In what has always been a more problematic symphony as far as recommendable recordings are concerned, I have increasingly gravitated towards what might be considered more "wild card" accounts, such as Mena (http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2021/Aug/Bruckner-sy6-CHAN20221.htm) Schaller, Stein and Haitink, rather than the traditional favourites. It's a tricky one to pull off, but I note that I often don't mind about tempi so much - Mena is comparatively slow, Sawallisch fast, yet I love both; it's more about cohesion and sustaining tension.
Horenstein's Bruckner 6 is with the LSO and is right at the top, or would be if a better sound source for it could be found. So the LSO can play it.
Don't forget Keilberth/BPO, though the briskish second movement might be a problem for some
Hi Lee
Read your review of Sir Simon's LSO bruckner 6. As you are probably aware, I believe Rattle is a hoax perpetrated on music by British Music Critics.
However, it brought to mind the dreadful LSO 6th under Sir Colin Davis, a conductor I respect enormously. Maybe Bruckner 6 and the LSO are not meant to cohabitate.
Also, while I am on my high horse, there is something so glib and false about Karajan's version of this mighty work: I recall bursting out laughing when I first heard it. Give me Blomstedt - San Fran - Jochum, yes, and the mighty Celi for the 6th.
As I get off my horse, I admit I admire Rattle's Bruckner 9.
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