Wherever have I been and whatever is wrong with me, as until today I'd never ever heard of Bruckner, but damn, Maestro Segerstam and his magnificent orchestra surely gave me a glorious introduction!! I enjoyed the performance immensely from start to finish and I'm so appreciative.
After listening to this glorious epic, it is a joy to watch the applause and especially Segerstam walking through the orchestra bellowing and singling out the soloists. The joyous energy and appreciation between them is beautiful!
Wonderful. Segerstam's interpretation is one of the finest I've heard in my half century as a Brucknerian. There is a lightness of touch here, avoiding all bombast, and Bruckner's occasional strokes of humour are nicely brought out. A fantastic orchestra! 👏🏿
Aigi Hurn was one of the best principal trumpeters in all of Europe. He left us way too early on July 9, 2020 and I miss him dearly. He was a great friend.... signed, Charles Butler.
Sinfónica de Galicia, maybe the best orchestra nowadays...nice & slow, dynamically exciting, very clear sound of very fine individual musicians gathered in one grand orchestra. Bravo again!
BRAVO LEIF! Leif Segerstam have full control of the structure and dynamics. Low tempos allow breathing of this colossal symphony. After second hearing everything seems to be so natural and logical in this mystical symphony. The orchestra sound is totally transparent and you can hear every single tone and instrument. Excellent orchestra and audio visual production. Thanks.
@Bruno56 I think you're forgetting all the amazing Tchaikovsky and Bach compositions not to mention Chopin, Debussy, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, and Vivaldi. There's just so many great one's out there!
Leif Segerstam looks like he could have climbed Bruckner's mountains several times over. Or hewed them out of rock with one hand. He is amazing. A brilliant conductor. Very nice playing by this orchestra too.
Performed and conducted as I understand Bruckner. Superb. Mr. Segerstam found the ideal way how to perform Bruckner in very slow tempi and stay dynamic and clear. Beautiful. A final word of Brucknerian music today!
I love conductors that conduct while sitting down (like Leif and Celibidache). It's as if they are so confortable that there is no hurry to leave and thus bring out all of the poetry of the music!
Since my comment two years ago I have heard many other performances, and though ggod many are, I still return to this one frequently for the sheer beauty of the sound and the interpretation which I believe are unassailable.
Leif and the excellent Orquestra Sinfonica de Galicia deserved a FULL HALL It's an appalling turn out. However, those who were there showed their appreciation admirably. Great performance!
Mi sinfonía preferida de Anton Bruckner, en la que antes del grandioso final aparece ese maravilloso adagio con un indescriptible pasaje melódico: 58:56. Para dejarse llevar... Soberbia interpretación de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia (¡merece ir a los Proms!), maravillosamente dirigida por Leif Segerstam. ¡Bravísimo!
Adoro a Bruckner. Excelente interpretción de esta gigantesa sinfonía.Su tercer moviminento, pura mística absolutamente emocionante fue magníficmente interpretada.Me perdí este cocierto y lo lamento.
Una locura. Me faltan palabras. 🎺🎻🎼🎺🎼🎻🎻🎺🎺. Celibidache estaría orgulloso. Puede ser la mejor versión accesible en Internet. Sorprendente. No puedo evitar pensar cómo hubiese transfigurado Bruckner el tema inicial de la 9a, de haber completado el movimiento final. Admirable cómo el tema sombrío que abre la 8a se ilumina en la coda del movimiento final. Doppo morire...
Excelente interpretación de esta célebre sinfonía del compositor austriaco Bruckner por la magnífica orquesta gallega bajo la batuta del gran director L.Segerstam. BRAVO !!!
Spellbinding performance of this symphony- some have called the Bruckner 8 "the Everest of Western Music" - this orchestra has a most magnificent individual sound, -and the brass are astounding! this is the pace that I prefer with most Bruckner, but you need the finest orchestra and conductor to pull it off. We have it here! thank you for posting. An overwhelming experience.
Remarkable that Segerstam approached this enormous work with such slow tempi and made it more transparent and brilliant than I recall hearing it in a long time.He really shapes the themes such that a certain weirdness I don't associate with Bruckner comes out of the performance, which is something I was surprised and happy to hear. I love his apparent pleasure in the orchestra, too. Bravo, tutti!
