Product Review

Ever since the tenure of conductor Eduard van Beinum, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra has maintained one of the greatest Bruckner symphonic traditions in the world. With this release of Bruckner's third and fourth symphonies, Mariss Jansons and his Amsterdam-based orchestra add a new chapter to the RCO's impressive performance and recording history of Bruckner's works. In Jansons' view, the refinement of Bruckner's music -- however grandiose it may be --will always win out over grandiloquence. Under Jansons' baton, Bruckner has a warm, beating heart: his rhythms are not simply played, they are, above all, experienced.