Christian Thielemann reviews
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 (Vienna Phil/Thielemann)
Vienna Philharmonic/Christian Thielemann (Sony Classical)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1; Six Piano Variations
Rudolf Buchbinder (piano); Berlin Philharmonic/Christian Thielemann (DG)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (Vienna Phil/Thielemann)
Vienna Philharmonic/Christian Thielemann (Sony Classical)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 (1866 version)
Staatskapelle Dresden/Christian Thielemann (C Major; DVD)
Die Walküre performed at Salzburg Festival 2017
This Salzburg production was billed as a recreation of Herbert von Karajan’s classic 1967 staging, but on this DVD ‘recreation’ acquires inverted commas – advisedly, because it’s nothing of the sort.