Absolutely overwhelming and authentic performance of this great work, miraculous cooperation between conductor and musicians - with humility in the service of the music (the very good instrumentalists don't overact with superfluous movements as it has become a selfish habit allover in the orchestras!) - Thank you!
Surely the equal of any performance of this great work: somewhat surprising among such a gifted and illustrious circle of rather better known musical talent. Bruckner's instruction "Do not drag" in the adagio is followed - just! But I have never heard bowing like this at 57:45.
Fiquei surpreso com a beleza e inteligência da interpretação. Andamento perfeito e belíssimos planos sonoros. Por fim, que regência clara!!! Maravilhoso!!!
Ein hervorragender Bruckner. Ein ausgezeichnetes Orchester!! Und Segerstam at his best. Was will man mehr. Eine so intensive und begeisternde Aufführung von Bruckners Achte habe ich schon lange nicht mehr gehört. Bravo!!!
This is a great performance despite the apparently slow tempi which Leif carries off magnificently, helped of course by this excellent orchestra. The brass can compete with many of the so called great orchestras of Germany, Austria, USA, Russia etc. Merits repeated listening to for the detail.
дирижёр с прекрасным чувством восприятия и передачи информации,заложенной автором в самОм произведении = это ни что иное как Дар Божий :) потрясающе! Браво!!! прекрасная работа оркестра (в целом) = молодцы!
É isso que admiro em uma orquestra. Não deixa seus ouvintes internautas sem novas postagens. Parabéns pela iniciativa, porque isso somente reitera a integridade desta orquestra com seus seguidores. Obrigado e uma abraço latino!
orchestral music and esp at this quality may be the greatest gift to and from man and may be the thing that eventually saves us from ourselves or from some ominous onlooking force
¡¡¡Bravo!!! Excepcional. Quién nos iba a decir hace un tiempo que tendríamos orquestas así en España. Pero que alguien le dé vitaminas al de los timbales.
Te doy la razon; en esta sinfonia y sobretodo en el Scherzzo tiene peso el percusionista; entiendase: Timbales. En el Allegro moderato tambien, ya que Bruckner le da importancia a estos (timbales pero en esta version los ejecutan con las baquetas afelpadas lo que le resta brillo) luego de la fanafarria de las trompetas. En el Adagio una nota antes de climax, "terrofico" diaria Yo, entra en fortissimo en notas bajas (no se mucho cual) y para culmen en el Finale: al principio en forma de cabalgata, luego, mi favorita: la Marcha donde excelentemente ejecutado es imponente y para glorioso final el timbal sobresale en 23 repeticiones similares a la cabalagata del inicio antes de la fuga cuadruple; una obra excelsa diga de estar a la par de la "Novena" del "Gran Sordo" Mis saludos.
It seems that the 'Brucknerian' sound ideally fits into southern temperament! Very warm sounding even the most horrible 'icy' or dreadful feelings passages come.
A good, measured pace, similar to Celibidache, who takes it even slower. Remember, that Bruckner was not building skyscrapers; he was building cathedrals.
Bravo John, and Amen, YES, Bruckner was building a majestic CATHEDRAL in his music with a Wagnerian drama in the background. Your words are dead-on, my very sensitive friend !
C'est superbe. Un orchestre magnifique et un chef d'un haut niveau (même si j'ai du mal à distinguer le meilleur du pire dans les interprétations des symphonies de Bruckner...). C'est pour cela que je me contenterai de ne pas tarir d'éloges sur cet orchestre de Galice !
Decir algo que no sepamos de la OSG y del Maestro Segerstam, es decir algo que ya es obvio, simplemente dejémonos ir con la música y relajémonos felizmente con esta exquisita obra.
BRAVO TUTTI CORNI and TUBENS!! As good as it gets and I'm a retired hornist who, at the very least, knows what it takes to sound that good. Great orchestra all around and the conductor appears inspirational (most of them are more like dentists pulling teach). This is a world class orchestra that, surprisingly, I've never known much about beautifully recorded in what sounds like a very good hall especially given how together the orch was. Of course, acoustics are hard to ascertain from any recording and I think I saw some close miking which gives the recording engineers a lot of, shall we say, flexibilities when it comes to balances, etc. But however they did it, they did it very well. Thanks for posting. BTW, I submit that two microphones suspended above the conductor gives us what they hear and, done right, what they want the listener to hear. An honest unenhanced rendering. I digress...
