Title: Not quite!
Product review: Karl Böhms' vision of Bruckners' fourth is a good attempt. But it is not quite good enough. His version lacks the titanic proportions wich are required. Böhm misses mystery and weight. By the time one gets to the third part, it's quit tempting to put on another record. Why this record is getting all the praise it's getting is a mystery to me. I admit that this recording does have its positive sides. Böhm has complete controle of the score and the Wiener Philharmoniker are playing their best music. But Bruckner requires a different approach. A marvelous recording of the "Romantische" is von Karajans '71 recording for EMI. Listen to that recording and you will ask yourself why you ever bothered with Böhm's.
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