Joseph Anton Bruckner
* 4. September 1824 in Ansfelden, Oberösterreich
† 11. Oktober 1896 in Wien
- "They want me to write differently. Certainly I could, but I must not. God has chosen me from thousands and given me, of all people, this talent. It is to Him that I must give account. How then would I stand there before Almighty God, if I followed the others and not Him?"
- Anton Bruckner
Anton Bruckner - Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major (WAB 104) "Romantic"
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Maestro Bernard Haitink