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In Reply to: RE: I'm surprised there are as many recordings of that 1887 version as there are posted by merlinus on July 14, 2015 at 08:23:39:
What he did was to take the 1890 version, which was an improvement overall from the 1887 version (but which contained cuts that Bruckner made, some say at the instigation of his "friends", to improve the work's "structure"), and add back some of the parts of the 1887 version which Bruckner had cut (e.g., an episode in the finale). So I think that the Haas version contains the most music of any of the versions (not entirely sure), but it also is really a kind of conflation of the 1887 and 1890 versions that Bruckner did not do himself (nor did he approve of it - obviously, since it was done well after his death). There are two Nowak versions for this symphony: one for the 1887 version (the one which Mrs. Young uses), and one for the 1890 edition, with the Haas version existing in a kind of no man's land in between the two versions. Speaking for myself, I like the Haas version AND the Nowak 1890 version.
Now here's an added wrinkle: the Haas editions are, if you will, tainted by their association with Nazi Germany. (They generally came out during the Hitler years, and Haas himself was evidently a party member.) The Wikipedia article sums it all up in a pretty succinct fashion:
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- The Haas version of the Eighth can be very satisfying, however. . . - Chris from Lafayette 16:46:24 07/14/15 (0)
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