Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 - Jochum

Eugen Jochum

Bruckner: Te Deum in C major, WAB 45: Allegro Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin, June 1965 SACD remastering and editing by Karel Soukenik, studio Domovina, Prague Maria Stader (soprano), Sieglined Wagner (contralto), Ernst Häfliger (tenor), Peter Lagger (bass) Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker Symphony No. 5 in B flat major Robert Haas Edition 1937. Recorded live, Ottobeuren Abbey, Germany, 30-31 May 1964 [Philips] Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Eugen Jochum conducts the Amsterdam Concertgebouw in Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony, a gigantic musical cathedral and a masterpiece of counterpoint. The Abbey of Ottobeuren in Germany celebrated its 1200th anniversary in 1964 and to mark the occasion Eugen Jochum and the Concertgebouw Orchestra performed Bruckner's Fifth Symphony there with Philips on hand to record them. The LP set arrived in the shops after Jochum had completed his groundbreaking Bruckner cycle in the studio for DG but many who heard the Bruckner remembered something significantly different from Jochum's fine Bavarian Radio Orchestra version; one of the great Bruckner orchestras in something of a golden age and the thrill of live performance in a near-ideal acoustic. The great Maria Stader gleams in the astounding 'Te Deum laudamus' from Jochum's classic DG set. Would that there was more …

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