Barenboim/CSO/DG Bruckner 6th (OOT)

[John Kim]

Dear All,

I have been searching for Barenboim's complete CD set of Bruckner Symphonies
that was briefly available on DG some years ago. I am particularly interested in
the B6th to which I had grown to be attached through my LP. If my memory is
correct, it had such an achingly beautiful second movt. sustained masterfully at
a very slow tempo. At one point I sold the LP - it was my mistake - so I don't
have the recording right now. I'd appreciate it very much if there is a kind
soul out there who owns the recording and is willing share it with me.

Please contact me in private.

Thank you very much.

Regards,

John,

[John Kim]

In my recollection this is still the greatest B6th I ever heard, exciting, brooding, and achingly beautiful at such a slow tempo. DG, when are you going to reissue the whole cycle??

John,

[Ben]

I, too, have been waiting for years for DG to reissue this cycle.  I think it was available for about a day when it was released, and now it's almost impossible to find.  I had contacted ArchivMusic about the possibility of this being reissued on their Archiv CD series, they wrote back saying it could be possible.  That was a little while ago now, and still hasn't been reissued. 

I haven't heard the 6th, but I know the 4th, 7th and 9th symphonies.  While they maybe aren't the versions I always reach for, I certainly enjoy having them, and would welcome the whole set.

Ben

[akiralx]

Can't help you in our search for that record, but for a beautifully played Adagio at a slow tempo I can recommend Ceibidache's EMI Munich PO CD, that is really special.  Amazing string playing.  His Fourth is even better.