Decca's reissue of Karl Böhm's 1973 recording of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, "Romantic," is an essential item for collectors, even though the performing edition is one of the most commonly used. Böhm and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra follow the 1886 version (also known as the 1878-1880 version), edited by Leopold Nowak, which, in frequency of performances and number of recordings, is only rivaled by the somewhat similar edition by Robert Haas of the 1881 version. In a market where conductors and ...
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Decca's reissue of Karl Böhm's 1973 recording of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, "Romantic," is an essential item for collectors, even though the performing edition is one of the most commonly used. Böhm and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra follow the 1886 version (also known as the 1878-1880 version), edited by Leopold Nowak, which, in frequency of performances and number of recordings, is only rivaled by the somewhat similar edition by Robert Haas of the 1881 version. In a market where conductors and orchestras are increasingly vying to record Bruckner's earlier and often more interesting versions of this piece, for the sake of giving a clearer picture of the composer's original intentions, Böhm's recording offers nothing new to the seeker of obscurities, and may even seem to be interchangeable with well over 100 other recordings that cover the same ground. But few conductors have the proper touch in Bruckner's symphonies, and even fewer could boast of the special relationship Böhm...
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