Painstakingly-sculpted!Whiplash-inducing tempo changes, vulgar application of light and shade, micro-managed phrasing and articulation that borders on the pedantic...not one measure is left unmolested.
I stopped after the 1st mov't, which Honeck mistakes for Strauss' Alpine Symphony: Sunrise, man taking brisk walk in mountain, mountain mocks man, man falls down mountain, mountain animals laugh, barometer drops, humidity rises, storm's a brewin', storm directly overhead, storm passing, humble choral thanking God for surviving storm.... Every passage capable of projecting subjective, metaphorical overtones (nature!) is milked to death, at the expense of overall coherence. The final horn-calls lack decisiveness, too.
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Edits: 04/30/17 04/30/17
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Topic - Well, I must be the only one in the world who doesn't like Honeck's Bruckner 4th. Good Lord, even the Fermatas are - jdaniel@jps.net 12:01:19 04/30/17 (3)
- RE: Well, I must be the only one in the world who doesn't like Honeck's Bruckner 4th. Good Lord, even the Fermatas are - Ivan303 16:28:45 04/30/17 (0)
- LOL! - I kind of know what you're talking about with over-thought interpretations of things - Chris from Lafayette 12:55:36 04/30/17 (1)
- Glad you enjoyed, but Sudbin? Really? - jdaniel@jps.net 13:40:50 04/30/17 (0)