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Bruckner's Study Symphony
Posted by Michael Bullivant on August 19, 2024, 10:30 pm
I think I agree with Ralph Moore about Poschner’s Bruckner (‘think’ because I haven’t heard many of them, only read reviews - haste is usually a mistake in Bruckner!) but I suspect the difference in timings in the outer movements of the Study Symphony (which I think is well worth hearing!) is presumably because Schaller observes the repeats in the outer movements and Poschner doesn’t – Simone Young's timings are very similar to those of Schaller though perhaps she takes more note of the 'molto vivace' in the first movement and brings it home in a minute less. And presumably for once Schaller has his foot harder on the pedal in the scherzo as both Young and Poschner take around half a minute more, as does Skrowaczewski.
I think I agree with Ralph Moore about Poschner’s Bruckner (‘think’ because I haven’t heard many of them, only read reviews - haste is usually a mistake in Bruckner!) but I suspect the difference in timings in the outer movements of the Study Symphony (which I think is well worth hearing!) is presumably because Schaller observes the repeats in the outer movements and Poschner doesn’t – Simone Young's timings are very similar to those of Schaller though perhaps she takes more note of the 'molto vivace' in the first movement and brings it home in a minute less. And presumably for once Schaller has his foot harder on the pedal in the scherzo as both Young and Poschner take around half a minute more, as does Skrowaczewski.
I have now checked and you are indeed right, Michael: Schaller takes the exposition repeats - amounting to four minutes in the first movement and three in the finale which accounts for some of the differences - but Poschner is still characteristically fast and driven. I have corrected my review and thank you again for picking up on that error.
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I think I agree with Ralph Moore about Poschner’s Bruckner (‘think’ because I haven’t heard many of them, only read reviews - haste is usually a mistake in Bruckner!) but I suspect the difference in timings in the outer movements of the Study Symphony (which I think is well worth hearing!) is presumably because Schaller observes the repeats in the outer movements and Poschner doesn’t – Simone Young's timings are very similar to those of Schaller though perhaps she takes more note of the 'molto vivace' in the first movement and brings it home in a minute less. And presumably for once Schaller has his foot harder on the pedal in the scherzo as both Young and Poschner take around half a minute more, as does Skrowaczewski.