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In Reply to: RE: Bruckner Afternoon: Time to Finally Explore the "Wing" Cycle posted by jdaniel@jps.net on September 27, 2020 at 11:32:57
DG did an outstanding job with this latest remastering IMHO (assuming that the other symphonies came up as well as the Fifth!).
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The sound is very good. The "ambience" I crave is intact. Bruckner's grand vistas unfold as they should but do so within a solid (and admittedly inescapable) frame. No tape saturation issues.
I'd rank the sound above their Sibelius 5th and Dvorak Cello Concerto reissues.
K's 8th, 1st mov't seems a bit choppy but climaxes make their mark. I found it hard to "lock in" but maybe it was me. That said, masterful pacing of the 3rd and 4th movts. Very satisfying and string sound is remarkably beautiful.
I'm anxious to investigate their Schoenberg Pelleas and Verklakte Nacht remaster now.
It will be interesting to see if DG's Tonmeisters did any miracles this time around.
The interpretations are as robust and (over?) prepared as can be, but the lack any front to back spacial cues did begin to fatigue my ears.
I went back to the Tintner 6
which I found to be a far more listener-friendly, roomy recording, projecting a more uncanny spread of an orchestra.
Lack of front-to-back depth has been my problem too with many of DG's recordings over the years. The Fifth (which I did hear) seemed much improved in this regard compared to earlier incarnations I'd heard. Of course, this is all within the confines of 2-channel - otherwise, I'd be hyping Blomstedt, Janowski, Honeck, Zweden, P. Jarvi, Ballot, Harnoncourt, (and more - really amazing how much there is!). . . ;-)
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