In Reply to: Yes - I think we're starting to see a groundswell of suppoort for the 4-movement version of the work posted by Chris from Lafayette on March 22, 2012 at 14:13:33:
Bruckner intended a 4th movement of the 9th and composed most of it. To not include the last movement in a performance is like playing the first 3 movements of Beethoven's 9th only, a distortion of the composer's intentions.
BTW - I also feel that playing the Adagio only of Mahler's 10th is also a distortion of Mahler's intentions - either play one of the completions (and these are more speculative that the last movement of Bruckner's 9th) or don't play it. The movement does not stand by itself as a complete work.
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Follow Ups
- Totally agree - TGR 14:49:09 03/22/12 (4)
- +2 - rbolaw 08:48:34 03/23/12 (3)
- RE: +2 - Thornhill 12:09:50 03/24/12 (2)
- RE: +2 - rbolaw 11:33:45 03/25/12 (1)
- Great points - TGR 17:29:05 03/25/12 (0)