Bruckner - Symphony no. 8 - I (1/2) Haitink & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

[banjocracy]

@grabit1 agree and agree and agree. I've only been listening to them for 35 years, but I'm not as old as you :)

[grabit1]

Let's just cut to the chaste. Bernard Haitink is our greatest living conductor. I've listened for nearly 50 years. And he can even get exciting as hell, when it's called for. If it's called for.

[banjocracy]

What a great sound! Why do I always feel happy after listening Bruckner?

[grabit1]

@banjocracy Same way I do. We'll live beyond our earthly bounds. Bruckner knew that, and Haitink is his best 20th Century messenger to remind us.

[leoncioviolin]

BRAVO

[montallio]

The great thing about this interpretation is the phrasing, the way the symphony enfolds and one part leads to the other. Although the dynamics of Bruckner's works often change suddenly, they should be related to each other. Often, whe loud passages overpower the less articulated sections. Haitink shows (at least to my ears), that they don't have to.

[yvesvangelre]

Many thanks to uploader Zwijnhaat (what's in a name) for his noble work. I listen almost every day to this great performance, which I witnessed when recorded. After that I was walking on clouds at the Museumplein... .

[IpsaPaphum]

Bruckner as She was Meaned!

[Nijmegen1955]

Thanx zwijnhaat for uploading this wonderful performance of Bruckner.

Bernard Haitink is my top favorite !!!

5 * for you (and for Haitink of course).

[djohnnyf]

I love Haitink's Mahler but Celibidache's Bruckner is peerless. The tempo is way too fast for me here.

[Grandtenore]

Haitink is an AMAZING conductor...and his baton work is gorgeous!

[MrAlgykcho]

Haitink is one of the special Maestro both good in Bruckner & Mahler

[what15myname]

I have Maestro Haitink to thank for my introduction to the work of Bruckner, way back, and he has continued to demonstrate his esteem for, and understanding of, the great composer. I think he is performing better now than ever. Certainly the most dedicated and capable Bruckner conductor we have now that Gunter Wand has gone to that great concert hall in the sky...

[yuejinho]

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, he is another great living bruckner conductor

[grabit1]

There is no greater living Bruckner conductor. Heck, don't even include the word "Bruckner" in it. I just wish this were playing on something other than my laptop.