Oskar Fried was a pioneer in recording the music of Anton Bruckner, certainly one of the most remarkable facts about this versatile conductor and a good reason why this Music & Arts album should attract attention. This is the fourth volume in the label's worthy series, Oskar Fried: A Forgotten Conductor, and its historic recordings, transferred from 78 rpm shellac records made by Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft, are fascinating for their astonishing clarity and impeccable continuity. The Symphony No. 7 in E major was most ...
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Oskar Fried was a pioneer in recording the music of Anton Bruckner, certainly one of the most remarkable facts about this versatile conductor and a good reason why this Music & Arts album should attract attention. This is the fourth volume in the label's worthy series, Oskar Fried: A Forgotten Conductor, and its historic recordings, transferred from 78 rpm shellac records made by Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft, are fascinating for their astonishing clarity and impeccable continuity. The Symphony No. 7 in E major was most likely recorded in 1924, and the performance by the Kapelle der Staatsoper Berlin was pieced together from multiple sides to make this long-playing digital master. There are scarcely any signs in the orchestra's playing to indicate where breaks occurred, and even trained musicians who know this symphony intimately will be unable to pinpoint all the joins. More importantly, in terms of the musical interpretation, Fried's reading is surprisingly modern sounding, because his tempos are...
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