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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
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This is a stunning bargain if you are wondering whether you are interested in the music of this great composer. My introduction to Bruckner on record was via Jochum's DG set on vinyl and I have loved both ever since. This EMI set produces the same interpretations with a different orchestra and the only thing that I notice that sets them apart is a slight hint of "routine" . But this might just be that the recording by EMI sounds a little more laid back than that by DG. Whatever - unless we are going to get into the realms of the different versions of these symphonies, this set will give pleasure to anyone who has around an hour or more at any one moment to listen to a piece of orchestral music. In particular the early symphonies, which are sometimes felt to be less important than the later ones, sound beautiful. I was lucky enough to hear this orchestra live during the period that these recordings were made and these CDs capture their rich and mellow sound. For those of you who, like me, explore multiple recorded versions, I wouldn't be without this one. Enjoy.
46 of 48 people found the following review helpful
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This is an excellent reading of Bruckners nine symphonies. The price is probably the most appealing factor here, but when one looks at the combination of Jochum and the Dreseden Staatskappelle, it is clear this is no cheap and cheerful set, but as vibrant and involving an interpretation as one would expect from as leading a Bruckner authority as Jochum. This set is at least as good as the much more expensive Berlin Phil DG set, which Jochum recorded some years earlier. If you dont have any Bruckner CDs this is the place to start, and even if you do, Jochums insights (he was President of the International Bruckner Society) make it an absorbing listen.
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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Eugen Jochum's approach to Bruckner is an important part of the performance history of the symphonies. It is ecstatic and poetically romantic when compared with the likes of Karajan or Barenboim. At the present Amazon price this EMI set represents almost unbelievable value and though the sound is a little muddly when compared with the earlier DGG performances it is still worth buying. If you have a tone control on your hi-fi you will, oddly, need to cut the treble on the rather harsh recording of number 6. Otherwise the sound is a little bass-heavy. My personal preference would be for the DGG set, which is a little more expensive but has a wonderful Symphony 5 and a highly original interpretation of number 9. Both EMI and DGG sets have contraversially quick and unsettled performances of Symphony 8 in the Nowak edition of the 1890 version. There is, unfortunately, at present no recommendable bargain version of the Haas Edition of Symphony 8 which conflates the 1890 text with some sections of the 1887 version. For the (in my opinion less successful) 1887 (first) version the outright winner is Tintner on Naxos. Jocum's 1948 Hamburg version of the Haas edition of Number 8 is available in surprisingly good mono sound on DGG Originals in a mid-price double album. This latter is one of the best "historical" performances available.
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