Bruckner: Symphony nº 8 - Leif Segerstam - Sinfónica de Galicia 

Wonderful. Segerstam's interpretation is one of the finest I've heard in my half century as a Brucknerian. There is a lightness of touch here, avoiding all bombast, and Bruckner's occasional strokes of humour are nicely brought out. A fantastic orchestra! 👏🏿

Wherever have I been and whatever is wrong with me, as until today I'd never ever heard of Bruckner, but damn, Maestro Segerstam and his magnificent orchestra surely gave me a glorious introduction!! I enjoyed the performance immensely from start to finish and I'm so appreciative.

En este momento la Sinfónica de Galicia está sin duda entre las cinco mejores orquestas del mundo. ¡Bravísimo!

Sinfónica de Galicia, maybe the best orchestra nowadays...nice & slow, dynamically exciting, very clear sound of very fine individual musicians gathered in one grand orchestra. Bravo again!

Bravo, bravo, bravo, what a performance ! Mr. Segerstam an the Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia realy played Bruckner. The right tempi, the right sound.

After listening to this glorious epic, it is a joy to watch the applause and especially Segerstam walking through the orchestra bellowing and singling out the soloists. The joyous energy and appreciation between them is beautiful!

Performed and conducted as I understand Bruckner. Superb. Mr. Segerstam found the ideal way how to perform Bruckner in very slow tempi and stay dynamic and clear. Beautiful. A final word of Brucknerian music today!

Direzione straordinaria orchestra a grandi livelli Bruckner genio assoluto. Emozionante.

Segerstam's version of Bruckner 8 is the most passionate and compelling. Bravo!

BRAVO LEIF! Leif Segerstam have full control of the structure and dynamics. Low tempos allow breathing of this colossal symphony. After second hearing everything seems to be so natural and logical in this mystical symphony. The orchestra sound is totally transparent and you can hear every single tone and instrument. Excellent orchestra and audio visual production. Thanks.

Excelente interpretación de esta célebre sinfonía del compositor austriaco Bruckner por la magnífica orquesta gallega bajo la batuta del gran director L.Segerstam. BRAVO !!!

Great performance and what a great orchestra! One of the finest Bruckner performances I ever heard. Bravo!

Una locura. Me faltan palabras. 🎺🎻🎼🎺🎼🎻🎻🎺🎺. Celibidache estaría orgulloso. Puede ser la mejor versión accesible en Internet. Sorprendente. No puedo evitar pensar cómo hubiese transfigurado Bruckner el tema inicial de la 9a, de haber completado el movimiento final. Admirable cómo el tema sombrío que abre la 8a se ilumina en la coda del movimiento final. Doppo morire...

Leif Segerstam looks like he could have climbed Bruckner's mountains several times over. Or hewed them out of rock with one hand. He is amazing. A brilliant conductor. Very nice playing by this orchestra too.

Mi sinfonía preferida de Anton Bruckner, en la que antes del grandioso final aparece ese maravilloso adagio con un indescriptible pasaje melódico: 58:56. Para dejarse llevar... Soberbia interpretación de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia (¡merece ir a los Proms!), maravillosamente dirigida por Leif Segerstam. ¡Bravísimo!

Adoro a Bruckner. Excelente interpretción de esta gigantesa sinfonía.Su tercer moviminento, pura mística absolutamente emocionante fue magníficmente interpretada.Me perdí este cocierto y lo lamento.

Remarkable that Segerstam approached this enormous work with such slow tempi and made it more transparent and brilliant than I recall hearing it in a long time.He really shapes the themes such that a certain weirdness I don't associate with Bruckner comes out of the performance, which is something I was surprised and happy to hear. I love his apparent pleasure in the orchestra, too. Bravo, tutti!

Leif and the excellent Orquestra Sinfonica de Galicia deserved a FULL HALL It's an appalling turn out. However, those who were there showed their appreciation admirably. Great performance!

This is one of the best symphonies of them all - an island little visited by music lovers. An amazing and marvellous work.

Really great orchestra. Their sound is gorgeous.

Spellbinding performance of this symphony- some have called the Bruckner 8 "the Everest of Western Music" - this orchestra has a most magnificent individual sound, -and the brass are astounding! this is the pace that I prefer with most Bruckner, but you need the finest orchestra and conductor to pull it off. We have it here! thank you for posting. An overwhelming experience.

