Karl Bohm - Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (1973) [2010 SACD]

Karl Bohm conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for this performance of Bruckner's Fourth Symphony.

When visiting the composer, Bruckner's former teacher and lifelong friend Otto Kitzler advised him to get married due to his chaotic housekeeping. Appalled, the almost 50-year-old musician replied that he had no time, and that he had to work on his Fourth. Because of the debacle at the world premiere of his Third Symphony, Anton Bruckner filed away at the follow-up symphony for a long time. The first version was created in 1874, the second version featuring a completely new Scherzo in 1878. Before its world premiere at the Vienna Musikverein in 1881, Bruckner once more revised the Finale. The result was triumphal. "Bruckner was called back four to five times after every movement. In a word: Bruckner was very well received, since last Sunday he ranks among our most important sound creators and has become a part of our common artistic property," wrote the Wiener Abendpost.


Tracks:

Symphony No.4 In E Flat Major "Romantic"
EDITION: Leopold Nowak (1953)
1. 第1楽章: Bewegt, Nicht Zu Schnell 20:14
2. 第2楽章: Andante, Quasi Allegretto 15:34
3. 第3楽章: Scherzo.Bewegt - Trio: Nicht Zu Schnell.Keinesfalls Schleppend 11:09
4. 第4楽章: Finale.Bewegt, Doch Nicht Zu Schnell 21:13

Personnel:

Conductor – Karl Böhm
Orchestra – Wiener Philharmoniker