A terrific performance. Celibidache would of raved at the tempi !Exactly how this supreme masterpiece should be played. With this and his 9th symphony Bruckner joined Beethoven at the very heights of symphonic composition.
I totally agree with you that Anton Bruckner rank his position as equal, to that of Beethoven as the last Great Master of the 19th Century in the Austro-German musical tradition besides Johannes Brahms. We are very fortunate that we are receiving HIS wonderful musical legacy that he left for all mankind. I LOVE BRUCKNER !
I'm just going repeat what has been said already, but I'm going to say it anyway. This symphony is simply magnificent. Who am I to disagree with Johannes Brahms, but I think he was just wrong about Bruckner's work. Leif Segerstam is a fantastic conductor. And he's got a wonderful orchestra here. It's hard to imagine this masterpiece done better.
Outstanding and very moving performance of the Bruckner's Great 8th. Lovely man, bravo and bless him, but he truly need to do something about his over-weight. Music is so wonderful, third movement left me in tears.
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Wherever have I been and whatever is wrong with me, as until today I'd never ever heard of Bruckner, but damn, Maestro Segerstam and his magnificent orchestra surely gave me a glorious introduction!! I enjoyed the performance immensely from start to finish and I'm so appreciative.
After listening to this glorious epic, it is a joy to watch the applause and especially Segerstam walking through the orchestra bellowing and singling out the soloists. The joyous energy and appreciation between them is beautiful!
Wonderful. Segerstam's interpretation is one of the finest I've heard in my half century as a Brucknerian. There is a lightness of touch here, avoiding all bombast, and Bruckner's occasional strokes of humour are nicely brought out. A fantastic orchestra! 👏🏿
Aigi Hurn was one of the best principal trumpeters in all of Europe. He left us way too early on July 9, 2020 and I miss him dearly. He was a great friend.... signed, Charles Butler.
En este momento la Sinfónica de Galicia está sin duda entre las cinco mejores orquestas del mundo. ¡Bravísimo!
Los felicito de todo corazón, soy de Chile y encuentro fabulosa la Orquesta. Tengo 88 años y me gusta escucharlos.
Sinfónica de Galicia, maybe the best orchestra nowadays...nice & slow, dynamically exciting, very clear sound of very fine individual musicians gathered in one grand orchestra. Bravo again!
Surely to rival Berlin or Chicago!
BRAVO LEIF!
Leif Segerstam have full control of the structure and dynamics. Low tempos allow breathing of this colossal symphony. After second hearing everything seems to be so natural and logical in this mystical symphony.
The orchestra sound is totally transparent and you can hear every single tone and instrument. Excellent orchestra and audio visual production. Thanks.
언제 들어도 황홀한 Bruckner의 8번 교향곡,
참으로 멋지고 아름다운 영상입니다~!!!
on a certain day, and if i'm in the mood, the Bruckner 8th could be the greatest symphony ever written
It is.
IT ALWAYS WAS
Some days I think Bruckner's 5th is the best..
@Bruno56 I think you're forgetting all the amazing Tchaikovsky and Bach compositions not to mention Chopin, Debussy, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, and Vivaldi. There's just so many great one's out there!
the crown of symphonies
Great performance and what a great orchestra! One of the finest Bruckner performances I ever heard. Bravo!
Bravo, bravo, bravo, what a performance ! Mr. Segerstam an the Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia realy played Bruckner. The right tempi, the right sound.
Leif Segerstam looks like he could have climbed Bruckner's mountains several times over. Or hewed them out of rock with one hand. He is amazing. A brilliant conductor. Very nice playing by this orchestra too.
Really great orchestra. Their sound is gorgeous.
Performed and conducted as I understand Bruckner. Superb. Mr. Segerstam found the ideal way how to perform Bruckner in very slow tempi and stay dynamic and clear. Beautiful. A final word of Brucknerian music today!
