Simone Young Bruckner Symphonies
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Here is a Bruckner conductor who understands where the music is going and the contextual significance of detail. Young seems at one with Bruckner's sound world, how the music breathes and how... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2011, Editor's Choice
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 00 in F minor 'Study Symphony'
Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra, Simone Young
This minor piece has had a surprising number of recordings - more than his masterpieces had 50 years ago. Simone Young's live performance in her ongoing series is as good as any, and well recorded. — More…
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Young directs a well-structured and persuasive interpretation of Bruckner's final symphony, making use of the most recent critical edition available — More…
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Young prevents the music from sitting down too much in the main...The sound of the orchestra is smooth and well balanced in the live recording: brass chorales are sonorous and wind solos eloquently... — More…
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…Simone Young is so persuasive that you may end up feeling the Bruckner was nearer the mark in 1874 that most of us had guessed. — More…
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The most apposite word I can apply to Simone Young's approach to Bruckner is 'fluidity'…she allows the lyrical melodies of the first two movements to unfold naturally and with a good sense of... — More…
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The Hamburg Philharmonic, with whom Simone Young is recording all the symphonies, has a great Bruckner tradition, and thanks to the fine recording the results are often resplendent. — More…
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probably the finest [new performance] I've heard for a long time…Young manages the rare feat of honouring all Bruckner's changes of gear and tempo while keeping a powerful forward flow…no doubt... — More…
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