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Bruckner: Symphonies 7 & 8 - Solti

Bruckner: Symphonies 7 & 8 - Solti

Universal (Japan)  UCGD-9110 (2 discs)

Stereo Single Layer

Classical - Orchestral


Wiener Philharmoniker
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)

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Comment by Gordon Lilley - November 24, 2024 (1 of 1)

This is a companion release to the Mehta Bruckner 9 but is rather less impressive, I fear. The Solti 7th was recorded in the Sofiensaal on 28th of October, 1965, just 3 days before the sessions began on Die Walküre. The 8th at the beginning of December 1966. The 7th is the most successful of the two, as Solti sounds rather unsettled in the 8th, and there is a lack of that “mystery" which is desirable in Bruckner. This 8th sounds underprepared and perhaps lacking in rehearsal. It was recorded at the beginning of December, 1966. The recordings are quite typical of the Decca / Culshaw / Vienna sound of the golden age of the 1960s. This is a valuable addition to the SACD catalogue, however, the Mehta is probably the most desirable of the two.