Bruckner - Symphony 4 [Masur-New York Philharmonic]Again first off, the booklet, what a glorious atmospheric shot, of Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany, a huge castle, but yet dwarfed by the mountains in the background, it's the haze which makes the shot, from the light blue of the sky at the top, down through darker blues at the bottom, full marks to Teldec Records.
Kurt Masur is German [formerly East German], and will be 73 next week.
Bruckner's Fourth Symphony is his most popular, and it's the Symphony to start out on if you are coming new to Bruckner, in listening to this again, i was struck by the great architecture of the first movement,
Here's Gunter Wand conducting the first movement on YouTube.