This is one of the best symphonies of them all - an island little visited by music lovers. An amazing and marvellous work.
I love conductors that conduct while sitting down (like Leif and Celibidache). It's as if they are so confortable that there is no hurry to leave and thus bring out all of the poetry of the music!
You might have something there: Celi's tempi got noticeably slower after he had taken to conducting sitting down.
With Segerstam its something else. He is 160 Kg. He walks very slowly and can't stand that long on the podium. He has to sit !
Since my comment two years ago I have heard many other performances, and though ggod many are, I still return to this one frequently for the sheer beauty of the sound and the interpretation which I believe are unassailable.
Most definitely.
Leif and the excellent Orquestra Sinfonica de Galicia deserved a FULL HALL It's an appalling turn out. However, those who were there showed their appreciation admirably. Great performance!
Mi sinfonía preferida de Anton Bruckner, en la que antes del grandioso final aparece ese maravilloso adagio con un indescriptible pasaje melódico: 58:56. Para dejarse llevar... Soberbia interpretación de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia (¡merece ir a los Proms!), maravillosamente dirigida por Leif Segerstam. ¡Bravísimo!
Adoro a Bruckner. Excelente interpretción de esta gigantesa sinfonía.Su tercer moviminento, pura mística absolutamente emocionante fue magníficmente interpretada.Me perdí este cocierto y lo lamento.
Segerstam's version of Bruckner 8 is the most passionate and compelling. Bravo!
Una locura. Me faltan palabras. 🎺🎻🎼🎺🎼🎻🎻🎺🎺. Celibidache estaría orgulloso. Puede ser la mejor versión accesible en Internet. Sorprendente. No puedo evitar pensar cómo hubiese transfigurado Bruckner el tema inicial de la 9a, de haber completado el movimiento final. Admirable cómo el tema sombrío que abre la 8a se ilumina en la coda del movimiento final. Doppo morire...
Excelente interpretación de esta célebre sinfonía del compositor austriaco Bruckner por la magnífica orquesta gallega bajo la batuta del gran director L.Segerstam. BRAVO !!!
Way to go Leif...the orchestra is playing its heart out for you....
Maestro Segerstam carries off an extraordinary performance with an superb orchestra of an underappreciated piece.
Spellbinding performance of this symphony- some have called the Bruckner 8 "the Everest of Western Music" - this orchestra has a most magnificent individual sound, -and the brass are astounding! this is the pace that I prefer with most Bruckner, but you need the finest orchestra and conductor to pull it off. We have it here! thank you for posting. An overwhelming experience.
This is a wonderful orchestra. Excellent conducting.
God, I love just about everything Segerstam does. And a fine orchestra.
Remarkable that Segerstam approached this enormous work with such slow tempi and made it more transparent and brilliant than I recall hearing it in a long time.He really shapes the themes such that a certain weirdness I don't associate with Bruckner comes out of the performance, which is something I was surprised and happy to hear. I love his apparent pleasure in the orchestra, too. Bravo, tutti!
Si esta es la mejor grabación de la 8ª de Bruckner se dice y ya está.
I'm an 83.yo so Ive heard a lot of Bruckner, including ,any versions of this Eighth Symphony. This is the best I ever heard...so far...
best so far??? What about Celibidache?
Absolutely overwhelming and authentic performance of this great work, miraculous cooperation between conductor and musicians - with humility in the service of the music (the very good instrumentalists don't overact with superfluous movements as it has become a selfish habit allover in the orchestras!) - Thank you!
Surely the equal of any performance of this great work: somewhat surprising among such a gifted and illustrious circle of rather better known musical talent. Bruckner's instruction "Do not drag" in the adagio is followed - just! But I have never heard bowing like this at 57:45.
I've found my favorite Bruckner orchestra! Bravo, fine Spanish musician girls and boys!
magnifico leif, como siempre la o.s.g espectacular (la interpetacion la mejor)
Esta Orquesta tiene el mejor grupo de metales del mundo!!!!! Bravísimo, OSG!!!!!!!!!
Cet orchestre est extraordinaire, vraiment galicieux!
Bravo, Maestro Leif. You are a blessing!
