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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
CONSUMMATE BRUCKNERISM, 12 Oct 2003
I collected these recordings when they were issued singly and am glad that they have been chronicled in a very convenient box. The incisive notes are written by Tintner himself and they are illuminating without having too many purely musical terms to bewilder the musically untrained.These interpretations stand up very well to most of the "big-name" interpreters such as Karajan, Jochum, Celidibache, et al. The Scottish orchestra is amazing and the soundscape is broad and deep and detailed - kudos to the sound engineers. Some of maestro Tintner's interpretive touches are felicitous and I was aware when relistening to these symphonies of how completely Georg Tintner had grasped the essential otherworldliness of Anton Bruckner. It truly does take a fellow Austrian to perceive the quintessence of Bruckner's world - Karajan also had great success in his recordings and performances of Bruckner symphonies(except for the 6th). Georg Tintner -before his unfortunate suicide in Canada in 1999 by self-defenestration (he had very painful cancer) - was music director of Symphony Nova Scotia and his conducting of Delius almost rivals that of Beecham and Sargent. Do yourself a favour and buy this set because it is dirt cheap, beautifully packaged, gloriously recorded, superbly played by the RSNO, and instinctively conducted by a Brucknerite for the ages. Timothy Wingate, Ottawa, Canada
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