Maestro Segerstam carries off an extraordinary performance with an superb orchestra of an underappreciated piece.

Ein hervorragender Bruckner. Ein ausgezeichnetes Orchester!! Und Segerstam at his best. Was will man mehr. Eine so intensive und begeisternde Aufführung von Bruckners Achte habe ich schon lange nicht mehr gehört. Bravo!!!

on a certain day, and if i'm in the mood, the Bruckner 8th could be the greatest symphony ever written

Absolutely overwhelming and authentic performance of this great work, miraculous cooperation between conductor and musicians - with humility in the service of the music (the very good instrumentalists don't overact with superfluous movements as it has become a selfish habit allover in the orchestras!) - Thank you!

Way to go Leif...the orchestra is playing its heart out for you....

This is a wonderful orchestra. Excellent conducting.

Since my comment two years ago I have heard many other performances, and though ggod many are, I still return to this one frequently for the sheer beauty of the sound and the interpretation which I believe are unassailable.

I love conductors that conduct while sitting down (like Leif and Celibidache). It's as if they are so confortable that there is no hurry to leave and thus bring out all of the poetry of the music!

Aigi Hurn was one of the best principal trumpeters in all of Europe. He left us way too early on July 9, 2020 and I miss him dearly. He was a great friend.... signed, Charles Butler.

дирижёр с прекрасным чувством восприятия и передачи информации,заложенной автором в самОм произведении = это ни что иное как Дар Божий :) потрясающе! Браво!!! прекрасная работа оркестра (в целом) = молодцы!

I've found my favorite Bruckner orchestra! Bravo, fine Spanish musician girls and boys!

Bravo, Maestro Leif. You are a blessing!

Esta Orquesta tiene el mejor grupo de metales del mundo!!!!! Bravísimo, OSG!!!!!!!!!

Si esta es la mejor grabación de la 8ª de Bruckner se dice y ya está.

Cet orchestre est extraordinaire, vraiment galicieux!

I think that was a magical performance/recording/video. Thank you!

magnifico leif, como siempre la o.s.g espectacular (la interpetacion la mejor)

Fiquei surpreso com a beleza e inteligência da interpretação. Andamento perfeito e belíssimos planos sonoros. Por fim, que regência clara!!! Maravilhoso!!!

Fine performance. The sound quality is excellent. Compliments to the audio engineer, Maestro Segerstam, and the players!

BRAVO TUTTI CORNI and TUBENS!! As good as it gets and I'm a retired hornist who, at the very least, knows what it takes to sound that good. Great orchestra all around and the conductor appears inspirational (most of them are more like dentists pulling teach). This is a world class orchestra that, surprisingly, I've never known much about beautifully recorded in what sounds like a very good hall especially given how together the orch was. Of course, acoustics are hard to ascertain from any recording and I think I saw some close miking which gives the recording engineers a lot of, shall we say, flexibilities when it comes to balances, etc. But however they did it, they did it very well. Thanks for posting. BTW, I submit that two microphones suspended above the conductor gives us what they hear and, done right, what they want the listener to hear. An honest unenhanced rendering. I digress...

God, I love just about everything Segerstam does. And a fine orchestra.

Utterly fantastic

É isso que admiro em uma orquestra. Não deixa seus ouvintes internautas sem novas postagens. Parabéns pela iniciativa, porque isso somente reitera a integridade desta orquestra com seus seguidores. Obrigado e uma abraço latino!

Surely the equal of any performance of this great work: somewhat surprising among such a gifted and illustrious circle of rather better known musical talent. Bruckner's instruction "Do not drag" in the adagio is followed - just! But I have never heard bowing like this at 57:45.

Esta orquesta se creó en 1992 y está a la par de las mejores del mundo, muchas de ellas más que centenarias.

Deixo também a minha admiração pelo maestro LEIF, sobriedade e competência impressionantes.

This is a great performance despite the apparently slow tempi which Leif carries off magnificently, helped of course by this excellent orchestra. The brass can compete with many of the so called great orchestras of Germany, Austria, USA, Russia etc. Merits repeated listening to for the detail.

Excellent Audio and Video.

Great music,great performance and great conducting....

Bravísimo Leif, qué gran músico eres

La Sinfónica de Galicia, como siempre, insuperable!

