Bruckner - Symphony 8 [Sinopoli-Staatskapelle Dresden]
This Symphony is becoming somewhat of a regular in my Blog, there's a certain love affair going on between me and it, in my Blog it appeared 3 times in 2010, 2 times in 2011, but already in 2012 this is its appearance number 4, while less than halfway through the year, it's certainly a work which i've grown to appreciate immensely in the last three years, this original 2 disc fatbox set cost me a fortune on Ebay, over $100 dollars!, those were the days when i didn't care about a bargain, if i saw something i wanted, then bid high and win it, now i'm more careful, another copy will come along in the months to come, i played these discs early last year [28th January 2011].
Giuseppe Sinopoli was an Italian Conductor, he died in 2001 of a heart attack while conducting Verdi's Aida, he was 54, he made this recording in 1994, the front cover depicts the bombed out ruins of the Staatskapelle Dresden Opera House above, and the building rebuilt anew below.
This was a wonderful experience, i played it in the park while i wrote my daily Journal, it lasts 86 minutes here, and i have to admit that it's yet again the great Adagio third movement that moved me the most, however tmthr album again.
Here's on YouTube.
