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This is the third instalment in PentaTone’s Bruckner Symphonies cycle with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Marek Janowski. The previous CDs in the series have received excellent reviews.
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, WAB 105
I. Adagio - Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Scherzo: Molto vivace
IV. Finale: Adagio - Allegro moderato
23rd April 2010
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“Instead of monumentalising Bruckner’s sculpted shapes, Janowski and the orchestra give them a rhythmic urgency and transparency. At those rare moments when Bruckner does relent, Janowski relaxes the tempo just enough to let it speak.”
July/August 2010
“...this is a far tighter and richer orchestra than it used to be...the strings are capable of an opulent and balanced sonority; the woodwinds are pungent and well-focused (listen to their playful exchanges in the trio of the third movement); the brass have a burnished glow.”
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