This No8 embodies the musical aesthetics of Bruckner that is indescribable beauty, and something indescribable, and indescribable feelings

¡¡¡Bravo!!! Excepcional. Quién nos iba a decir hace un tiempo que tendríamos orquestas así en España. Pero que alguien le dé vitaminas al de los timbales.

Genial el director finlandes junto a la Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, en La Coruña.

I'm an 83.yo so Ive heard a lot of Bruckner, including ,any versions of this Eighth Symphony. This is the best I ever heard...so far...

Tan sólo dos palabras: ¡¡¡IM-PRESIONANTE!!! (La OSG como siempre SUBLIME)

It seems that the 'Brucknerian' sound ideally fits into southern temperament! Very warm sounding even the most horrible 'icy' or dreadful feelings passages come.

Sublime, ce chef d'orchestre est habité, bravo😙🤗😍merci de ce moment délicieux

Decir algo que no sepamos de la OSG y del Maestro Segerstam, es decir algo que ya es obvio, simplemente dejémonos ir con la música y relajémonos felizmente con esta exquisita obra.

Bruckner é o compositor mais heavy metal da symphonic music ! Extraordinary....

BEST ORCHESTRA! Sublime performance.

A good, measured pace, similar to Celibidache, who takes it even slower. Remember, that Bruckner was not building skyscrapers; he was building cathedrals.

Definitely excellent performance and directing!! Everyone was firing on all pistons!

orchestral music and esp at this quality may be the greatest gift to and from man and may be the thing that eventually saves us from ourselves or from some ominous onlooking force

Maravilloso💖💖💖

Stupendo concerto!

How magnificent. Thank you

UNGLAUBLICH wunderbar ! Man liebt jedes einzelne Instrument !

C'est superbe. Un orchestre magnifique et un chef d'un haut niveau (même si j'ai du mal à distinguer le meilleur du pire dans les interprétations des symphonies de Bruckner...). C'est pour cela que je me contenterai de ne pas tarir d'éloges sur cet orchestre de Galice !

今までカラヤンのブル8が至高と思ってたがそれを超える名演があった。 曲の構成をどう意味付けしてるかよく分かるし曲想のつけ方も絶妙。三楽章などはトリハダもんです。 アンサンブルもほぼ完璧。響きがとても美しい。 心が洗われるブル8でした。

Hermosa sinfonía, excelente orquesta, gran director..!

Much Gratitude:)

素晴らしい〜wonderful

Genio! que fantasticos😚

Endless and relentless, but beautiful. 👍

bar5, great! bassoon in stead of clarinet in the right key!

Wonderful Performance !

Fantasticos!!!

An interesting interpretation by Segerstam, proving that taking it a bit slower need not make it any less powerful.

OMG. If I could watch Santa Claus conduct, I'd be at the symphony every week. Hell, every night!

superb!

A terrific performance. Celibidache would of raved at the tempi !Exactly how this supreme masterpiece should be played. With this and his 9th symphony Bruckner joined Beethoven at the very heights of symphonic composition.

Well done , Santa !

Very good performance of Bruckner's 8th symphony.

Bravo

Bruckner №8 my love

素晴らしい

Galicia! One of the world's Greatests!

Bravi, Leif sei grande.

BRAVISSIMO!!!

There is some music in this world that leaps off the sheet music at you! This is one of them!!! Thank you for sending Bruckner my Almighty God!!!

So Cute conductor!

I love the yell of approval from the conductor to the orchestra at the very end!!!I think he was speaking Finnish?

Magnificent

No8 promotes spilitual uplift and awakening, and invigorates the soul

la escuché por primera vez el día siguiente a la muerte de Franco.. En cualquier emisora de radio, en el estéreo portátil de mi tío Paco, un Grundig. Sobrecogedora Grabé accidentalmente unos compases de Bruckner 8 en una cinta de sinfonías de Mozart. de la sinfónica de Viena con Böhm para DG. Casi me muero. Y mi padre, deswpués, casi me mata

I'm just going repeat what has been said already, but I'm going to say it anyway. This symphony is simply magnificent. Who am I to disagree with Johannes Brahms, but I think he was just wrong about Bruckner's work. Leif Segerstam is a fantastic conductor. And he's got a wonderful orchestra here. It's hard to imagine this masterpiece done better.

ЭТО ВОСХИТИТЕЛЬНО

Outstanding and very moving performance of the Bruckner's Great 8th. Lovely man, bravo and bless him, but he truly need to do something about his over-weight. Music is so wonderful, third movement left me in tears.