Bruckner: Symphony No. 4

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
List Price: $11.98
Our Price: $6.86
You Save: $5.12 (43%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $5.94 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more CD details
Listen soundtracks from this album


(Click here)
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store

CD Details

Brand: VIENNA PHILHARMONIC
Composer: Anton Bruckner
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2007-06-12
Music Label: Decca
Soundtracks:
  1. Symphony No. 4 in E flat ('Romantic'), WAB 104: 1. Bewegt, nicht zu schnell
  2. Symphony No. 4 in E flat ('Romantic'), WAB 104: 2. Andante, quasi allegretto
  3. Symphony No. 4 in E flat ('Romantic'), WAB 104: 3. Scherzo: Bewegt - Trio: Nicht zu schnell. Keinesfalls scleppend
  4. Symphony No. 4 in E flat ('Romantic'), WAB 104: 4. Finale: Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell

Music reviews of Bruckner: Symphony No. 4

Music Review: A Sublimely Rendered Andante, But Otherwise Routine
Rating: 4 Stars

Bruckner's Fourth Symphony has been a personal favorite of mine since first hearing it on the radio in the early '70s (Klemperer/Philharmonia/EMI); I've just heard this vaunted Böhm/Vienna recording for the first time. Overall, first impressions of a seasoned listener being what they are, I find this performance to be exceedingly routine in interpretation, but quite fine in orchestral execution and technical vibrancy -- in other words, it would probably make a decent introduction for the novice listener. Other than that....

To my ears, the most striking aspects to be heard here are in the dynamic and temporal nuances Böhm elicits in the slow Andante second movement. If "silence" and "quiet" are attention-getting virtues, Böhm uses them to fine effect while subtly shaping delicate melodic lines. The rhythmic pulse is often held onto by the thinnest of threads until gradual orchestral builds are expertly sculpted with a fine shading of timbral dynamics, effectively putting forth what can be an imposingly longwinded and comparatively prosaic Brucknerian argument. Here, I find the movement to be the highlight of the entire performance.

In my opinion, there are several more involving recorded performances readily available on the market -- Klemperer, Abbado, Tennstedt, Jochum, Celibidache -- but if one is looking for a good-sounding, well-performed, and mostly unaffected introduction into the edificial Brucknerian sound world, this might be as good as any.

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 "Romantic"
Anton Bruckner: Symphonie No. 4 "Romantische" - Wiener Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado
Bruckner: Symphonies 4 & 8
Bruckner: Symphony no 4 / Jochum, Berliner Philharmoniker
CELIBIDACHE / Münchner Philharmoniker - Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
More Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 free music reviews:
1 2

Description of Bruckner: Symphony No. 4

No Description Available.
Genre: Classical Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
Rating:
Release Date: 12-JUN-2007

Classical CDs
Music Genres
Bestsellers in Classical CDs
Winterscapes ImageWinterscapes
by London Philharmonic
Prophetic Voice; Published: 2000-07; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $2.74
Price in other shops: $6.99
The Queen, the Bear, & the Bumblebee ImageThe Queen, the Bear, & the Bumblebee
by Dini Petty
Children's Group; Published: 2001-03; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $13.38
Price in other shops: $13.98
Beethoven Lives Upstairs Cdr ImageClassical Kids - Beethoven Lives Upstairs Cdr
Release date: 2000-04-05; Music CD
Best price: $24.97
Tchaikovsky (Life and Works (Naxos)) ImageTchaikovsky (Life and Works (Naxos))
by Malcolm Sinclair, Jeremy Siepmann
Naxos; Published: 2003-11; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $35.99
Jose Carreras - Jubileum Concert [VHS] ImageJose Carreras - Jose Carreras - Jubileum Concert [VHS]
Sling Shot; Release date: 2000-04-18; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $5.86
Price in other shops: $9.99
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker / Nureyev, Park, Royal Ballet [VHS] ImageTchaikovsky - The Nutcracker / Nureyev, Park, Royal Ballet [VHS]
Kultur Video; Release date: 1997-09-09; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $29.90
Price in other shops: $29.95
Lonely Town Lonley Street / Sergeant's Early Dream [VHS] ImageRambert Dance Company - Lonely Town Lonley Street / Sergeant's Early Dream [VHS]
Kultur Video; Release date: 1997-10-28; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $14.99
Price in other shops: $29.95
Winter Music: Composing the North ImageWinter Music: Composing the North
by John Luther Adams
Wesleyan; Published: 2004-11-10; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $25.33
Price in other shops: $25.95
Puccini - La Fanciulla del West / Santi, Domingo, Neblett, Royal Opera Covent Garden [VHS] ImagePuccini - La Fanciulla del West / Santi, Domingo, Neblett, Royal Opera Covent Garden [VHS]
Kultur Video; Release date: 1999-05-25; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $6.38
Price in other shops: $29.95
Verdi - Falstaff / Giulini, Bruson, Ricciarelli, Nucci, Royal Opera Covent Garden [VHS] ImageVerdi - Falstaff / Giulini, Bruson, Ricciarelli, Nucci, Royal Opera Covent Garden [VHS]
Kultur Video; Release date: 1999-05-25; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $12.95
Price in other shops: $29.95
Similar CDs
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35, 36, 38- 41 ImageMozart: Symphonies Nos. 35, 36, 38- 41
Release date: 1996-01-23; Music CD
Best price: $12.52
Price in other shops: $23.98
Bruckner: Symphony No 8 ImageBruckner: Symphony No 8
Release date: 1989-09-13; Music CD
Best price: $9.61
Price in other shops: $33.98
Bruckner: Symphonie No. 9 ImageBruckner: Symphonie No. 9
Release date: 1989-05-02; Music CD
Best price: $7.98
Price in other shops: $13.98
Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. 1 ImageHaydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. 1
Release date: 1994-10-11; Music CD
Best price: $7.40
Price in other shops: $17.98
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 ImageBruckner: Symphony No. 7
Release date: 2005-08-16; Music CD
Best price: $5.75
Price in other shops: $11.98
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet ImageProkofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Release date: 1998-06-09; Music CD
Best price: $10.31
Price in other shops: $17.98
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 6, 7 and 8/2 Overtures ImageBeethoven: Symphonies Nos. 6, 7 and 8/ 2 Overtures
Release date: 1995-07-18; Music CD
Best price: $10.18
Price in other shops: $17.98
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 ImageBruckner: Symphony No. 8
Release date: 2001-08-27; Music CD
Best price: $6.45
Price in other shops: $8.99
Bruckner: 9 Symphonies [Box Set] ImageBruckner: 9 Symphonies [Box Set]
Release date: 2008-11-18; Music CD
Best price: $22.35
Price in other shops: $32.98
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 ImageBruckner: Symphony No. 7
Release date: 1988-05-02; Music CD
Best price: $5.54
Price in other shops: $9.98
Books | DVD Video | VHS Video | Health and Personal Care | Digital Cameras and Photo | Kitchen and Housewares | Tools and Hardware | Sports Equipment | Dresses shirts shoes apparel pants
Copyright © 2004-2007 music-hills.com
Google
 
Web music-hills.com
Compare prices and find music notes for more than one million Music CD titles