Posted by in addition . on March 21, 2002 at 05:54:57:
In Reply to: Re: Vienna Bruckner 8 posted by Barry Guerrero on March 21, 2002 at 05:23:18:
. . in addition, consider that the VPO has made commercial recordings of the Bruckner 8th with Carl Schuricht (EMI); Solti (Decca); Karl Boehm (DG); Giulini (DG); Karajan (DG); Haitink (Philips - never brought to the U.S.); and Boulez (DG). Not's not even mentioning any of the *pirates* that exist of live performances. Even the LPO hasn't recorded any Elgar that many times.
I'm very glad that you got to see/hear the VPO playing Bruckner, but let's not run down American orchestras in the process, that's all. I actually heard a very fine B8 in San Francisco under Herbert Blomstedt, once upon a time.
Barry Guerrero