If you know how to use proxies, you could attempt to create a UK account (which is what I have), where it isn't blocked. But yeah, it's a bummer...
I run into it all the time, but not so often on classical. It happens in pop and rock. I think that's the first classical album I have seen only partially available.
Yeah, not sure. This one is definitely grayed out. Not sure why something on Philips isn't available. I can buy this two-for for about $30.00, but I want to hear it first, especially the 8th.
Once you create the account, do you need to use the proxy. The proxies I've used have been pretty slow. I used them to create and use a Qobuz account. After a while, I didn't need the proxy anymore.
I'm not sure I want to go through all that for one recording. I have a U.S. Premium account with playlists and lots of saved albums. I don't want to have to cancel that, nor do I want to pay for a second account. The free version is not very appealing, sonic-wise.
I don't think a broadway musical, as those are typically orchestrated. My guess is that it refers to a libretto and music he composed on piano, but was never orchestrated for full orchestra. Kind of like the original piano version of "Pictures at an Exhibition" as opposed to one of the orchestrated versions.
On spotify you need only to login into your account via the proxy every 14 days or so just to load the page once, and that's it. You don't need to be on a proxy all the time to actually stream anything because they think that you are on vacation in another country (and they allow you to do that indefinitely).
When I switched from a US to a UK account I suddenly started finding many new classical albums that I haven't seen before, so they also block whole albums.
Interpretation-wise, I don't think this particular recording differs that much from Haitink's other numerous recordings of the piece (so you are not missing much that you haven't already heard on his other recording with the Concertgebouw), and Philips provide their usual balanced and open sound, though it has some digital edge to it on the loud parts. (But it's always nice to hear the Vienna phil. in this music yet again, if you are a fan of the orchestra as I am)
Haitink's 1981 recording of Bruckner 8 with the Concertgebouw Orchestra is a much more fiery, tauter and more impressive performance than his first one with them, from the 1960s. By the way, Haitink recorded the 8th only twice with the Concertgebouw Orchestra while he was their principal conductor (until 1988). His recording with the Vienna Philharmonic dates from 1995.
Maybe you are right, I haven't listened to these recordings in quite a while, perhaps I shouldn't trust my memory this much... And I forgot to mention, but my favorite Bruckner 8th by Haitink is with the Staatskapelle Dresden on their live label (from 2002 or so). It's a really special recording.
Heard that one, or at least parts of it, on Dutch public classical radio and to be honest I wasn't impressed. Many of Haitink's recordings from his later years, say from the 2000s onward, sound tired and uninspired to me. He was my favourite Concertgebouw Orchestra conductor and I saw him live at the Concertgebouw.
I tend to agree with this statement, but there are exceptions however (I also love his Bruckner 6 with Dresden, and few other pretty good resales with that orchestra).
Bruckner: Symphonies 3 & 8 - Bernard Haitink,Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic
First listen to CD 1 from "Tchaikovsky - Romances Complete Collection" performed by S. Lemeshev, E. Obraztsova, V. Alantov, T. Milashkina, M. Magomaev and I. Arkhipova on Melodiya.
