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  Curtis Croulet
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Value for money
December 22, 2005
My multi-channel system uses five identical Boston A40 Series II, which I selected because I already had two, and the remainder were cheap on eBay, and I thought the sound would be acceptable if not mind-blowing. I moved my Maggies into another room. I think the LSO Brahms Fourth has fine sound. If you turn it up, it's as though the orchestra is ... more
Discussion: Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 - RCO/Haitink
December 21, 2005
Haitink's 1969 recording was fresh and vital. This new one suffers from an excessively slow first movement, as have all of his post-1969 recordings of the piece. Oddly, Haitink is still much too fast at the beginning of the finale, ignoring Bruckner's carefully considered metronome marks. There are tempo relationships here that Bruckner expected us ... more