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In the Thread: A great conductor - but almost unknown - Anton Nanut
Post Subject: Nanut and my other personal GREAT Bruckner 8 recordingsPosted by JANDL100 on: 6/21/2008
Schuricht? Pah, no, not for me. Mediocre, bland, boring - gong nowhere from nowhere. Just my opinion ;-)
Yes, the VPO is an infinitely better 'Bruckner orchestra' than Nanut's Ljubliana group. But the interpretation is what I listen for. The phrasing, the dynamic flow - I find that Nanut here is like riding a musical roller-coaster - there is an ongoing continuity to the interpretaion that soars and swoops in one continuous motion. And the start of the 4th movement is just so exciting, for me Schuricht doesn't even come close. the VPO sound heavy and lugubrious, where the Ljubliana forces just pick up the tempo and surge forward with it - Wonderful!! I guess I'd rather hear Nanut playing Bruckner 8 on a penny whistle than Schuricht (or most other conductors - it's unfair to pick out Schuricht) with the VPO or any other 'great' orchestra. I also like the quality of the recording on the Nanut disc - there's an unsophisticated earthiniess and solidity to the sound that captures the rich tonal colours so well and somehow matches up with Bruckner's character. For me, the sophistication of Western recording techniques often loses out on the robust earthiness that works so well in Bruckner.
I really like Nanut's Bruckner 8th - you may have guessed that by now! It would be a 'Desert Island disc" for me. These things are subjective and personal - I'm quite comfortable that you don't think the same as me, but I am glad you have heard the Nanut and come to your own conclusions.
Other 'great' 8ths for me are Bohm on DG, Barenboim on Teldec, and (just about) Boulez on DG ... all the Bs!! ... also Wand with the NDR SO recorded in Lubeck Cathedral (the way Wand matches the phrasing to the long reverberation in the cathedral takes my breath away!) and probably also Rozhdestvensky / Melodiya - I just love the sound of that Soviet-era brass in Bruckner, a very refreshing change!
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