Best percussion music…<\/a><\/li><\/ul>The flavour is Middle Eastern, with swirling woodwind ululations and scatter-gun brass fanfares at the exultant conclusion.<\/p>
It\u2019s a more than interesting makeweight, but the Seventh is what most listeners will go to this album for, and they will not be disappointed. <\/p>
It\u2019s a glowing testament to the high levels of synergy and mutual comprehension that Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony have achieved in his 16 years as music director, particularly in Bruckner.<\/p>
The live recording of both works is excellent, catching both the power and splendour of the Pittsburgh<\/p>
playing, not to mention its manifold subtleties of tone and inflection.\u00a0Terry Blain<\/em><\/p>