This is a pretty good recording of a pretty good performance of a pretty good symphony. Koch's live digital sound is direct, if a bit too in your face. Christoph Eschenbach's conducting is forceful in the fast movements and suitably reverential in the solemn Adagio. The Houston Symphony's playing is powerful in every movement but still subtle enough in the delicate woodwind passages. And Bruckner's Symphony No. 2 is a convincing work even if it is often too massively overscored and monumentally overwrought for its own good. ...
Read More
This is a pretty good recording of a pretty good performance of a pretty good symphony. Koch's live digital sound is direct, if a bit too in your face. Christoph Eschenbach's conducting is forceful in the fast movements and suitably reverential in the solemn Adagio. The Houston Symphony's playing is powerful in every movement but still subtle enough in the delicate woodwind passages. And Bruckner's Symphony No. 2 is a convincing work even if it is often too massively overscored and monumentally overwrought for its own good. If this were the only recording of the work one ever heard, it would be more than adequate. But if one can only hear one recording of the work, stick with either of the three Jochum recordings, performances so overwhelmingly forceful and powerful that they convince the listener that Bruckner's Symphony No. 2 is more than a pretty good symphony. ~ James Leonard, Rovi
Read Less
Add this copy of Bruckner: Symphony No 2 / Eschenbach, Houston Symphony to cart. $8.50, very good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Koch Intl Classics.
Add this copy of Bruckner: Symphony No 2 / Eschenbach, Houston Symphony to cart. $27.95, like new condition, Sold by Mom's Resale rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from River Hills, WI, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Koch Int'l Classics.
Add this copy of Bruckner: Symphony No 2 / Eschenbach, Houston Symphony to cart. $32.99, good condition, Sold by Meadeco Media rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from VINE GROVE, KY, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Koch Int'l Classics.
