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Title: Allow me to disagree with everyone on this one...
Review: Let me keep it simple. I do not understand how this recording has achieved "legendary" status. I love Bruckner like no other composer--he is the greatest. Klemperer is a *magnificent* conductor--one of my favorites. However, this performance is a clean miss and, to my ears, unlistenable. There is a great symphony here, but you would not know it from listening to this performance. While I have not yet heard a performance of the 6th I would call "definitive", the best I've heard is Karajan's with the Berlin Philharmonic. I also really like Blomstedt's with the San Francisco Symphony very much. Celibidache's with the Munich Philharmonic is also excellent. Jochum's with the Bavarian RSO has an *amazing* 1st movement, but the rest of the performance continues at an unremarkable level.
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