Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich in Bruckner's Ninth
Resmusica January 4, 2025 by Patrice Imbaud For this final milestone in his Brucknerian cycle at the head of the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi gives us a beautiful account of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 9, in the absence of a real reference. Already recorded in 2008 with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi once again brings Anton Bruckner's last unfinished symphony, dedicated to God, to the stage, this time with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich. After a remarkable Seventh and a very convincing Eighth, this Ninth, with its irreproachable orchestral artistry, fails to escape the criticisms levelled at previous recordings, pointing to a certain lack of fervour and elevation in the subject matter. The first movement aptly combines grandeur and fragility, lyricism and anxiety, solemnity and mystery, but is confined to a very Apollonian immanence of fine workmanship which lacks a little tension and v...
