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Posted by John Quinn A joint response from Patrick and I. Firstly, many thanks for your complimentary comments about our article. The response from yourself and the earlier one from Drasko are just the sort of things we hoped for. As you'll have seen, our article was just an attempt to share with others our enthusiasm for versions of these great works that we particularly appreciate. You have drawn everyone's attention to yet more versions that are clearly well worth hearing. (I assume you've also seen the separate contributions on the Message Board started by Tony Duggan?) I have to confess that I am unfamiliar with the various recordings that you list though I did hear some of the Jochum DG cycle on LP back in the 1970s. A very good friend of mine had the full set and these were probably some of the earliest Bruckner recordings I ever heard. It would be great if DG could see their way to reissuing them. At around the same time I guess, Jochum recorded much of the sacred music with Bavarian Radio forces and very fine these were. The recordings of the three Masses at least have made it onto CD in DG's Originals series (2 CD set 447 409-2) and if you haven't heard these I do recommend them strongly. You're absolutely right about Barenboim's two cycles. The Chicago set was his first one (for DG). The second one is with the Berlin Phil (Warner). This has just been reissued as a boxed set and Patrick is currently working on a review, which we hope will be on Music Web before long.
on March 13, 2005, 12:44 pm, in reply to "Re: Bruckner Symphonies Review"
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