no consequence. It reminds me of those people attending a concert who are constantly looking at their watches. If you were to have heard Celi's Sixth first then all other versions would sound inferior. My half dozen other recordings of Bruckner's Sixth now sit and collect dust. A must recording by this true genius and very great human being