Bruckner Symphony '5 - Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Trumpet Adolph Herseth and Mark Rindenour

conductor Takashi Asahina

[MrMWPeach]

Gene Pokorny underpinning the whole section with some herculean tuba playing. Love it.

[albertmoore]

It's great to see and hear Herseth playing his Bach C again!

[stevieb]

Possibly the greatest orchestral brass section in the world at the time. Although this is obviously the edition without the additional brass choir. Great to hear those horns led by Dale Clevenger!

[kenmeltzer]

Takashi Asahina’s US debut. Blessed to have been in the audience.

[herbiecactus]

I often think the CSO is not nearly as loud as I remember in the 80s and 90s because of my hearing. This is a good reminder that they did used to be louder. Hope they examined their instruments for stress fractures after this performance.

[gerontius]

The Chicago Blare on full display. Solti would be happy. The strings enjoying their tremolos so much!

[Richard-brv]

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Georg Solti was at its best by far.

[Thedearster]

See how great an orchestra can sound without the agism bs of today. Average age here is probably 60 lolz. And they sound better than the current Chicago Symphony.

[novagerio]

Could you add Asahina's name please?

[timpapenbrock]

You misspelled Mark Ridenour's name... 30 years with the section.

[brianbough]

Kind of stumbled across the finish line there... chops were chopped, intonation issues. The strings sounded indifferent... It doesn't help that Asahina chose to slow down so much in the finale instead of maintaining speed. The low brass kind of kept it presentable, but not exactly what I would imagine seeing posted.

[benmcdonald]

Mr Herseth WOW! Does anyone know Is that Mike Farrow on 4th trumpet?

[Bubbles-ijvq]

Bud has skills which we unfortunately will never see the likes of again, Gene Pokorny is no doubt Arnold Jacob’s successor

[faville]

Strings: going over the grocery list mentally.

[remotoadamotroppovelocelaf]

Il direttore..un battitore di tempo..un metronomo.bocciato.

[samsing]

Who’s the CSO of today? Where can I turn it up to 11? 🤔

[philosophicallyspeaking]

Heifetz sounded amazing 'in the house', BUT...his tone often sounded...nasal, flinty and forced on recordings, as if the recording engineers 'tools' were insufficient to their need, disconnecting elements of his sound (transient attack etc.) from the pitch, for insisting on doing what they always 'did' for other violin soloists, in terms of mic placement and type, and who required greater input of...rendered electronic intervention, assistance and insistence from the sound console. So, is it the case that the CSO sounds reliable better in the house than a record can convey? Where more often the reverse is true. It is often the case when quality or quantity of sound is...too much dictated by interference of 'others' less proximate or convicted to what is real, rather than what can be captured or...synthesized on record.

[Mooseman]

Everyone looks so bored. Well, it IS Bruckner, so they have an excuse.

[stefanufer]

Sorry - the Concertgebouw's brass section is much more beautiful

[bruhpang]

piston trumpet for Bruckner....no thanks