Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, wab 104 (Edition Haas)

Description

Sony Classical presents the third installment of Christian Thielemann’s complete cycle of Anton Bruckner’s symphonies with the Vienna Philharmonic. It is the orchestra’s first Bruckner cycle performed under the direction of a single conductor. The Vienna Philharmonic premiered four of Anton Bruckner’s nine symphonies, including the Fourth in 1881, and has maintained a unique relationship with the music of the Austrian composer since 1873. The Fourth Symphony is the first Bruckner symphony Thielemann conducted. Nearly half a century later, he came as close as possible to the ideal Bruckner sound with the Vienna Philharmonic: a full, warm sound, whose recordings are rich in countless colors, clear without being harsh, and well-shaped without seeming angular. Thielemann’s interpretations of Bruckner’s music are based on expertise and a deep sympathy for the composer’s music. Few conductors can match the solemnity and patience he finds in the composer’s symphonies, or his ability to take advantage of the orchestra’s unmatched beauty of sound and the special acoustics of its home in Vienna, the Musikverein.