Bruckner - Symphony 4 'Romantic' [Masur-New York Philharmonic]
This is a very nice interpretation of Bruckner's most popular Symphony, i've talked about this disc in my Blog before [12th July 2010], the Bruckner Symphony that began my journey into his music was the Seventh [Blomstedt - Denon], but this Symphony has overtaken it in my own personal popularity stakes, only the Eighth has more claim on being Bruckner's very best Symphony, the Fourth is probably the Symphony i have listened to the most, here's a rundown of the times each Symphony has appeared in my Blog,
Symphony 8 = 9 times
so certainly the Eighth and the Fourth dominate my Blog, i think i need to listen to the Fifth more.
Kurt Masur is German, he is now 75, he made this recording in 1993, the booklet front cover is brilliant, a hazy picture of a castle in Germany, the whole thing is couched in different shades of blue, the huge castle is dwarfed by the mountains behind it, the blue gets lighter and lighter the further away and higher up things are, the lettering, especially 'romantic', bring a dash of colour to the finished product, certainly one of the very best disc booklets i own.
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Here's Claudio Abbado conducting the first movement on YouTube.
Symphony 8 = 9 times
Symphony 4 = 9 times
Symphony 7 = 3 times
Symphony 9 = 1 time
Symphony 6 = 1 time
Symphony 2 = 1 time
so certainly the Eighth and the Fourth dominate my Blog, i think i need to listen to the Fifth more.
Kurt Masur is German, he is now 75, he made this recording in 1993, the booklet front cover is brilliant, a hazy picture of a castle in Germany, the whole thing is couched in different shades of blue, the huge castle is dwarfed by the mountains behind it, the blue gets lighter and lighter the further away and higher up things are, the lettering, especially 'romantic', bring a dash of colour to the finished product, certainly one of the very best disc booklets i own.
Here's Claudio Abbado conducting the first movement on YouTube.