Esta orquesta se creó en 1992 y está a la par de las mejores del mundo, muchas de ellas más que centenarias.
Fiquei surpreso com a beleza e inteligência da interpretação. Andamento perfeito e belíssimos planos sonoros. Por fim, que regência clara!!! Maravilhoso!!!
Ein hervorragender Bruckner. Ein ausgezeichnetes Orchester!! Und Segerstam at his best. Was will man mehr. Eine so intensive und begeisternde Aufführung von Bruckners Achte habe ich schon lange nicht mehr gehört. Bravo!!!
This is a great performance despite the apparently slow tempi which Leif carries off magnificently, helped of course by this excellent orchestra. The brass can compete with many of the so called great orchestras of Germany, Austria, USA, Russia etc. Merits repeated listening to for the detail.
One of the finest interpretations of this outstanding masterpiece.
This No8 embodies the musical aesthetics of Bruckner that is indescribable beauty, and something indescribable, and indescribable feelings
дирижёр с прекрасным чувством восприятия и передачи информации,заложенной автором в самОм произведении = это ни что иное как Дар Божий :) потрясающе! Браво!!! прекрасная работа оркестра (в целом) = молодцы!
É isso que admiro em uma orquestra. Não deixa seus ouvintes internautas sem novas postagens. Parabéns pela iniciativa, porque isso somente reitera a integridade desta orquestra com seus seguidores. Obrigado e uma abraço latino!
Fabius Graco
Obrigado.
Great music,great performance and great conducting....
I think that was a magical performance/recording/video. Thank you!
Excellent Audio and Video.
orchestral music and esp at this quality may be the greatest gift to and from man and may be the thing that eventually saves us from ourselves or from some ominous onlooking force
La Sinfónica de Galicia, como siempre, insuperable!
¡¡¡Bravo!!! Excepcional. Quién nos iba a decir hace un tiempo que tendríamos orquestas así en España. Pero que alguien le dé vitaminas al de los timbales.
Te doy la razon; en esta sinfonia y sobretodo en el Scherzzo tiene peso el percusionista; entiendase: Timbales. En el Allegro moderato tambien, ya que Bruckner le da importancia a estos (timbales pero en esta version los ejecutan con las baquetas afelpadas lo que le resta brillo) luego de la fanafarria de las trompetas. En el Adagio una nota antes de climax, "terrofico" diaria Yo, entra en fortissimo en notas bajas (no se mucho cual) y para culmen en el Finale: al principio en forma de cabalgata, luego, mi favorita: la Marcha donde excelentemente ejecutado es imponente y para glorioso final el timbal sobresale en 23 repeticiones similares a la cabalagata del inicio antes de la fuga cuadruple; una obra excelsa diga de estar a la par de la "Novena" del "Gran Sordo" Mis saludos.
Fine performance. The sound quality is excellent. Compliments to the audio engineer, Maestro Segerstam, and the players!
Deixo também a minha admiração pelo maestro LEIF, sobriedade e competência impressionantes.
It seems that the 'Brucknerian' sound ideally fits into southern temperament! Very warm sounding even the most horrible 'icy' or dreadful feelings passages come.
A good, measured pace, similar to Celibidache, who takes it even slower. Remember, that Bruckner was not building skyscrapers; he was building cathedrals.
Bravo John, and Amen, YES, Bruckner was building a majestic CATHEDRAL in his music with a Wagnerian drama in the background. Your words are dead-on, my very sensitive friend !
Sublime, ce chef d'orchestre est habité, bravo😙🤗😍merci de ce moment délicieux
Tan sólo dos palabras: ¡¡¡IM-PRESIONANTE!!! (La OSG como siempre SUBLIME)
Definitely excellent performance and directing!! Everyone was firing on all pistons!
Genial el director finlandes junto a la Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, en La Coruña.
Bravísimo Leif, qué gran músico eres
Stupendo concerto!
Bruckner é o compositor mais heavy metal da symphonic music ! Extraordinary....
C'est superbe. Un orchestre magnifique et un chef d'un haut niveau (même si j'ai du mal à distinguer le meilleur du pire dans les interprétations des symphonies de Bruckner...). C'est pour cela que je me contenterai de ne pas tarir d'éloges sur cet orchestre de Galice !
