Bruckner's Concerto for Horns and Orchestra No. 9. What a stroke of genius having the horns at the front of the orchestra! Fantastic performance and sound!
I've tried to understand the late Beethoven quartets for years. Don't understand them, doesn't mean one can't enjoy them on whatever level of understanding though.
@@justinsmith1678 With a universe of accessible music I don't waste my remaining years on the other. I'll stick w. Brahms, Ravel, Stravinsky, and Mahler.
This is not the best symphony to start with Bruckner. 6 or 7 are more appropriate. Start with the scherzos, noting the instruments used. Once you have a positive impression go to the adagios. Then the first and last movements.
Yeah, agree. Rivals Chicago Sym. and Vienna Phil. For starters, the climax @ 2:59 is tremendous...I was listening to other live ones but then heard that and was blown away... And then the way he can switch gears and make it all enchanting @ 4:22 (the Second Theme group). And so on... BTW, his brother, Adam Fischer is pretty good too. ;)
The tempo for the Adagio is slightly faster than I prefer, but the harmonic ear Fischer possesses and the simplicity of the expression and of this interpretation more than carry the day. No gilding the lily, though a little is fine, but the risk taking here makes up for that. Bravo, Maestro..
@@mishibird Yes, throughout the three movements the 9 French Horns have many solo passages, and finally four of them play the Wagner Tubas so sitting right in front of the conductor makes sense to me. Much of the sitting order in this case was evidently adapted from the Vienna Philharmonic who for the German-Austrian repertoir often use the socalled German seating order (originating from the Leipzig Gewandhaus) with First Violins to the conductors left, then the Celli, with Double Basses behind (in the Musikverein Hall also alongside the rear wall), to the conductor's right the Second Violins followed by the Violas. The entire performance was marvellous, with excellent engineering for good audio and video quality.
@@hansjuergenkohlhaas871 I haven't listened to the whole performance yet but I liked what I did hear in the opening minutes. I suspect a recording may come along soon. I have been less than thrilled with some of Fischer's recordings lately. His Brahms 3rd - the outer movements in particular - was disappointing.
Those two great moments in this symphony, the coda of the first movement and the climax of the adagio, are like wrath of God unleashed in the heavenlies..
Very good, very interesting performance. Might have preferred more breadth in the slow mvt. but admire the clarity and precision of the interpretation.
Could there be an Eighth on the way or a Sixth? Either one could be a really good idea. No doubt an Ivan Fischer rendition of the First with the BFO would be highly welcome, perhaps of the Fourht as well.
Ivan Fischer, ein ehrliches „BRAVO“, noch einmal, für die inspirierte und gründliche Arbeit und das realistische und gleichzeitig erstaunliche Ergebniss !!!!!!!!
Great all around. I liked the way they just let the music taper off for a serene ending instead of creating something more dramatic, but which version of the ending is it?
