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Binding : Audio CDEAN : 0724356262126Label : EMI ClassicsManufacturer : EMI ClassicsPublisher : EMI ClassicsRelease date : 2003-09-01Title : Symphony No. 6 (Klemperer/Philharmonia Orchestra)Original release date : 2003-09-01Running time : 75Studio : EMI ClassicsNumber of discs : 1 The sound is very good; the performance superb. The Sixth is a strange Symphony, not with the physical ups and downs of the 5th, or the mystical visios of the three last symphonies. In its phantomatic breathing, it is quite the space between the human and the mystical part of Bruckner. Like a stairway.
br /Some of the typical Klemperer moves (no tempi, slow exposition of the themes) here all converge to display the best of Bruckner: harsh as a cliff, the first theme emerges and we can feel the oscillating environment in the violins and in the winds. Klemperer really creates a Bruckner sound that is far from the brass-timpani-pizzicato strings most conductors reduce it. This is sharp light. Even the Adagio seems not languorous, but inhabitated with an inconcrete and permanent energy. That is the secret of Klemperer's Bruckner: the display of its immense and inner energy.
br /After listening to this performance, you can understand why fire starts in the stone's mouvement.
This is, quite simply, the most satisfying Bruckner 6 available. Wonderful sound and vintage Klemperer interpretation.
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br /25 February 2009. Since writing the above review the remarkable Norrington recording Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 has been issued. This is IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY as satisfying as this vintage Klemperer recording. You really need both! But if you can only afford one then this Klemperer performance remains a classic and you will not be disappointed.