Title: Karajan does Bruckner 9 justice
Review: Karajan is widely regarded as a great Bruckner interpreter...so much so that a conductor as noted as Leonard Bernstein reportedly stayed away from recording Bruckner largely because of the excellence of Karajan's recordings. Bernstein must have only heard this version of the 9th and the 1970s versions of the 4th and 7th, because his later cycle with the Berlin Philharmonic were rather artificial and overly-sculpted--brilliantly played as they may be.This 1966 version of the 9th is really awesome--tough and powerful. It lacks the spirituality or mystery of some, say Furtwangler, Jochum or Wand, but it allows Bruckner to be heard without overshadowing him with the high gloss Karajan/BPO sound.Not the only version to have of this great work, but a very worthwhile one, particularly for the price.
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