Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor

March 2008

“The fact that it stands up well is attributable to the quality of the playing as much as to Janowski’s interpretation, which is responsive to the symphony’s long drawn-out paragraphs as well as the need for weight in the climaxes. It is a performance that breathes in terms of movement and in the airiness of its sound. Pentatone’s recording aims for clarity, and brings out much detail that gets lost in Brucknerian mud.”