Title: It's not nice to carp, but..
Product review: ...the reviewer who gave this astonishing performance three stars because the Adagio movement lacked mystique may lead one to think that Boulez has replace Bruckner's spirit with his own. Actually, that's true, for his version of the Adagio is strcutrually clear, precise, and without much rubato to underline emotion. But for some reason this turns out to be alchemy--the Adagio is one of the greatest things about Boulez's reading.But, then, I should disclose that my Bruckner collection is full of Karajan and Giulini and bare of Wand, Jochum, or Hiatink, all of whome this reviewer extols for mystrique. I find all three flat (even though Haitink performed a wonderful Bruckner Seventh with the BSO in recent seasons and an equaly superb Eighth with the Vinnea Phil in Carnegie Hall).
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