Music Lane

It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes.

Use this form to submit comments directly to the Asylum moderators for this forum. We're particularly interested in truly outstanding posts that might be added to our FAQs.
You may also use this form to provide feedback or to call attention to messages that may be in violation of our content rules.

You must login to use this feature.

Inmate Login

By default, logging in will set a session cookie that disappears when you close your browser. Clicking on the 'Remember my Moniker & Password' below will cause a permanent 'Login Cookie' to be set.

Moniker/Username: The Name that you picked or by default, your email. Forgot Moniker?	Examples "Rapper", "Bob W", "joe@aol.com".
Password:	Forgot Password?
	Remember my Moniker & Password ( What's this?)

If you don't have an Asylum Account, you can create one by clicking Here.

Our privacy policy can be reviewed by clicking Here.

Inmate Comments

From:
Your Email:
Subject:

Message Comments

Original Message

Bruckner beckons, but I need some advice...

Posted by Doktor Brahms on January 4, 2017 at 07:38:29:
I've never been much invested in Bruckner's symphonies, mainly because of their length measured against time available for music listening. But now I'm retired, so listening sessions can start early and end late. Bring on Bruckner!

Toward this end, I recently acquired Skrowaczewski's cycle based on a recent thread on this forum. This conductor seems to have the measure of this music, but my problem has to do with the recordings themselves. I've mentioned before that my hearing has eroded somewhat and that the super-extreme dynamic range of today's recordings can frustrate my ability to hear the quiet end of the dynamic scale. Alas, this is the case with the Oehms set. This is of course not a criticism of the recordings; it's my problem, not theirs.

Since I still want to explore the symphonies, I'd like to acquire another cycle with--gasp!--a more restricted dynamic range. I'm thinking the analogue Philips set with Haitink might fill the bill. Or what about Janowski on Pentatone? The Pentatone house sound seems to work well on my system. Any other thoughts? Thanks for your advice.