Bruckner - Symphony no.4 (with Volksfest Finale)
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Label: Haenssler Profil
Cat No: PH13049
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 30th June 2017
Contents
Artists
Philharmonie FestivaConductor
Gerd SchallerWorks
Symphony no.4 in in E flat major 'Romantic' (1878 version with 'Volksfest' finale)Artists
Philharmonie FestivaConductor
Gerd SchallerAbout
Yet ‘completed’ was often a relative state in Bruckner's case. In 1878 he created a second version, replacing the scherzo with a new one, the Hunting Scherzo, and composing a new final movement with the title Volksfest (traditional fair). The Volksfest is consequently the original final movement of the second version. The next revision of 1880, later edited prior to publication, represented a completely new final movement.
Together with the first three movements of the second version, this finale of 1880 formed the final version, which was published in November 1889 after renewed revision. Fifteen years had passed since the first draft. Bruckner had in the meantime produced other symphonies - the second version of the Eighth had been published in 1889/90. The second version of the Fourth Symphony was premiered by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under Hans Richter in February 1881. The next performance, this time of the final version, did not take place until January 1888, again conducted by Richter.
Bruckner himself called the Fourth his ‘Romantic’ symphony, making it the only one to have a name. Is that perhaps why it has become his most popular symphony?
The present recording is based on the edition of Prof. William Carragan, which is oriented towards the Nowak Edition. It is shorter and much catchier than the version performed normally. The strings have the upper hand here instead of the brass, but the four horns do resurface with reminiscences of the first movement.
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