Browse: Simone Young Bruckner Symphonies (series)

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... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2011 More…

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. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

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. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

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... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, 3 out of 5 stars More…

…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. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Young directs a well-structured and persuasive interpretation of Bruckner's final symphony, making use of the most recent critical edition available — Gramophone Magazine, August 2015 More…

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... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2015 More…

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... — BBC Music Magazine, ChristmasIssue 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…