Anton Bruckner: Symphonie No. 4 "Romantische" - Wiener Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado
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Composer: Anton BrucknerConductor: Claudio Abbado
Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1991-02-01
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
- 1. Bewegt, nicht zu schnell
- 2. Andante quasi Allegretto
- 3. Scherzo. Bewegt - Trio. Nicht zu schnell. Keinesfalls schleppend - Scherzo
- 4. Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
Free Music Notes for Anton Bruckner: Symphonie No. 4 "Romantische" - Wiener Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado
Free Music Review: Glorious tone but overly cautious in conception
Hit: 3 Stars
The Gramophone anointed this performance of the Bruckner Fourth in a long, pompous review (the sonority of the Vienna Phil. was referred to as "autochthonous"), but I'm not so sure. One cannot fault the orchestral playing, which is plusher and lusher even than Karajan's two recordings of the work with the Berlin Phil. The smoothness of tone over a vast dynamic range, without the slightest harshness in the brass, is extraordinary. But Abbado tends to homogenize textures. In concert the effect of a golden throat fully open must be astonishing; here it's a little caramelized compared to the genuine grit and bite that brings Bruckner alive.
Abbado applies such obsessive care to detail that it has the effect of putting each bar under a microscope. This is especially evident in the overly studied slow movement, but my attention was already wandering halfway through the first movement. The brutal fact is that Bruckner's major symphonies ar loose, baggy monsters, and it takes a strong-minded conductor to pull them into shape by force. Klemeprer was great at that, so were Karajan, Tennstedt, and Celibidache. For me, Abbado doesn't belong in that select group, much as I admire his musicianship.
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