The Tonkunstler Orchestra is the only Austrian symphony orchestra with three residencies: Wiener Musikverein, Festspielhaus St. Pölten, and Grafenegg.
Performer Biography
Yutaka Sado, the conductor, was a long-time assistant to both Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa, and won prestigious conducting awards.
Performer Biography
Yutaka Sado is very well known in Japan, partly due to a weekly TV show from 2008 to 2015 where he introduced classical music to audiences.
Composition History
Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 was revised multiple times, with the version performed here (1878-80) being the third version of the Finale.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Bruckner's 'Romantic' Symphony is not programmatic music like that of Franz Liszt, but rather expresses a general nature mysticism based on his Catholic faith.
Composer Biography
Anton Bruckner, the composer, was considered an outsider in the aesthetic divide of the 19th century between the 'New German School' and the conservatives.
Recording & Production
This recording is the first release on the Tonkunstler Orchestra's newly founded own label, featuring Richard Strauss's 'Ein Heldenleben' and 'Rosenkavalier' suite.
