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In Reply to: RE: Two things posted by steve.ott@kctcs.edu on January 04, 2017 at 19:17:05
I agree that this is a superb performance. Alas, DG did a dreadful job IMO with the recording. Not sure why, but they dropped the ball on this one. For my taste, Karajan and Bruckner are heard to best effect in his two early 1970s EMI Electrola recordings of 4 and 7 -- and to a lesser extent his 1958 Symphony 8 -- all recorded in the Jesus-Christus Kirche in Berlin-Dahlem. The DG recordings are all from the Philharmonie, when DG was still apparently trying to figure out how best to record there! My surmise, of course....
John Proffitt
Edits: 01/06/17Follow Ups:
I agree, but for some reason I like the sound of the recording of the 5th better than the 8th, even though they are recorded in the same place (I think). Too bad he couldn't have recorded from 4 on up with the Wien in the Musikvereinsaal. But then I would probably miss the strong Berlin strings. Thanks for the EMI recommendations for 4 and 7. What is the orchestra?
The EMI Electrola recordings are all with the Berlin Phil.
Re the difference with DG between 5 and 8 -- the fact was, their engineers were experimenting with mic placement in the Philharmonie. Listen to the 6th from that set to hear the closest HVK came to disaster: not a good outcome.
John Proffitt
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