Sergiu Celibidache, Münchner Philharmoniker - Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 [2LP 180g Black Vinyl]

Warner Classics

£27.54

Format: 2 x LP
ICPN: 0190296731082
Release Date: 03 Sep 2021
Genre: Classical

Packaging: LP sleeve with 2x 180 GR. PRESSING black vinyl – no download code - Text in English

Sergiu Celibidache was without question one of the most important and original conductors in recent memory. He was a perfectionist who disliked what he perceived to be the synthetic sounds created in the modern recording studio, preferring the immediacy of the concert platform and the interaction with a live audience. This Bruckner recording celebrates the extraordinary legacy of his collaboration with the Münchner Philharmoniker, from which he was Musical Director between 1979 and his death in 1996.

“One of the greatest Bruckner performances I have ever heard – a truly towering act of the re-creative imagination (…). [This performance] is centred in string playing of astonishing depth, eloquence and homogeneity. As with Giulini, it is the viola and cello sections which seem to harbour the very soul of the music. The viola cantilenas in the slow movement (…) are things of rare beauty.” Gramophone

TRACKLIST
ANTON BRUCKNER 1824–1896
Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major ‘Romantic’ (ed. Haas)

SIDE A I. Bewegt, nicht zu schnell
SIDE B II. Andante quasi allegretto
SIDE C III. Scherzo: Bewegt – Trio: Nicht zu schnell. Keinesfalls schleppend
SIDE D IV. Finale: Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell

Münchner Philharmoniker
Sergiu Celibidache

Recorded: 16.X.1988, Philharmonie am Gasteig, München (LIVE)
Recording engineer: Gerald Junge
Remastering producer & Tape editor: Marcus Herzog
Total timing: 79 minutes
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