Mark Seeley writes: >The 4th!!! I listened to the Brahms 4th and the Bruckner 4th >"Romantic."And in those two symphonies, Brahms & Brucker seemed very >close thogether... Something to that. I was listening to Brahms's Fourth just yesterday, and Bruckner's Fourth earlier in the week. Looking back on it, there does seem to me to exist a relationship in color, in feel. The Brahms was the Celibidache 1974 version (remastered 1999) with Suedwestfunk Radio Symphony; the Bruckner, Jochum's 1967 performance with the BPO--two recordings that I find myself playing again and again. Funny, though: personally I consider Brahms 4 the greatest of his symphonies, while Bruckner's 4 strikes me as one of his less attractive compositions. Anyway, making a big deal of relating to Wagner both of these great composers--and great they are in their own right-- as has been a critical habit for decades, by now should impresses and interest less than relating the two of them to each other. I think Mark Seeley is on to something. Denis Fodor Internet:[log in to unmask]