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“I was just going from the theatre building to Wahnfried at 5 o’clock when the master of all masters hurried towards me with open arms, embraced me and said: ‘Dear friend, the dedication is justified, you are giving me great pleasure with the work’.” Anton Bruckner

Anton Bruckner’s Third Symphony pays tribute to the deeply revered Richard Wagner, to whom it is also dedicated. But the monumental work, on which Bruckner worked for nearly twenty years, is also the first fully valid example of his extraordinary symphonic idea: a combination of resplendent sounds and church service, as well as demonic romanticism and the comforting belief in heaven.

This live recording of 30 January 1970 in the Herkules-Saal of the Munich residence with Rafael Kubelik and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra is issued in SACD format. It is the continuation of our series “LISTEN & COMPARE,” which offers the SACD listener the possibility of directly comparing the revised, updated version to the completely unadulterated original archive recording.

• American Record Guide | Mc Kelvey | January 5, 2006

  That's right, 115 minutes on one disc; but it’s the same performance. One layer gives us a sonic restoration to bring the recording into the SACD...

• Diapason | Jean-Claude Hulot | January 11, 2005

  Succédant à Jochum à la tête de la radio bavaroise, Kubelik n'a pas véritablement maintenu la tradition brucknérienne dont son prédécesseur...

• Frankfurter Rundschau | Hans-Klaus Jungheinrich | December 11, 2005

  Die drei Wünsche
  Hervorragend: Bruckner, 3.Symphonie, SO des BR, Rafael Kubelik, audite 92543. Pulsierende Klanglandschaften ohne Weihrauch....

• Muzyka21 | Angelika Przeździęk | January 9, 2006

  Ta niezwykła płyta zasługuje na szczególną uwagę przede wszystkim przez jej interesujący format. Firma Audite wydała ją w serii Listen &...

• Stereo | Oliver Benjamin | January 2, 2006

  Nicht selten wird bei der Restaurierung historischer Aufnahmen das...

• www.classicstodayfrance.com | Jean-Marie Brohm | January 11, 2005

  Le label Audite nous a déjà donné la plupart des Symphonies de Mahler, gravées en concert sous la direction inspirée de Kubelik, avec, en...

• www.SA-CD.net | Polly Nomial | October 6, 2006

  This is a fascinating audiophile's introduction to the effect of the remastering engineers apply which happily comes allied to a good performance of...