Paul Kletzki / Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

EAN: 198999088830

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Reviews

  26 February 2025
Pierre Jean Tribot: “Let’s praise the seriousness of this edition from Janus Classics, one of the most demanding labels. An exemplary job on the sound recording taken from the archives of the Bavarian Radio and a comprehensive and fascinating booklet! We want more!” Read more

  3 March 2025
Kotaro Yamazaki: “It is truly appreciated that they have brought this performance to the world with high-quality mastering that shows high musicality… Kletzki is renowned as a Mahler conductor, but this is his only recording of Bruckner. In that sense, it is a valuable document of this master conductor, who passed away suddenly on 5 March, 39 days later.” Read more

  11 March 2025
Philippe Rosset: “One of the greatest achievements of this release is its 32-bit Spectral Remastering, which goes beyond simple noise reduction. By isolating and enhancing frequency layers, it restores a level of dynamic contrast and instrumental separation that brings this 1973 performance into a new era. The brass has a burnished glow, the strings retain their warmth, and the woodwinds shine with crystalline clarity. This is not merely a historical document; it is a fully immersive listening experience that places the audience right in the heart of the Herkulessaal.” Read more

  13 March 2025
Ralph Moore: “There is a greater composure in Kletzki’s delivery of the symphony but that does not mean his interpretation lacks intensity; one has only to hear the ferocity of the tumultuous outburst at 10:29 in the first movement and subsequent maintenance of tension throughout Bruckner’s transformation of the serene first subject into a menacing maelstrom of doubt before calm returns, to appreciate that Kletzki has the full measure of this movments’s emotional gamut.” Read more