First of all, Bruckner himself revised a few orchestrations after the first released version that makes interpretation of Bruckner's music extremely complicated.
For me, music listening is the experience to appreciate the attitudes and principles that conductors intend to address through performances. As an amateur music lover, I don't think I have adequate knowledge to rank the performances. "Contest" never resides in my mind whenever I approach music appreciation. Also, with different recording qualities, the judgement seems unsubstantiated. How should we judge Nikisch's recording of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony with forced re-orchestration by recording limitation?
Among Furtwangler's performances of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, there is another recording during WWII period shows Furtwangler's unique reading.
For me, music listening is the experience to appreciate the attitudes and principles that conductors intend to address through performances. As an amateur music lover, I don't think I have adequate knowledge to rank the performances. "Contest" never resides in my mind whenever I approach music appreciation. Also, with different recording qualities, the judgement seems unsubstantiated. How should we judge Nikisch's recording of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony with forced re-orchestration by recording limitation?
Among Furtwangler's performances of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, there is another recording during WWII period shows Furtwangler's unique reading.