Symphony No. 8 in C minor

Anton Bruckner

Enregistrements

Premier Choix

Gunter Wand / Berlin Philharmonic

2001 Live recording

Gil's first recommendation. Wand 'let the music unfold naturally.' Gil describes it as having 'beautiful eloquence... inevitability... gorgeous' and 'seductive' sound.

Également Recommandés

Gunter Wand / North German Radio Symphony

1987 Live recording

'Special for its intensity.' It has a 'hushed intensity' and 'really powerful' big climaxes.

Herbert von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic

1975

Gil's preference over the more famous 1988 version. It has an 'immaculate understanding of the architecture' and 'palpable concentration and intensity.'

Herbert von Karajan / Vienna Philharmonic

1988

'Maybe Karajan's most celebrated recording.' Gil finds it 'a little bit lacking in energy and concentration' compared to the 1975 version, but acknowledges it's 'definitely a powerful one.'

Carlo Maria Giulini / Vienna Philharmonic

1984

'Excellent digital sound.' A 'patient, spiritual' performance with 'longer... slower tempos, which works very well... power and majesty.'

Karl Böhm / Vienna Philharmonic

c. 1976

'This way that just sounds natural. The beauty of the Vienna Philharmonic, the sound quality.'

Pierre Boulez / Vienna Philharmonic

1996

'Very alert... incisive, very sharp, very tight... very powerful while also being musical and beautiful.' Good if you find Bruckner 'meandering.'

Christian Thielemann / Vienna Philharmonic

c. 2018-2019

A 'slow building' performance with a 'more round, less incisively sharp' sound. Thielemann 'patiently, very powerfully' builds climaxes.

Wilhelm Furtwängler / Vienna Philharmonic

1944

Gil's 'Desert Island, Bruckner 8th.' The sound is 'actually really good for 1944.' He calls it 'one of those intense, hypnotic performances... just a devastating performance.'