The so-called "Romantic" Symphony was something of a watershed work for Anton Bruckner. Dissatified with the original 1874 version, he undertook a radical revision which was completed in 1880. Not only was the symphony successfully transformed, Bruckner immediately entered his longest and greatest period of untroubled creativity. This magnificent performance of Bruckner's Fourth has been held in the highest esteem since its first appearance on LP. Austrian conductor Karl Bￃﾶhm, master of the opera pit and renowned interpreter of Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, and Strauss, brings a sense of order and strength to Bruckner. With measured tempos and an unflinching line carried out by the inimitable Vienna Philharmonic, he allows the symphony to stand on its own architectural steel with what English musicologist Deryck Cooke described as "unhurried majesty."

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The so-called "Romantic" Symphony was something of a watershed work for Anton Bruckner. Dissatified with the original 1874 version, he undertook a radical revision which was completed in 1880. Not only was the symphony successfully transformed, Bruckner immediately entered his longest and greatest period of untroubled creativity. This magnificent performance of Bruckner's Fourth has been held in the highest esteem since its first appearance on LP. Austrian conductor Karl Bￃﾶhm, master of the opera pit and renowned interpreter of Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, and Strauss, brings a sense of order and strength to Bruckner. With measured tempos and an unflinching line carried out by the inimitable Vienna Philharmonic, he allows the symphony to stand on its own architectural steel with what English musicologist Deryck Cooke described as "unhurried majesty."