Michael Tanner

The best recordings of the greatest symphony

Some of the old-timers who you might expect to be in tune with Bruckner’s Eighth now seem rather superficial, including Bruno Walter and Otto Klemperer

Anton Bruckner on his deathbed. Image: Lebrecht Music Arts / Bridgeman Images 
issue 16 May 2020
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