Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 – The 3 Versions
Bamberger Symphoniker; Jakub Hrůša, conductor
The Fourth Symphony occupies a special position in Anton Bruckner’s symphonic cycle. It heralds the cycle of his ‘mature’ symphonies and with it the composer addressed his audience directly and wanted to be understood by them. He succeeded in this – today the ‘Romantic’ is one of Bruckner’s most popular symphonies. Still, he revised it time and again and today there are three versions of it. With the Bamberg Symphony, which can draw on many years of Bruckner interpretation, Jakub Hrusa has now recorded all versions of the Fourth Symphony. For a conductor, it is a unique opportunity to be able to record all versions of a symphony. In addition, as Hrusa says, the project enables the interested audience to form their own opinion of the quality and tailoring of the respective version. In this way, listeners can decide for themselves whether the composer was right in his doubts, and whether it makes any sense at all to ‘pit’ one version against the other.´ This release also includes a fourth CD with the alternate finale (‘Volksfest’) to the second version as well as more excerpts from early drafts.
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major ‘Romantic’
I. Allegro
II. II. Andante
III. Sehr schnell
IV. Allegro
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major ‘Romantic’
I. Bewegt, nicht zu schnell
II. Andante, quasi allegretto
III. Scherzo. Bewegt
IV. Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major ‘Romantic’
I. Ruhig bewegt
II. Andante
III. Scherzo. Bewegt
IV. Finale. Mäßig bewegt
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 “Romantic” (1878 Unpublished Version)
I. Measures 63-83
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 “Romantic” (1880 Version)
I. Measures 63-83
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 “Romantic” (1878 Unpublished Version)
I. Measures 289-341
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 “Romantic” (1880 Version)
I. Measures 289-341
Excerpt,Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major ‘Romantic’
I. Measures 289-341
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 “Romantic” (1878 Unpublished Version)
I. Measures 423-453
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 “Romantic” (1880 Version)
I. Measures 423-453
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 “Romantic” (1878 Unpublished Version)
II. Measure 171
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 “Romantic” (1880 Version)
II. Measures 171-195
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 “Romantic” (1878 Unpublished Version)
III. Trio
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 “Romantic” (1880 Version)
III. Trio
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 “Romantic” (1881 Version)
IV. Measures 339-437
IV. Measure 339
Excerpt,Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major ‘Romantic’
IV. Measure 339
Excerpt,Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major ‘Romantic’
IV. Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell “Volksfest”
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 “Romantic” (1881 Version)
IV. Finale. Mäßig bewegt