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ClassicsToday Says Honeck Has “Done Right” By Bruckner
ClassicsToday critic David Hurwitz says Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony have “Done Right By Bruckner’s Fourth” giving them a 10/10 rating for Artistic Quality: “The most immediately remarkable aspect of the performance is its huge dynamic range, especially from the brass section. Pittsburgh has possibly the best horn section in the world today, not just in its ringing fortissimos, but in its ability to play softly. The strings, too, manage triple-pianos without any loss…
Pittsburgh Symphony’s Bruckner A New Favorite
MusicWeb International review has third review for the Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck’s new recording of Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony: “My keenness to review this release was engendered by the enthusiastic critical acclaim generated by the two previous offerings. … Any newcomer, who sets forth on the well-trodden road of a work such as this, will be expected to bring something new to the score. Honeck succeeds admirably, to my mind, in furnishing his reading with…
Bruckner in The Absolute Sound
The Absolute Sound‘s Andrew Quint hails Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck’s Bruckner recording as “an unqualified success.” “…this performance of Bruckner’s ‘Romantic’ symphony is an unqualified success. … The sound is gloriously full and dimensional, both in stereo and surround. Not only is there layered depth and good imaging, the full orchestral sound has mass of its own, expanding to fill Pittsburgh’s Heinz Hall at the symphony’s grandest moments.” —Andrew Quint, The Absolute Sound Find…
Bruckner an All Music Editor’s Choice
Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony’s Bruckner recording is a March All Music Editor’s Choice! “Honeck gives this live performance a rather expansive interpretation, emphasizing the long sweep of melody and using a fair amount of rubato in his tempos to add dramatic shading, particularly by drawing out cadences for their full emotional effect. The orchestra is prepared for all of Honeck’s gradations and nuances, and it is remarkably fluid in shifting from one mood…
Classical CD Choice Reviews Bruckner
Classical CD Choice‘s Barry Forshaw sees Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony’s rise in stardom in the new Bruckner recording: “The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and their Music Director Manfred Honeck have – in a very short space of time – become one of the most exciting teams in the modern classical world, with recordings that combine superlative musicianship with unparalleled recording quality.… we are offered a striking new interpretation of this imperishable masterpiece…” —Barry Forshaw,…
The Arts Desk Says Honeck is “At It Again”
The Arts Desk‘s Graham Rickson named the Pittsburgh Symphony’s Dvořák/Janáček recording a “Best of 2014”, so how does the new Bruckner SACD stack up? “Manfred Honeck’s at it again. Changing dynamics, tampering with tempo markings, adjusting balances. But when the results feel so idiomatically right, only a chump would object. … Start noting down the high spots and you’ll need several sheets of paper. … This is a great performance, exactly the sort of disc…
SA-CD Net Gives Bruckner 5 Stars
SA-CD.net’s Graham Williams gives five stars for both performance and sonics to the new Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck Bruckner recording: “Manfred Honeck has shown himself to be a searching interpreter of everything he conducts, in addition to being an outstandingly cultured musician and fine orchestral trainer. … Honeck convincingly relates the musical ideas to the literary ones outlined in the composer’s programme – something that in some respects moves the symphony closer to becoming…
Capital Public Radio Sound Advice Features Bruckner
Capital Public Radio host Kent Teeters talks about his favorite new recordings, beginning with our new Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck Bruckner release: This release is the third in the highly acclaimed “Pittsburgh Live!” series of multi-channel hybrid SACD releases on the FRESH! Series from Reference Recordings. Manfred Honeck – conducting! FR-713SACD – Bruckner 4 – Manfred Honeck / Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – HYBRID SURROUND SOUND SACD (also plays on CD players) – Order NOW!
Pittsburgh Symphony Bruckner “Simply Tantalizing”
Brian Wigman of Classical.net has been “anticipating this release since the beginning of Pittsburgh’s partnership with Reference Recordings” because “the prospect of Bruckner was simply tantalizing.” His review: “The opening instantly establishes this as Honeck’s own performance. … It’s quite magical.… About 10 minutes in, the strings and brass work so thrillingly together that it effectively captures everything right about this disc. … At about the same speed on EMI, Herbert von Karajan finds markedly…
Pittsburgh Symphony Among the Best in the World — Stereo Times
Stereo Times critic Russell Lichter was “intrigued by the hoopla” around the new Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck Bruckner release. Did it live up to the hype? “I really did not know the PSO’s music-making ability nor was I familiar with Manfred Honeck, but I know them now and in my view this orchestra and conductor are up there with the very best in the world. This particular performance, this amazing performance, is very special…
Audiophilia Reviews Bruckner
Audiophilia says to keep the FRESH releases coming! Audiophilia Magazine’s Anthony Kershaw adds Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Bruckner release to his “must have” pile in his latest review: “Each Fresh! release gets better. The entire team — players, conductor, recording company, engineers, all seem to be finding their groove. And, in this new Bruckner 4, the team has captured something quite special. … But let’s forget all the scholarship this and that.…
Pittsburgh Symphony Bruckner Gets “Highest Recommendation”
Film Music: The Neglected Art critic Thomas Kiefner gives the new Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Bruckner release his “highest recommendation.” “Listening to the new live recording from Reference Recordings of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 is as close to being there as you’ll ever experience. … On the very first play you’ll hear that the Pittsburgh Symphony under Honeck’s direction play this work as if they’ve played it a 1000 times. … The Pittsburgh Symphony has brought…
Is The Pittsburgh Symphony Bruckner the Best Ever?
Audiophile Audition‘s Steven Ritter asks, is the new Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck release “The best Bruckner Fourth ever recorded?” “There have been many fine recordings of this work, but none to my mind holds a candle to Karl Bohm’s 1973 Decca reading. I can honestly say that Honeck and the superb Pittsburghians have given us a performance in phenomenal—underline that—surround sound that launches this rendition to the absolute top of the pile. The…
New Release — Bruckner: Symphony No. 4!
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 Manfred Honeck Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra FR-713SACD Thrilling live performances from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, in brilliant audiophile sound! Anton Bruckner is known as a deeply religious composer whose Catholic spirituality is prominent in his music, particularly his later symphonies. However, his Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major (“Romantic”) is one of his most secular, most influenced by nature and most popular works. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Manfred Honeck…
Preview Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 on RR Radio
Stream an excerpt from the newest Pittsburgh Symphony release, Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 via SoundCloud and Pre-Order on Amazon today!