Bruckner - Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic" (Cleveland Orchestra, Welser-Möst)

[@matthines4748]

I grew up on classical music, but never really listened to Bruckner until a few years ago. The 4th Symphony blew me away and then I had to hear more.

[@jackarcher7495]

Same here, matthines748. Heard Welser-Most and the Cleveland perform it last night at Severance Music Center. There is so much richness in this symphony I never appreciated before. Maybe I just never really listened. The second movement knocked me out.

[@12volt50]

Will see this live this Saturday at Severance Hall. Cannot wait.... The Cleveland Orchestra is a gem of the city.

[@wickedartist1451]

Yes it is!

[@RogerBesst]

WOW! The Cleveland Orchestra is still at the top! Franz Welser-Most lets the music sing! Bravo!!

[@jackarcher7495]

He will be the longest serving music director of the Cleveland Orchestra when his contract ends in 2027. It may have taken a little time, but Clevelanders appreciate what they have in him, and all he's done for the music and the city.

[@CaroleHoldem-lh4np]

Cleveland Orchestra you played Bruckner No4 Symphony with such Beauty and Emotional perfection.Wonderful to listen to.🎼🎶💥🎻🎺✨✨🌹🌹🌟🥰

[@gabrielnavarrodelage]

Magnífica interpretación de esta monumental, genial e intimista cuarta sinfonía de Bruckner en lugar tan apropiado como hermoso y bello. Me encanta Bruckner.

[@dogukancelik9512]

This is one of the best Bruckner 4 I’ve ever heard. Character is there. Uniqueness is there. Bravo Maestro.

[@fabiusgraco5296]

Concordo plenamente com você. A música flui de modo impecável e muito harmonioso. Simplesmente adorável. Orquestra agitadíssima.

[@Richard-b5r9v]

Amazing that the timpanist is playing his drums in the German configuration

[@Mkohlbauer]

Wunderbar! Schade, dass es nur in MONO ist.

[@ianislios]

I loved this interpretation. A huge like.

[@joedeegan3870]

Sounds like an introcuction to Heaven !

[@alfredocorreia9385]

UMA DAS GRANDES SINFONIAS DO SÉCULO 19 AO LADO DA NONA DE BEETHOVEN, PRIMEIRA DE BRAHMS, FANTÁSTICA DE BERLIOZ, PATÉTICA DE TCHAIKOVSKY E NOVO MUNDO DE DVORÁK ENTRE OUTRAS!!! ORQUESTRA DE CLEVELAND!

[@Artariastein]

Eine Sternstunde!

[@mswdesign9164]

The doctor called and the orchestra is suffering from mono. I hear they all got it from wocomo. (Seriously, wocomo, fix your upload settings!)

[@竹原久司]

55:08 55:32

[@WalterSAllen]

Interesting to see Bill Preucil as concertmaster back a few years. Terrific violinist/concertmaster and also an accused abuser of young women. His PARENTS, Bill Sr. and Doris are fine people and have contributed much with their playing and teaching over the last fifty-plus years.

[@musicmasterplayer4532]

"Accused" but not "charged"?

[@301268bmh]

This is the 1888 version.

[@RonaldWilliams-rz6wp]

This performance to me, is just a professional rendering. I don't think that I recall any special moments in the piece. A nice performance, a nice orchestra. A difficult piece.

[@lucaspaccatrosi3091]

Its rather unfortunate, that after good work in the rest of the symphony, he drops the ball in the coda so spectacularly

[@dvimus100]

It's not all Welser-Most's fault although he certainly doesn't help things. Bruckner rewrote this symphony in 1887-88 and all but wrecked the coda of the finale in his third revision. In the second version (78-80), it is much more powerful and far better honed. Bruckner really shouldn't have paid any attention to those around him at the time telling him to rewrite this, that and the other to suit them, but unfortunately, he did. This performance is of the third version.

[@vilebrequin6923]

How so?

[@Artariastein]

Nachsatz: Diese bearbeitete Fassung war keine gute Idee! Demnächst kommt noch ein Esel um die Ecke und bearbeitet diese wieder neu...

[@shantihealer]

Someone said it's a good professional performance. Yes, it feels adequate but only that, being somewhat static and plain.

[@jackarcher7495]

Not last night.

[@Mr_squeeze]

why is mahler composing?

[@SebastienPierre-se4uf]

MONO recording !!! What a pity ! Why ?

[@stevenj9970]

Good Lord why does that cello section put so many notes in one bow when they're not even like that in the score? Move the ball back and forth a little more you'll have better sound, jesus

[@stefanhooss2822]

I wish Franz Welser Möst a good recovery. This rendition is in my views boring and lifeless as it gets. The digital resources in these days a ruthless in the possibility of comparing performances and this one is one of the worst ever published. If I do not have an opinion as an artist it would be better to be silent. This rendition is absolutely pointless in colours, dynamics, tempo (speed) - relations and balance of sound. Delete it and no one will ever miss it.

[@musicmasterplayer4532]

I take it that you do not like this particular performance?😄