User talk:Renkcurb

Bruckner Symphony No. 4 1874 version

You perhaps remember that you put the following text on Talk:Symphony No. 3 (Bruckner):

I recently came across the 1873 version performed by Staatskapelle Dresden led by Yannick Nezet-Seguin. This version throws a whole new light on the symphony. I had previously regarded the third as a rather inferior work of Bruckner, but this version shows what it was meant to be. Bruckner (and some well-wishers), submitting to pressures, made the revisions and cut critical portions from it thus resulting in a distorted form (different from his original concept). Renkcurb (talk) 20:17, 8 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I made then the following comment:

The same occurred, e.g., for Bruckner's Symphony No. 4. Listen to the original version of 1874 and compare it with that commonly performed version of 1886. Norman Cooper, another Bruckner-freak, wrote: I am a hardcore devotee of the first concept versions of the symphonies. I find that these versions make the most sense and are the most interesting, because these are purely Bruckner’s conception, not diluted and weakened by cuts and other alterations by well-meaning disciples and conductors![1] I fully agree with his statement. --Réginald alias Meneerke bloem (To reply) 11:17, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Now you can hear on YouTube the first, 1874 version of Symphony No. 4 by Daniel Harding[2].

Enjoy! --Réginald alias Meneerke bloem (To reply) 13:21, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]