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Following their recording of the 8th Symphony, Christian Thielemann and the Staatskapelle Dresden are continuing their internationally acclaimed Bruckner cycle with Symphony No.5. Star conductor Christian Thielemann once again shows his talent for the German Romantic repertoire with a highly acclaimed interpretation of Bruckner’s Symphony No.5. ‘magician of the (Bruckner) sound’. Kurier about Christian Thielemann. ‘The end of the third movement took one’s breath away’. Der Neue Merker ‘A veritable glorious orchestra’. Neue Zuricher Zeitung (on the Staatskapelle’s Bruckner 5 at Lucerne Festival). Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 Sound Format: PCM 2.0 dts-HD MA 5.1 Region Code: 0 Duration: 90 minutes Recorded: live from the Semperoper Dresden 2013 Review (Thielemann) conducts in a fresh and exciting way. The audience was evidently stunned, and so am I. Performance ***** Recording ***** –BBC Music Magazine, Mar’15