Wiener Philharmoniker & Carl Schuricht – Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 8 & Symphony No. 9 (2012) [SACD / EMI Classics – 5 099995 598420]
Title: Wiener Philharmoniker & Carl Schuricht – Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 8 & Symphony No. 9 (2012) {2x Hybrid-SACD}
Genre: Classical
Format: SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC
As a passionate listener rather than a musician, I value music for the pleasure it brings, believing listeners are as vital as performers, and I find overly technical reviews by scholars less relevant than the emotional impact of a performance. This SACD, featuring Carl Schuricht conducting Bruckner’s Symphonies Nos. 8 and 9 with the Vienna Philharmonic, is a miracle of EMI’s remastering from 1961 and 1963 recordings, showcasing astonishing clarity despite the era’s razor-blade editing techniques. Schuricht, an old-fashioned conductor like Furtwängler or Klemperer, brings mastery to the Nowak Edition of the Eighth, taking liberties that enhance the performance, with fast yet detailed scherzos and deeply beautiful adagios. The Vienna Philharmonic performs at its peak, making this a must-have for Bruckner fans, whose music—far from the “symphonic boa-constrictor” Brahms criticized—is essential to understanding late 19th-century composers like Mahler and Sibelius.
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