Bruckner: Symphony No. 6; Orchestral Lieder (CD) by Matthias Goerne (bass), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

0028945818924. New condition. CD. The common wisdom on Chailly's Bruckner is that it is a youthful take on the music, as opposed to the more mature approaches of, say, Jochum (EMI), Wand (RCA), Barenboim (Teldec), or Tintner (Naxos). In a limited sense that view is maintained here, for Chailly serves up a reading that eschews passion for poise, intensity for impetus, producing, in the end, a Bruckner Sixth that catches the sunlight and beauty, all right, but one that's not exactly devoid of wisdom and serenity, either. Thus, it can also be viewed as an interpretation from a mature mind. For one thing, Chailly's overall timing is on the moderate-to-slow side, but nowhere does it lack thrust or forward motion. Of the competition mentioned above only Tintner clocks in slower (59:47 compared with 57:30), and while there are some minor textual differences among some recordings of the Sixth (Wand/RCA, for one), there is nothing substantial, unlike most others in the Bruckner canon, that would account for significant differences in timing....