Now considered one of the most important of 19th-century symphonists, during his lifetime, bruckner was the subject of incomprehension and ridicule. Sir georg solti made two recordings of this symphonic edifice. While his chicago recording has been in regular circulation, this much-requested reissue of the seventh with the vienna philharmonic has lain dormant for far too long and is now exhumed on decca eloquence at budget price. The legendary producer/engineer team of john culshaw and gordon parry capture the full splendour of the sofiensaal acoustics and the 1965 sound is sonorous and burnished. Composers: bruckner, conductors: sir georg solti, orchestras: wiener philharmoniker