Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski is one of the most versatile and accomplished  conductors active today. He's a legend in Minnesota, where he spent a couple of  decades making great music with this fine orchestra. Careerwise, he's had two  strikes against him: (1) he actively promotes contemporary music (and is an  accomplished composer himself), and (2) no one can spell or pronounce his last  name (it sounds like "Skrovacheffsky"). So now that that's out of the  way, nothing should prevent you from enjoying this outstandingly exciting  Bruckner Ninth. This guy really knows his Bruckner, and his performance is quite  simply the best played, most spectacularly recorded version available.-- David Hurwitz