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Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major 'Romantic' - 1888 Version

1888 version

Orf Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Markus Poschner

Awards:

Poschner leads an astutely paced and well-played reading of the symphony but one that’s somewhat lacking in power and depth.

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major 'Romantic' - 1888 Version

1888 version

Orf Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Markus Poschner

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Poschner leads an astutely paced and well-played reading of the symphony but one that’s somewhat lacking in power and depth.

About

The most comprehensive Bruckner Symphonies cycle, including all 19 available versions. Bruckner’s frantic revisions of his symphonies Nos. 3, 4 and 8 followed his disappointment with Hermann Levi’s rejection of the original version of the Eighth Symphony. Helping in this large-scale effort to revise the works were some of Bruckner’s former students – Franz and Joseph Schalk, Ferdinand Lowe, Max von Oberleithner and Cyrill Hynai. The result was that the reputation of these versions – especially the final version of the Fourth – became tarnished as something not quite Echt-Bruckner. It wasn’t until the discovery of photographs of the 1888 version’s manuscript score, and the subsequent publication of Benjamin Korstvedt’s edition of the work, that it became clear that this late edition really did reflect Bruckner’s intentions. To ears familiar with the even better-known 1881 version, the result might sound mystifying, even troubling, but it also surprises with many particularly exquisite passages!

Contents and tracklist

I. Ruhig bewegt
Track length18:14
II. Andante
Track length14:10
III. Scherzo. Bewegt
Track length9:46
IV. Finale. Mäßig bewegt
Track length19:22

Awards and reviews

  • Opus Klassik Awards
    2024
    Nominated - Orchestra of the Year

Auguts 2023

Poschner leads an astutely paced and well-played reading of the symphony but one that’s somewhat lacking in power and depth.
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