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Here is some advice from a non-maven

Posted by TGR on January 4, 2017 at 09:27:03:
I am not a Bruckner maven, but over the years I have collected a few recordings that seem to work. There are a ton of recordings of Bruckner, and also you have the fun of determining which edition to listen to, and in some cases (the 3rd, for example) the editions vary substantially.

Here are a few recordings that have worked for me, as I have struggled with Bruckner - I have owned several of the Haitink Philips over the years and have found them generally boring:

3rd: Szell (the first time the 3rd ever made any sense to me)

4th: Klemperer - surprisingly swift but still massive. Vanska, for a lighter approach.

5th: I don't have a recommendation. Bruckner never heard the 5th live....and IMO it shows. Maybe I just haven't cracked the code. I have heard it live and on record a number of times. I own Harnoncourt, Klemperer, van Beinum, and Jochum EMI, and once owned Haitink

6th: Also Klemperer.

7th: I recently acquired the first Wand recording of this, with the Cologne Radio Symphony - very impressive, IMO. There is also the very late Karajan with the VPO, billed as his last recording. At the end of his life, Karajan rediscovered the joy of making music - these last recordings with the VPO are special.

8th: Karajan with the VPO. The Tintner recording on Naxos. Giulini with the VPO. This is Bruckner's greatest symphony, IMO.

9th: To me the 9th sounds incomplete without the 4th movement, which ties it all together - a controversial view, I admit, but if you listen with an open mind....Bruckner clearly meant to have a 4th movement, and to me, without it, it sounds like Beethoven's 9th without the 4th movement. Rattle's recording is probably the easiest to find, although I have the Layer recording as well, which was recommended by Richard Lehnart in Sterophile (the Rattle came out after Lehnart's article on Bruckner's 9th and its 4th movement)

You have to consult with www.abruckner.com to figure out who is who in the zoo with Bruckner.

Have fun!