Daniel Barenboim - Mature Symphonies: Symphonie 5 - BLU-RAY

Both Bruckner's belief in God, as it majestically wells up out of the chorale of the Fifth, and his deeply tragic world view, collide with one another in Barenboim's interpretation... without betraying Bruckner's unerring sense of striking proportions.

Daniel Barenboim Conducts Mahler Symphony No. 9 [BLU-RAY] Released 2016 product/publication from C Major

Abbado's approach to the music of Bruckner is soft and songlike, at times tense and urgent, but constantly filled with warmth of feelingInch - not only the Neue Zurcher Zeitung is full of praise when Claudio Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra play Bruckner. Their interpretation of his awe-inspiring Fifth Symphony reflects the composer's burgeoning powers and exquisite compositional artistry. As the Guardian poetically states InchThe composer himself, one suspects, might have leapt to embrace Abbado as an ideal interpreter.