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Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 Import

Anton Bruckner (Composer), Herbert von Karajan (Conductor), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra) Format: Audio CD
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Product Details

  • Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
  • Composer: Anton Bruckner
  • Audio CD (September 13, 1989)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  • ASIN: B000001GAX
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsA short guide for buying Bruckner's 8th symphony on CD
By Peter Akerlund on December 29, 2001
Format: Audio CD
First of all this is not intended as a detailed review on Karajan's reading of Bruckner's 8th, but rather a guide for people that consider buying a Bruckner 8th on CD. I have acquired seven Bruckner 8th's thus far and here is my view on them:
1)Karajan,Wiener Philharmoniker,Studio,DDD,1988,83 min,2 CD's,Full Price
This recording is something extraordinary, one of these recordings where everything went right. Karajan, knowing his own death is approaching rapidly, conducts with uttermost dedication and concentration throughout. The outer movements are almost perfect. You have goose bumps all over your body in the great climax in the middle of the sublime Adagio. Sound is of wide dynamic range and showcases every detail of the symphony. Wiener Philharmoniker play as if they are in trance, the entire orchestra performs with near perfection. One example of this is the Wagner Tuba playing at the end of the adagio. They play with absolute tonal precision in this extremely demanding part where they are supposed to play slowly and quietly.
2)Haitink,Wiener Philharmoniker,Studio,DDD,1995,83 min,2 CD's,Full Price
This recording has almost perfect sound, partly thanks to Volker Strauss, renowned engineer for Philips, whose balancing etc. is of highest quality. Orchestra plays equally well here as in the Karajan version. Both of these two recordings use the preferred Haas Edition that for instance ends in pianissimo in the first movement. The performance is characterized by a sweeping, broad, ever expanding sound with extraordinary layering of sounds where each section of the orchestra are heard in layers on top of each other.
3)Barenboim,Berliner Philharmoniker,Live,DDD,1994,77 min,1 CD,Medium Price
This version is recorded in full, warm sound with enormous dynamic range.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsThe Karajan-Giulini non-contest decided
By MartinP on January 25, 2003
Format: Audio CD
This recording is usually advertised as the best Bruckner 8 on disc, so I was eager to get to know it. I've always been puzzled by the fact that Karajan, that cool, haughty, cosmopolitan aristocrat, should hold the key to Bruckner's later works, as seems to be the case judging from his DG recordings from the 6th upward. His character seems more in line with Richard Strauss and in consequence greatly at odds with Bruckner's personality and his style, which in spite of its superficial grandiloquence is essentially introverted, tormented and unmistakably obsessive-compulsive. My main comparison was Giulini`s recording, made a few years earlier with the same orchestra, and usually considered a worthy runner-up to the Karajan. Unlike you might expect, given the same orchestra, the same recording venue and company, and two conductors both well beyond their pensionable age, the readings are very different indeed. Karajan opts for the analytical, objective approach. He produces an amazingly clear and differentiated sound picture in which just about everything is in the right place at the right time. True, the horns are a bit too recessed, and the euphoric trumpet fanfares in the finale get lost in the general hubbub, but the blame for that probably lies with the technicians. Rhythm is taut (even the opening tremolando seems to keep time exactly), and the articulation veers more toward the staccato than the legato. Tempo's are generally uncontroversial, though there are a few uncalled for gear changes (like a sudden speeding up at the harp-passage in the middle of Scherzo`s Trio). Sometimes the result sounds a bit too nervous and agitated for my liking, but then again Bruckner did suffer from more than his fair share of neuroses.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsAltogether extraordinary
By Bruce Hodges on April 26, 2002
Format: Audio CD
In 1989, I was lucky to be in the audience for von Karajan's performance of this piece at Carnegie Hall. When the aging conductor emerged from the side door, there was a soft gasp in the audience as an escort helped him make his way to the podium. But once there, the conductor's arms were raised in total confidence, and I will never forget the image: it reminded me of two giant wings unfurling, as if he were saying, "Get ready, we're about to take off."
This recording captures much of that mesmerizing experience, not to mention the conductor's final thoughts on this incredible symphony. His other recordings of the Eighth - the classic one on DG with the Berlin Philharmonic, and an even earlier one on EMI, also with Berlin - are superb, but this one is in a class of its own.
The Vienna Philharmonic play with consummate skill, precision and devotion. All four movements have many pleasures throughout - far too many moments to enumerate here. The great "Adagio," taken at a very slow, majestic tempo, is just about as sublime as anyone could want. Some listeners may prefer a slightly faster, more flowing approach, but I am (generally) in the camp of those who favor a more deliberate pace. When the music is this beautiful, you want it to last as long as possible.
There are many, many fine recordings of this piece by other conductors. I find Boulez's reading (also with Vienna) surprisingly satisfying, and there will always be a special place in my soul for Klaus Tennstedt's version on EMI with the London Philharmonic, not to mention the historic one with Eduard van Beinum and the Concertgebouw. This, however, is a unique experience and is well worth the two-disc investment. Although officially, von Karajan's last recording was the Bruckner Seventh, this Eighth "feels" more like the conductor's final statement, and a most memorable and touching good-bye it is.
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