Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
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Composer: Anton BrucknerConductor: Bernard Haitink
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-10-09
Music Label: Cso Resound
Soundtracks:
- I. Allegro Moderato
- 2. Adagio: Sehr Feierlich Und Sehr Langsam
- 3. Scherzo: Sehr Schnell
- 4. Finale: Bewegt, Doch Nicht Schnell
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Free Music Review: nicely played, but....
Hit: 4 Stars
This is a worthwhile CD for a number of reasons. On a market-related level, it is indicative of the recent tendency by major orchestras to produce own-label CDs (the London Symphony and Amsterdam's Concertgebouw are examples). CSO Resound, the Chicago Symphony's crack at the strategy, seems as noteworthy as any of the aforementioned. Turning to the music, Bruckner has of course been a Chicago favourite for many years. But for those who cherished the Chicago sound and the Chicago interpretations of the major Germanic repertory under such different conductors as Solti, Giulini, Abbado, and Barenboim, this disc will probably come as a disappointment.
The point is not simply that Haitink's Bruckner was and remains a somewhat particular approach, aimed at lighter textures and restrained expression. The main issue is that in this particular Bruckner Seventh, the anti-epic reading results in a succession of well-balanced episodes which border on the uneventful. Not surprisingly, it is perhaps the Scherzo which comes out as most convincing. Of course, the Chicago Symphony is a great orchestra. And, of course, Haitink is a master technician, delivering a product characterized by the highest professional standards.
But it is not a Germanic approach that is missing here; rather what is missing is an interpretative viewpoint, an attempt to mobilize the score in a particular manner. A splendid example of an interpretatively significant yet non-teutonic approach to Bruckner would be Riccardo Chailly's wonderfully humane account of the Seventh (Decca). Another example, offering a rare combination of interpretative authority and disregard for technical prowess, is - paradoxically - Karajan's valedictory Seventh with the Vienna Philharmonic (DG). It is a reading set apart by virtue of its introspection and, although no match for Karajan's perfectionism of the 1970s, the 1989 Vienna recording has set new interpretative standards.
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