ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra - Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E flat major (1876 Version)

Continuing their exhaustive survey of Anton Bruckner�s symphonies in all their versions, Markus Poschner and his team now tackle the original 1876 version of Bruckner�s Fourth Symphony, arguably his most popular symphony. �1876? Surely you mean 1874!� the Bruckner specialist might comment. Well, recent research has revealed that Bruckner was still adjusting details of the work by that date, but not so substantially that the changes amounted to a separate version; nor, for that matter, the 1878 second �standard� version. Paul Hawkshaw�s liner notes detail all the differences for those who are interested in the subject � but, of course, one can also simply enjoy the immediate freshness of Bruckner�s expansive first ideas.