Interview
Herbert Blomstedt on Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony Herbert Blomstedt and Leif Ove Andsnes
A medieval city, a knight on horseback, and the sound of the forest were atmospheric inner images that inspired Anton Bruckner to create his mysteriously luminous Fourth Symphony. The conductor of this performance is Herbert Blomstedt, one of the foremost interpreters of Bruckner. In Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22 – which audibly picks up on the soundscape of the opera Le nozze di Figaro which he wrote at the same time – we also hear Leif Ove Andsnes, the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Pianist in Residence for 2010/11.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert Blomstedt
Leif Ove Andsnes
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