Wolfgang Sawallisch passed away last Friday, 22 February 2013. May he rest in peace.
He was a prolific conductor in terms of recorded music. As far as his Bruckner recordings are concerned, although he did not do a full cycle, all of what he has recorded are very fine, and two of them are among my favourites. Besides the 6 commercial releases in physical products as shown in the picture below, he also has live recordings of B3 and B5 with the Philadelphia Orchestra in the form of digital download from the orchestra's official website.
Legend:
B1: recorded 25-26 & 29/10/1984. Orfeo
B4: recorded March 1993 with the Philadelphia Orchestra. EMI (One of my favourites.)
B5: recorded 28-29/9/1990 and 18-20/3/1991. Orfeo
B6: recorded 13-14/10/1981. Orfeo (A tamed "peaceful" interpretation. The beginning of the recap in the Adagio is so nice, and the coda is truly memorable.)
B9: in the CD booklet, the recording date is printed as 23-23/12/1984. Orfeo
B9: live recording 10/8/1983 with the VPO. Altus
Yes Horace, like you I have enjoyed Sawallisch's Bruckner recordings - but the Philadelphia 4th is not one that has made my acquaintance.
ReplyDeleteFollowing your glowing advocacy I think I will investigate that one! Hope all is well and you are fit & happy Horace. Still love dipping in to your blog ;-)
Karafan