There can have been few finer performances of the Fourth on record than this. Valuable in itself, it is also a document of rare interest where the LSO is concerned... [a] clear-sighted yet mellow-sounding orchestra led by a superbly gifted young musician at his relaxed and decisive best. "Wonderful sense of rhythm, great sense of line and phrasing, but incredibly immature as a person" was one player's retrospective on Kertesz. Here happily it is the musical qualities that count...The playing is superb, as is the recording which, this being the Royal Festival Hall, I can only ascribe to a cintage blend of fine palying, staute conducting and alpha-quality old-school BBC engineering. Richard Osborne, Gramophone

Kertesz...strips away the traditional conceptions of Bruckner for a clean-limbed reading, jaunty in places, that looks back to Schubert. There is impressive woodwind playing and the impression that he has gone out of his way to give a reading of freshness and individuality...this is a performance of sensitivity and weight... Mike Langhorne, Classicalsource

A gripping account of Bruckner's Symphony No.4. The Hungarian conductor Kertesz, with the LSO, displays the architecture of the work in all its glory. The album includes a searching interpretation of Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. Gavin Engelbrech, The Northern Echo

It has been a long time since this wonderful performance has been in the catalogue. It was offered by the BBC Transciption Service to radio stations and then was briefly available on BBC Classics. Now, BBC Legends adds to its extensive catalogue of Bruckner recordings with this re-issue of a classic performance. John F. Berky, abruckner.com