Credits:

Trio Elegiaque

Description:

The Munich Philharmonic's self-recorded Bruckner live performance at St. Florian's Abbey in Linz, Germany, with Valery Gergiev, who assumed the position of Chief Conductor in September 2015, and the Munich Philharmonic, is a combination of profound power, sparkling elegance, and beauty. The music of this new duo has been highly acclaimed for the concentration and urgency with which they have brought out the best in strings, winds, and percussion in response to Gergiev's fiery conducting, which has brought out the best in them. The other symphonies that have already been released are "groundbreaking interpretations that break free from Bruckner's traditional mysticism and religiosity and combine simple beauty and drive. The recording is also highly acclaimed in terms of performance and recording, with "a perfect balance of church reverberation and individual instruments, and a recording that is not at all muddled. The recording was handled by Stephan Reh, a highly acclaimed engineer for labels such as CPO and BIS. Mastering was done by Christoph Stickel, an engineer who has worked on various works by Keith Jarrett, who was in charge of new mastering under the supervision of ECM. Bruckner's most well-known symphony, No. 4, is a work with a strong tendency toward theme music among Bruckner's symphonies, including descriptions of nature.A live recording of the performance in Gasteig, Munich in September 2015 (9305.211208) has already been released, but the performance two years later successfully combines even more technical ability and experience, and with the reverberations of St. Florian's Abbey, the rich tone of the horns at the beginning of the first movement, the beautiful dialogue between the woodwinds, and the magnificent string tutti that follows, bring out the heavy power, sparkling grace, and beauty of the Munich Philharmonic. The first movement, with the reverberations of St. Florian's Abbey, opens with the rich tone of the horns, the beautiful dialogue with the woodwinds, and the magnificent string tutti that follows, all with the concentration and tension of strings, winds, and percussion instruments giving their best in response to Gergiev's passionate conducting, which brings out the profound power, sparkling grace, and beauty that only the Munich Philharmonic can bring. It is a deep, passionate, and dense performance. Applause is cut. Warner Music Japan

Tracklisting:

1.Symphony No. 4 in E flat major "Romantic" WAB 104~1. Bewegt, nicht zu schnell
2.Symphony No. 4 in E flat major "Romantic" WAB 104~2. Andante, quai Allegretto
3.Symphony No. 4 in E flat major "Romantic" WAB 104~3. Scherzo. Bewegt - Trio. Nicht zu schnell, keinesfalls schleppend
4.Symphony No. 4 in E flat major "Romantic" WAB 104~4. Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell