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Title: One of the worst recordings of Bruckner' 9ths on the market
Review: Sir Colin Davis is no Bruckner conductor. Not even close. Why he thought he could handle the unfinished 9th symphony is beyond me. His conducting, which I like but certainly not here, is not forceful or powerful enough. Davis' detail oriented approach does not work with Bruckner's music. Why did Davis think he could perform Bruckner? What possessed him to do such a thing? Money? Politics? Trying to please somebody? I don't know, but his tempos and building of climaxes are awful and so out-of-tune with the music. The LSO also play terrible here (must have caught them on an off-night) and clearly can't handle the sheer brute force it takes to pull off this symphony.Davis should be commended for treading into unknown territory (for him), but many times it doesn't work, and this recording is further proof of this notion. He's simply no match for Wand, Chailly, Karajan, or even Barenboim (who isn't that great of a conductor).
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