With the Seventh, however, the matter is clear. With one exception: With or without? The cymbal crash with which Bruckner, on Nikisch’s advice, marked the climax of the Adagio, that mighty dirge dictated to the Linz composer upon hearing the news of the revered Richard Wagner’s death. He listened to Nikisch and inserted the cymbal … Continue reading Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra – Thursday, Friday & Sunday (a.m.), Herbert Blomstedt conducts Bruckner Seven in the new edition by Paul Hawkshaw.