In Reply to: Oh Boy! ANOTHER Bruckner Thread - Time to 'fess up: what's your LEAST favorite Bruckner Symphony? posted by Chris from Lafayette on January 25, 2016 at 08:57:35:
Well, I don't mean it, but I have had my issues with Bruckner. Actually, I really like what Szell does with the 3rd so it wouldn't be that one. I also enjoy the 4th, 6th, 7th and 8th. The 9th makes sense to me only when played with a completed 4th movement. I believe the answer is the 5th....the last movement seems to me to be the most egregious example of empty note spinning ever composed by a composer with a major reputation. Believe me, I have tried to get into this piece, starting back in the early 70s when I received Haitink's recording from the International Preview Society.
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Follow Ups
- All of them? - TGR 16:34:26 01/25/16 (1)
- Wow! That last movement of the Fifth is one of my absolute favorites! ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 16:51:59 01/25/16 (0)