Have barely touched the "Sacred & Opera" set yet and have not fully tackled the Beethoven. The French & Russian I'm less enthusiastic about so far, but again, it's early. 3, 4 (almost a full 15 minutes longer than a conventional reading) and 7, all of the Brahms, and the Schubert 9 on these sets. If pushed, although mine is hardly an "informed" opinion: Bruckner Nos. There's no going halfway with Celibidache, it seems. But more generally, the thing I love about Celibidache's Bruckner in particular is that it requires the listener (this listener, at least) to completely invest in the interpretation. I can't say I have a "favorite," as I'm still immersing myself in the recordings. I couldn't resist, and after listening to that set ended up acquiring the three other Warner sets as well - "French and Russian," "Sacred Music and Opera" and "Symphonies," the latter of which includes the four Brahms, Beethoven 2-9, Schumann 2-4, Schubert 9, Haydn 92, 103 & 104 and Mozart 40. But it led me to Music Web's thorough appraisal of Bruckner's symphonies, both individually and in complete or partial cycles.Ĭelibidache's Munich recordings (Warner Classics) were repeatedly highlighted. I became aware of Celibidache through a recommendation here - it may even have been you, LL.
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