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Posted by TGR (A) on January 27, 2015 at 07:30:14

In Reply to: HA... posted by bruckner9 on January 26, 2015 at 22:30:15:

OK, just checked out relative timings of the Nowak edition of the 8th at www.abruckner.com. Giulini clocks in 87 minutes. Here are some others:

Horenstein 76
Harnoncourt 82
Janowski 79
Jochum (DG) 74
KLEMPERER 84
Mehta 78
Szell 82

The only slower performance by a major conductor that I could find in a cursory scan was Celibidache at a whopping 99 minutes!

So, yes, Giulini is slow. This kind of timing is typical of his later work, as you know - he went from moderate tempos as a younger conductor to much slower ones as he aged.

But I didn't say it was bad.....I just said it was slow....and it is.

:-)

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Topic - Bruckner's 6th - TGR 14:26:05 01/25/15 (12)

RE: Bruckner's 6th - alc777 06:18:16 01/29/15 (0)

Will look for Klemp's 6th. I don't get it either. Surprised you didn't like the slow mov't of the 5th, which - jdaniel@jps.net 07:21:43 01/27/15 (1)

RE: Will look for Klemp's 6th. I don't get it either. Surprised you didn't like the slow mov't of the 5th, which - TGR 09:04:00 01/27/15 (0)

RE: Bruckner's 6th - Plato65 14:17:11 01/26/15 (3)

4,7,8 - TGR 15:48:45 01/26/15 (2)

HA... - bruckner9 22:30:15 01/26/15 (1)

Back at ya - TGR 07:30:14 01/27/15 (0)

RE: Bruckner's 6th - Dave Billinge 15:39:43 01/25/15 (4)

RE: Bruckner's 6th - TGR 11:03:10 01/26/15 (3)

Karajan's '70s Berlin Bruckner is a lot like his '60s Sibelius - jdaniel@jps.net 07:31:17 01/27/15 (2)

Interesting - TGR 08:45:01 01/27/15 (1)

HVK Bruckner.... - bruckner9 19:44:24 01/27/15 (0)

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