OMG. If I could watch Santa Claus conduct, I'd be at the symphony every week. Hell, every night!
Decir algo que no sepamos de la OSG y del Maestro Segerstam, es decir algo que ya es obvio, simplemente dejémonos ir con la música y relajémonos felizmente con esta exquisita obra.
tinsares v
BEST ORCHESTRA! Sublime performance.
Hermosa sinfonía, excelente orquesta, gran director..!
How magnificent. Thank you
Maravilloso💖💖💖
今までカラヤンのブル8が至高と思ってたがそれを超える名演があった。
曲の構成をどう意味付けしてるかよく分かるし曲想のつけ方も絶妙。三楽章などはトリハダもんです。
アンサンブルもほぼ完璧。響きがとても美しい。
心が洗われるブル8でした。
BRAVO TUTTI CORNI and TUBENS!! As good as it gets and I'm a retired hornist who, at the very least, knows what it takes to sound that good. Great orchestra all around and the conductor appears inspirational (most of them are more like dentists pulling teach). This is a world class orchestra that, surprisingly, I've never known much about beautifully recorded in what sounds like a very good hall especially given how together the orch was. Of course, acoustics are hard to ascertain from any recording and I think I saw some close miking which gives the recording engineers a lot of, shall we say, flexibilities when it comes to balances, etc. But however they did it, they did it very well. Thanks for posting. BTW, I submit that two microphones suspended above the conductor gives us what they hear and, done right, what they want the listener to hear. An honest unenhanced rendering. I digress...
UNGLAUBLICH wunderbar !
Man liebt jedes einzelne Instrument !
An interesting interpretation by Segerstam, proving that taking it a bit slower need not make it any less powerful.
Genio! que fantasticos😚
A terrific performance. Celibidache would of raved at the tempi !Exactly how this supreme masterpiece should be played. With this and his 9th symphony Bruckner joined Beethoven at the very heights of symphonic composition.
The secret to bring out the perfect tempo seems to be to sit down while conducting.
So true!! ❤️❤️❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I totally agree with you that Anton Bruckner rank his position as equal, to that of Beethoven as the last Great Master of the 19th Century in the Austro-German musical tradition besides Johannes Brahms. We are very fortunate that we are receiving HIS wonderful musical legacy that he left for all mankind. I LOVE BRUCKNER !
Notice the Celibidache performance in Japan on youtube has only 4 French horns.
Direzione straordinaria orchestra a grandi livelli Bruckner genio assoluto. Emozionante.
bar5, great! bassoon in stead of clarinet in the right key!
Utterly fantastic
Much Gratitude:)
Wonderful Performance !
Very good performance of Bruckner's 8th symphony.
Fantasticos!!!
There is some music in this world that leaps off the sheet music at you! This is one of them!!! Thank you for sending Bruckner my Almighty God!!!
superb!
Galicia! One of the world's Greatests!
I'm just going repeat what has been said already, but I'm going to say it anyway. This symphony is simply magnificent. Who am I to disagree with Johannes Brahms, but I think he was just wrong about Bruckner's work.
Leif Segerstam is a fantastic conductor. And he's got a wonderful orchestra here. It's hard to imagine this masterpiece done better.
Bruckner №8 my love
Well done , Santa !
Bravi, Leif sei grande.
Endless and relentless, but beautiful. 👍
Bravo
Interesting timing of the phone message to go off! (25:52)
Indeed.
Outstanding and very moving performance of the Bruckner's Great 8th. Lovely man, bravo and bless him, but he truly need to do something about his over-weight. Music is so wonderful, third movement left me in tears.
I love the yell of approval from the conductor to the orchestra at the very end!!!I think he was speaking Finnish?
No8 promotes spilitual uplift and awakening, and invigorates the soul
Bruckner- Symphony no 8- zazdroszczę Finlandii bo to piękny kraj mają piękne lasy 1000 jezior wspaniałych ludzi no i Św.Mikołaja oraz Leifa Segerstama
BRAVISSIMO!!!
25:51, could be part of the compositon
Timps go for it 1:11:17