Eugen Jochum - Bruckner Symphony No.5 / Organ Musics (1964) [2018 SACD Vintage Collection]

Among Jochum's five types of Brookner's Symphony No. 5, Ottobeuren, South Germany (Bavaria, Germany), has a very high reputation along with the masterpiece with SKD recorded on the old EMI label recorded in 1980. The latest reprint of the May 1964 live recording at the Monastery of St. Benedictus in Germany. The SA-CD hybrid board was released on the market in 2004 (96kHz / 24-bit Super Digital Transfer), but this time it is based on the sound source that was newly converted to DSD directly from the original master tape in the home country. , The latest mastering was done. In addition, 3 organ songs from Ottobeuren, which were recorded in the margin of the early LP, which had not been converted to DISC, are specially recorded only on the SA-CD layer. As for the form at the time of the first appearance, we realized the first reproduction (note that the sound of the bell and the abbot's sermon that were recorded in the first overseas LP are not recorded).

The performance is very fulfilling because there are only songs that Jochum is good at. It progresses at a slightly faster tempo than the later recording, and it can be said that it brings out the effect of making you feel the fusion of the sound and the strength of the music itself, rather than the tempo being influenced by the acoustic characteristics of the venue called the church. The balance between rich reverberation and masculine and powerful performance is wonderful, and it is a masterpiece that shows that it has been positioned as the right wing of the recording of this song for many years. I think there were many restrictions on the recording, but in this SA-CD, the blend with the highly transparent stringed instruments of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the wind instruments that had an attractive sound was reproduced wonderfully. I will. In addition, the specially recorded church organ performance can be said to be a valuable resource for understanding the characteristics of the venue.

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Tracks:

1. Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major

2. Nicolaus Bruhns: Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in E minor
3. Louis-Claude Daquin: Noel No. 10 "Grand Ju and Duo"
4. Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G major BWV541

Personnel:

Adalbert Meier (Organ) (2-4)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (1)
Eugen Jochum (1) (Director)

recording
May 30, 1964 (1) Ottobeuren, Benedict Monastery (live)