Many of Mariss Jansons' releases on RCO Live are single SACDs, which should be expected, considering the high price of audiophile recordings. But for this 2009 album, two of Anton Bruckner's most popular symphonies are combined in a super-audio twofer that runs over two hours in playing time and is twice the usual price. But it's well worth the expense to have these live recordings of the Symphony No. 3 in D minor and the Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, "Romantic," packaged together, particularly for the convenience of ...
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Many of Mariss Jansons' releases on RCO Live are single SACDs, which should be expected, considering the high price of audiophile recordings. But for this 2009 album, two of Anton Bruckner's most popular symphonies are combined in a super-audio twofer that runs over two hours in playing time and is twice the usual price. But it's well worth the expense to have these live recordings of the Symphony No. 3 in D minor and the Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, "Romantic," packaged together, particularly for the convenience of having two exceptional performances ready at hand. Jansons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra have an intimate rapport that has served them well in other repertoire, notably Mahler, but it is especially pleasing here because this orchestra has a long-standing history of playing these symphonies. Even though Jansons is not known for much work with Bruckner, with only a recording of the Symphony No. 7 to his credit, he has considerable familiarity with the late Romantics, so any gaps in...
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