In his day, Carl Schuricht was best known as a conductor of operettas by Johann Strauss II and symphonies by Bruckner, an apparently unlikely paring until one recalls that both composers were citizens of nineteenth century Vienna. This studio recording of Bruckner's Third with the Wiener Philharmoniker from 1965 serves as an introduction to Schuricht's approach for a new generation of listeners. For Schuricht, Bruckner is not so much a Catholic mystic as an Austrian symphonist, and in this performance, one hears not the ...
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In his day, Carl Schuricht was best known as a conductor of operettas by Johann Strauss II and symphonies by Bruckner, an apparently unlikely paring until one recalls that both composers were citizens of nineteenth century Vienna. This studio recording of Bruckner's Third with the Wiener Philharmoniker from 1965 serves as an introduction to Schuricht's approach for a new generation of listeners. For Schuricht, Bruckner is not so much a Catholic mystic as an Austrian symphonist, and in this performance, one hears not the voices of God and His angels and saints, but the voices of Beethoven and Schubert, with a touch of Haydn. This Third is intensely dramatic and wonderfully lyrical, with just a pinch of wit and whimsy. The whole performance, particularly the opening movement, holds together better here than in many readings because Schuricht does not dally over development or delay over pauses, but marches straight through from start to finish in one unbroken sweep. There is still plenty of lyrical...
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