YOUR Bruckner cycle

[mahlertitan]

I'm glad to see someone else rooting for the Schuricht-Hague 7th. In all logic it should be relegated to the dustbin (because of the sound and crude playing), but it is also really magical. It makes the work "happen", whereas in so many well-groomed versions it just purrs like an overweight ragdoll cat.

I too have heard that recording (i think it was part of the Schuricht Concert Hall recordings), and i would've recommend it wholeheartedly, there is something very "raw" and "energetic" about it...

[Lilas Pastia]

"Raw" and "energetic" definitely apply. I'd say this is what strikes at the outset. "Organic" and "inevitable" also come to mind as it proceeds. It's somewhat strange that some performances really have a definite personality. I have two other Schuricht versions of the 7th, and they are less interesting.