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Bruckner: Symphony No 4

Label LSO Live

Artists London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

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The epithet ‘Romantic’ is Bruckner’s own, and although they may seem like programmatic wisdom after the event, the charming descriptions he gave to each of the movements of his Fourth Symphony while engaged on his several revisions of the work make quite clear what kind of Romanticism this is. The programme is of mediaeval towns flanked by enchanted woodland, knights and huntsmen, noonday dancing in forest clearings: such is the substance of that amiable early Romantic painter Schinkel rather than his awe-inducing contemporary Caspar David Friedrich (note that the heyday of both artists came nearly half a century before Bruckner began work on the Fourth Symphony in 1874). In other words, the moodier imaginings and the fantastical subjectivity of the artist we think of as the archetypal Romantic are nowhere in sight.

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1. Symphony No. 4 - Romantic - I. Bewegt, nicht zu schnell

20:32

2. Symphony No. 4 - Romantic -II. Andante quasi Allegretto

15:06

3. Symphony No. 4 - Romantic - III. Scherzo. Bewegt - Trio- Nicht zu schnell. Keinesfalls schleppend

11:11

4. Symphony No. 4 - Romantic -IV. Finale- Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell

22:16

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Additional Information

Label

LSO Live

SKU

LSO0716

Qualities

FLAC 96 kHz, FLAC 192 kHz, DSD 64

Channels

2ch Stereo, 5ch Surround, 2ch Stereo & 5ch Surround

Artists

London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Composers

Bruckner

Conductors

Bernard Haitink

Genres

Classical

Original Recording Format

DSD 64

Instruments

Orchestra

Release Date

November 04, 2014

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Reviews

BBC Music Magazine

Haitink’s latest, live Bruckner Fourth is not only the most sumptuously beautiful, it’s also the most satisfying… Few performances capture so well the sense of mystery at the heart of this symphony.

Audiophile Audition

I’ve been something of a stickler with preferring Günter Wand’s recordings of the Bruckner symphonies... But I think I’ve found an even better version in Haitink’s No. 4, not to mention the improved sonics and surround.