Re: Blind Spots
Posted by dieter barkhoff on October 20, 2020, 1:21 am, in reply to "
Re: Blind Spots"
I had a similar Damascus moment with Bruckner. The first Bruckner I bought was the Westminster Knappertsbusch Munich Bruckner 8. I did not get it at all. Then I saved my shillings and pence and bought the Kertesz 4. Yes, that was etwahr gut, as we say in my old country, and apart from hearing the scherzo of the 8th conducted by Karajan on the radio and being bowled over, Bruckner lay on the back burner for me until I walked into John Clements, a once-famous Melbourne record store, and this mighty music was thundering through the store. I asked my friend, Francis, What the F is this? He held up the cover: Bruckner 8, the beginning of the last movement, Eugen Jochum, Dresden Staatskapelle. I bowed down. I thanked the Lord. Previous Message Mike, as one of the resident Bruckner-mavens on MWI who loves and frequently reviews him, while I might clutch my chest and try to breathe slowly when anyone says they don't get Bruckner, then I remember that it was years before I found that I suddenly appreciated him and that devotion has only increased since - although you do say you are well advanced into the vale of years, so I hope plenty of time remains for you to come around. However, I do agree with you about interesting conductors and like your short-list. Sadly, the only thing upon which so many of us agree is that Sir Simon does not - shall I say? - figure prominently on that list.
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