Bruckner - Symphonie No. 7 - Claudio Abbado 1992CD - DDD - 64'22
Deutsche Grammophon / Polydor, released 1994
Claudio Abbado & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Live recording, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien, Austria
"...Formidable. Abbado's reading is far more Traditionsgebunden. The Vienna Philharmonic respects this; and the playing, in particular in the great slow movement, is very fine... Moments of careful rest are offset by modest accelerations. In the finale, Abbado's reading is both pointed and (in the A flat chorale subject) broadly sung. The end, too, is strong and incisive... Impressive..."
-- Richard Osborne, Gramophone [5/1994]
