Bruckner - Symphony No.8 & Strauss - Metamorphosen - Giuseppe Sinopoli (2LP, Box set)
Anton Bruckner - Symphony No. 8, in C minor (Version: 1890 Edition: Leopold Nowak)
Richard Strauss - Metamorphosen av. 142 Study for 23 Solo Strings
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
2LPs, Box set
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g Virgin vinyl
Record color : Black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Pallas (Germany)
Label : Analogphonic
Original label : Deutsche Grammophon
Recorded in December 1994 at Lukaskirche, Dresden
Recorded by Oliver Rogalla
Engineered by Klaus Hiemann
Mastered by Maarten de Boer
Produced by Werner Mayer
Originally released in 1996
Reissued in 2016
Tracks :
Side A : Bruckner - Symphony No. 8
- Allegro moderato
- Scherzo. Allegro moderato Trio. Langsam
Side B : Bruckner - Symphony No. 8
- Adagio. Feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppend
Side C: Bruckner - Symphony No. 8
- Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell
Side D : Richard Strauss - Metamorphosen av. 142 Study for 23 Solo Strings
- Adagio ma non troppo
- Agitato
- Piu allegro
- Adagio, tempo primo - molto lento
Reviews:
“The new recording under Giuseppe Sinopoli is a thing to treasure. Here is music-making of tact and sensibility, free of all taint of bombast
or saccharine self-pity, a lament sufficient unto itself that can only serve, surely, to help purify and heal. (About) this Dresden account of
Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony... I have never heard the work more lucidly recorded, more clearly played or more exactly conducted than it is
here. It is Sinopoli’s amazingly exact calibration of dynamics and dynamic levels that the extraordinarily precise realization of this by the Dresden players. They are great performances, summa cum laude, a term of approbation the new Dresden performances of Strauss and Bruckner also richly deserve.” Richard Osborne / The Gramophone Magazine
Ratings:
Discogs : 5 / 5