24 FLAC Discount This release from The Cleveland Orchestra, recorded live in Mandel Concert Hall in March of 2024 shows many facets of Anton Bruckner the composer and Anton Bruckner the man. Throughout this symphony, dubbed “Romantic,” Bruckner seems to simultaneously find himself at odds with romanticism while also carving out a place for himself within it. Music Director Franz Welser-Möst describes it best: "While Bruckner’s music has become more popular over the past decades, he was misunderstood for much of his life. He was a simple man who was dedicated to the church, yet he was also a genius whose symphonies were so expansive and expressive they are often called “cathedrals in sound.” This term might give the false notion that his music is merely religious in nature, but there’s so much more. His works can be obsessive, extreme, sentimental, highly emotional, sad, or aggressive. Sometimes he seems to be screaming out from the pages of the score, and at others he anticipates 20th-century modernism."