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Does anybody know of this conductor
Just listened to his Bruckner 8th
It is a big massive performance recorded in a large hall with a lot of reverb. This reverb though really works with Bruckner. I think this is a brilliant performance
Alan
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Heinz Rögner was a superb, no-nonsense Brucknerian. Oddly enough, he only recorded symphonies 4 thru 9, and apparently those were the only ones he conducted in public concert, as far as my research can determine. He also recorded Mass #2, Mass #3 and the Te Deum. All are available on Berlin Classics, remastered from the original VEB Deutsche Schallplatten recordings. If one can generalize, Rögner tends to faster tempos and greater dramatic emphasis when compared to other conductors. All of his recordings have much very valuable to say about Bruckner, IMO.
John Proffitt
The East Germans had a lot of excellent conductors who weren't that well known in the West, and Rogner is certainly one of them. However, I see that one of the Amazon customers is all bent out of shape because he broadens the last three measures of the finale! ;-)
I just listened to it. Nice performance and nice sound. I did realize I do not really like this symphony. Most Bruckner symphonies have some beautiful melodies. This has none. Oh well
Alan
Strange - I like the Sixth much more than I do the Seventh, but I realize that's a minority opinion.
I don't think it is strange. We both react to differnt things in music. It is an emotional reaction. It would be strange if we always agree.
Happy holidays Chris
Alan
It was in the book, "Conversations with Klemperer", by Peter Heyworth (1985). Klemperer was talking about Richard Strauss, who, evidently, toured South America with the Vienna Philharmonic. (The time period seems to be in the 1920's.) Anyway, the concerts featured a Bruckner symphony (he doesn't say which one), and afterwards, at a gala hosted by the South American committee which had put on the concert, Strauss was asked to speak. He started talking about the Bruckner symphony they had played, and declared, "That's the way our peasants compose!" ;-)
Hope your holidays are happy too!
Now there's a book I did not know existed.....just ordered a used copy.
I have the 2 volume bio, which I have always thought to be excellent.
The 1985 date I gave in my previous post was the date of the book's appearance in paperback. The actual interviews were conducted shortly before Klemperer's death in 1973.
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