Leading the Munich Philharmonic in this concert is its principal conductor Christian Thielemann, a maestro internationally known and admired above all as a specialist of Romantic music, whose New Year’s Eve Concert 2011 was telecast via Satellite to cinemas in Hong Kong on 1st Jan 2012. Some describe Bruckner's nine symphonies elemental, metaphysical, primordial - which fully apply to his 4th Symphony, the "Romantic." Though Bruckner provided programmatic explanations to the music, one seeks in vain the "medieval city" and "leaping steeds" in this work, which disregards conventions and expectations. Monolithic blocks of sound derived from the simple horn melody of the opening measures, sweeping themes that hypnotically revolve around themselves, long build-ups that suddenly break off when a climax is imminent - the Fourth is a milestone in Bruckner's symphonic oeuvre. Bruckner originally wrote the Fourth Symphony in 1874, but revised it thoroughly in 1880 before its premiere in Vienna in 1881, which was a resounding success. Although he continued to revise it in later years, the version most often played today is the first revised version of 1880. This is also the version featured on this recording of a concert held at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, which was greeted with storms of applause. 慕尼黑愛樂首席指揮克里斯蒂安蒂勒曼，國際知名的浪漫主義音樂的大師。更是剛於2012年元旦日香港首次透過人造衛星轉播到香港戲院的世界級音樂會2011年 德累斯敦除夕音樂會的指揮。 很多時布魯克納的九首交響曲被描述為形而上學的，原始的， 本質的 - 這些完全適用於他的第四號交響曲“浪漫”。雖然布魯克納的音樂提供了綱領性的解釋，但要追尋其如何不按傳統和超越期望，只有徒然。第四號交響曲開首單片的簡單號角旋律，之後席捲圍繞自己催眠式的主題，然後突然於高潮時的。第四號交響曲是布魯克納的交響樂全部作品中的一個里程碑。布魯克納最初寫於 1874年的第四號交響曲， 在1880年徹底被改寫，直至1881年才在維也納首演得到巨大的成功。這個版本也是這在巴登 - 巴登節慶音樂廳演出的版本，音樂會也獲得了暴風式的掌聲。 ComposerAnton Bruckner TitleBruckner, Symphony No.4 in E flat major ConductorChristian Thielemann OrchestraMünchner Philharmoniker Video DirectorAgnes Méth