Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (Bernard Haitink, Chicago Symphony)

"In this week's New Yorker I have a column about Prof. Dr. Anton Bruckner, on the occasion of the Cleveland Orchestra's Bruckner festival at Lincoln Center. The orchestra has DVD recordings of the four symphonies it played in the series: the Fifth, the Seventh, the Eighth (in the 1887 version), and the Ninth. I've heard only the last two; both are recommendable, the first for giving the best account to date of the original version of the symphony, the second for the sustained brilliance of the playing. Off the top of my head, here are a few other favorite Bruckner recordings: the Ninth, with Giulini and the Vienna Philharmonic (DG); the Eighth, with Boulez and the Vienna (DG); Furtwängler's vehement wartime Fifth with the Berlin Philharmonic (Music & Arts); the Fourth, with Jochum and the Berliners (DG); the Sixth, with Klemperer and the New Philharmonia (EMI); Haitink's fine new Chicago recording of the Seventh (Resound) ..." (Alex Ross, "Bruckner Extras (1)," The Rest Is Noise, 7/26/11).
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